Comments on: Bondage A Bit Further

By: societyvs

societyvs — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:46:51 +0000

“So what do you think about this quote from Dark?” (Doug)

I applaude and it agree with 100%. I find myself in a lot of disagreements on a variety of blogs with a variety of people all over the Christian spectrum (or even athiests)…and I always remember the simple thing – we should be able to talk and not have to scream. He who speaks the loudest is not the smartest.

I agree that good religion is about awe and mystery – and the room for what can only be called ‘faith’. We don’t have all the answers – we have some – others have some – even our wives have some (lol). Life is not concrete — we are in constant movement and this is what faith looks like to me.

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:25:20 +0000

I wanted to add a clarifying comment regarding what I meant by church tradition. I don’t mean something rigid. I mean the accumulated thought and experience that develops over the years and gets passed along. But even in churches that seem rigid, change goes on, however slowly. Questions are always a part of the journey because we never have the complete picture on all the answers. Scripture says, “we see through a glass, darkly.”

By: Luke

Luke — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:30:47 +0000

i’m getting that book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:32:02 +0000

Humility is a prerequisite to learning and we always need to be in awe before God and truth. Truth may come to us from almost any direction. But we will always try to assimilate what we experience into some sort of explanation. We need to make sense of it as far as we can. Yet every explanation has a tentative element to it because further and deeper insight is always possible. A wise Christian leader, John Wesley, allowed for experience as one avenue of input to his understanding of God. He also considered Scripture, church tradition, and reason. However we put our explanations together, our understanding and experience will always be growing.