tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post115539850448739576..comments2024-02-19T04:50:58.170-08:00Comments on Shuck and Jive: Wholesale God, Retail GodJohn Shuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-1155743594514454992006-08-16T08:53:00.000-07:002006-08-16T08:53:00.000-07:00I think of religion as an example of the blind man...I think of religion as an example of the blind man and the elephant. All of the religions are attempts at grasping something that is too emmense for any of us to comprehend completely. So we pick the metaphors that work for us the best, that are the most comfortable for us, that give us a path and a way to encounter that which is greater than us. That doesn't mean they are all wrong. They are just different aspects of approaching an infinite reality. <BR/><BR/>That being said, because religions are human products at understanding God, they all might be a little wrong. Humans are fallable, after all. But being a little wrong also means that they are at least a little right also.<BR/><BR/>I like what Marcus Borg said in the last chapter of <I>The Heart of Christianity</I> about why one chooses to be a Christian (or Buddhist or Jew) if one recognizes that there is not just one right religious path. If we want to embark on a path, we pick one that works for us. I was brought up in a Christian family, in a Christian culture with Christian traditions. So Christianity is what is the most comfortable for me, even if I don't accept or literalize all the dogmas that are often associated with Christianity.Mystical Seekerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828225180668865911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-1155514984988257452006-08-13T17:23:00.000-07:002006-08-13T17:23:00.000-07:00Thanks, Bobby!I appreciate your comments. Religio...Thanks, Bobby!<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your comments. Religion is at its best when it addresses the hard questions. You know it might not be a bad thing to tax churches. :)<BR/><BR/>JohnJohn Shuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798753206614838161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30648257.post-1155409595961841902006-08-12T12:06:00.000-07:002006-08-12T12:06:00.000-07:00Funny how that young man can so effortlessly grasp...Funny how that young man can so effortlessly grasp a truth that eludes so many with religious authority. You’re on the right path; it seems to me, by so earnestly reconciling your beliefs with those of others in the world in a nonjudgmental and understanding manner, the very opposite of the kind of fundamentalism that has been growing in our country and it seems the world. Just be careful about the retail outlet comparison or someone will start taxing you. :)Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836922959782457029noreply@blogger.com