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on Faith 5-prayer, time, eternity

Every prayer, every confession of faith or fault is a dynamic of the present striving to create a better, a richer, a more healthful future. Do they have consequence, do they have power, do they have ability to create change, … Continue reading

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on Faith 4-images, time, eternity

The disparity between the randomness, chaos and cruelty of nature and the aspirations of the human heart for forgiveness and understanding are reflected in two different masks religions usually give to the divine: God the Just Judge and God the … Continue reading

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on Faith 3-why “trinity”, “love”

I shall stand by my word that “trinity” is a philosophical position. Scriptures offered varied pictures of Jesus’ relation to the God of Israel. The terms “son”, “father”, and “spirit” are the most often used. The drive to take these … Continue reading

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on Faith 2–symbols, visions, and the search for meaning (cont’d.)

Judeo-Christian sacred (founding) texts never talk about any other world than this. There is no attempt to define the transcendent. The focus is always about how you live your life, how you value your life, your family, your neighbour, your … Continue reading

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on Faith 1–symbols, visions, and the search for meaning

Having once been one and sometime accused of being one still, I do not believe in atheists. That thought or idea which for you denotes the absolute, the idea unsurpassable by any other, is the divine—be it absolute chaos, absolute … Continue reading

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on Ecumenism

Ecumenism is a counterproductive circumvallation of diversity, an ataxia of an atavistically distorted concept of catholicity. It is a gross miscomprehension of unity as uniformity. In its present form it is a monstrous waste of time for all except a … Continue reading

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on Talking about God

There is a modern proclivity to take intellect as the epitome of being, and because of that inclination many think it profitable to frame the idea of the divine in terms of intellect. The divine becomes the all-knowing as well … Continue reading

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