I don't identify as a Christian and i don't "believe in" any of the primary doctrines. I reject the idea of original sin and therefore the whole notion of "redemption."
And yet it still feels like my home. I cannot escape it. I am still drawn to examine it, and i still find inspiration therein. I get angry when i see it employed in the service of oppression and exploitation, as if it were appropriated from me.
Perhaps because you can intuitively sense the truth, the attitude, the frame of mind that originally lay behind the words that have atrophied into dogma and doctrine? I feel like this about many spiritual traditions, included but not limited to Christianity. I don't wear any labels on my sleeve though, because people always misinterpret them.
(Incidentally, there are certain possible interpretations of the concept of the "original sin" that do make sense to me. I tend to come at it from a more alchemical angle.)
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Date: 2005-08-25 06:23 pm (UTC)And yet it still feels like my home. I cannot escape it. I am still drawn to examine it, and i still find inspiration therein. I get angry when i see it employed in the service of oppression and exploitation, as if it were appropriated from me.
Perhaps because you can intuitively sense the truth, the attitude, the frame of mind that originally lay behind the words that have atrophied into dogma and doctrine? I feel like this about many spiritual traditions, included but not limited to Christianity. I don't wear any labels on my sleeve though, because people always misinterpret them.
(Incidentally, there are certain possible interpretations of the concept of the "original sin" that do make sense to me. I tend to come at it from a more alchemical angle.)