Posted in christianity on May 20th, 2009 1 Comment »
In the most recent entry here, I talked about the first of two problems with Christianity today — the clinging to the worldview of the First Century that the world is a kind of mechanistic construct, a machine, rather than something more akin to organic, living.
One other problem that lies within Christianity is something I’ve [...]
Posted in from the path on May 19th, 2009 2 Comments »
There are two big problems at the heart of Christianity, the religion, and both of them contribute to the reluctance and even inability to come to see the kinds of things I mentioned in Pt. 1 (and thanks for the continuing comments and email!).
These two things are related and if you keep them in mind [...]
Posted in God on May 16th, 2009 5 Comments »
Now and then, I get an email that asks a particular question that I get asked quite often, although it does show up in slightly different forms. The question comes down to this: “Ok, so what do you think God is?” I suspect most of the time I can hear an unspoken phrase at the [...]
Posted in Open Thread on May 9th, 2009 8 Comments »
A very kind reader of this site — a long time reader — had a great suggestion in an email to me for an open thread, hoping to get a take on what readers here think.
“On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?” 28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; [...]
Posted in Open Thread on May 7th, 2009 5 Comments »
Open Thread — Feel free to comment.
A very simple something popped into my head this morning because of all the news that’s dribbling out about what our country has been doing for the past few years.
The question? Who would Jesus tortue?
Blessings,
Brian
Posted in practice on May 6th, 2009 3 Comments »
Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, [...]
Posted in from the path on May 1st, 2009 4 Comments »
First, the numbers:
So, what are we to gather from this? The sad message is that the more often one attends religious services and the more Evangelical one is, the more one is in favor of using torture.
It’s that simple and that disturbing.
Where does this kind of thing, this idea that I think hits most people [...]
As you'll discover, we have a great library of things to investigate, as well as the freshness of a blog for lessons, reflections, rambling thoughts and more.
I hope you'll enjoy the journey!
Blessings,
Brian Robertson
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