I am struggling as we speak with such issues that you mentioned. I am not a Christian, and I will never call myself one. Not only am I skeptical about the divine idol that Jesus was made into within the pages of the Bible, but the "C word" to me is an ugly word, and carries on its back the burden of archaic condemnation and modern material desires.
I really would love it if a new term came out that I could apply to myself. On the one hand, labels limit people. My beliefs are ever changing, warping and folding and growing like a living creature. They differ from day to day, and in fact, most days I couldn't tell you WHAT I believe.
On the other, it is tiresome explaining to everyone I meet what my beliefs are. It would be easier for me to say, "Ah, well, I am a Reform Pauless Jesusist" or something along those lines. At this point, I just say "I don't know" and leave the theological discussions for another day.
I don't understand it. I don't understand how so many people, millions perhaps, say they believe one thing when they in fact believe another. They say that they follow the selfless teachings of professor A, but in fact they follow their own desires for comfort and power. And they become angry at those who point this out.
Sometimes I really don't like being a homo sapien.
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Date: 2004-03-22 09:04 am (UTC)I really would love it if a new term came out that I could apply to myself. On the one hand, labels limit people. My beliefs are ever changing, warping and folding and growing like a living creature. They differ from day to day, and in fact, most days I couldn't tell you WHAT I believe.
On the other, it is tiresome explaining to everyone I meet what my beliefs are. It would be easier for me to say, "Ah, well, I am a Reform Pauless Jesusist" or something along those lines. At this point, I just say "I don't know" and leave the theological discussions for another day.
I don't understand it. I don't understand how so many people, millions perhaps, say they believe one thing when they in fact believe another. They say that they follow the selfless teachings of professor A, but in fact they follow their own desires for comfort and power. And they become angry at those who point this out.
Sometimes I really don't like being a homo sapien.