I enjoy reading your essays about Christianity. I'm glad somebody is reinterpreting it, keeping the wisdom alive.
Christianity is the spiritual tradition of Europe and America, so it's normal we would consider it a kind of home. So many of the writers and thinkers of past centuries had Christian ideas as part of their mindset.
Christ was a great teacher, and the Christ story a powerful metaphor for human existence-- the proof is that there are so many different ways to approach it, as you explore when you suggest that we die with Christ, rather than murdering him.
I don't like fundamentalists and feel their message of fear and condemnation goes against the teachings of Christ. But in this world, it's often those who declaim the most stridently that get the most followers; those who frankly admit their struggles with doubt are seen as weak. People don't want to hear "we can interpret it this way, or this other way." They want to know what rules to follow to ensure God's good favor.
And yet the struggle with doubt is so fertile and necessary.
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Christianity is the spiritual tradition of Europe and America, so it's normal we would consider it a kind of home. So many of the writers and thinkers of past centuries had Christian ideas as part of their mindset.
Christ was a great teacher, and the Christ story a powerful metaphor for human existence-- the proof is that there are so many different ways to approach it, as you explore when you suggest that we die with Christ, rather than murdering him.
I don't like fundamentalists and feel their message of fear and condemnation goes against the teachings of Christ. But in this world, it's often those who declaim the most stridently that get the most followers; those who frankly admit their struggles with doubt are seen as weak. People don't want to hear "we can interpret it this way, or this other way." They want to know what rules to follow to ensure God's good favor.
And yet the struggle with doubt is so fertile and necessary.