Comments on: Thought for Today http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2005/10/thought-for-today/ Deities. Dogma. Dating. Diapers. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:34:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Mike http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2005/10/thought-for-today/#comment-144 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:39:55 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2005/10/thought-for-today/#comment-144 When I was pointing out the problem, I was more agreeing with Chad than disagreeing. He is right...words are wearying at times, because God is so much more than our words can express. I agree with you Alli. We must experience God more than trying to articulate Him. That is what we must do personally. Unfortunately, there are others who feel that God consists as the sum total of their theology. That is what makes people get turned off towards God. When I was pointing out the problem, I was more agreeing with Chad than disagreeing. He is right…words are wearying at times, because God is so much more than our words can express.

I agree with you Alli. We must experience God more than trying to articulate Him. That is what we must do personally. Unfortunately, there are others who feel that God consists as the sum total of their theology. That is what makes people get turned off towards God.

]]> by: Alli http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2005/10/thought-for-today/#comment-143 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:30:40 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2005/10/thought-for-today/#comment-143 If you go back to the context of the post I pulled the quote from, I think you're actually saying the same thing that the author implied. And for me, while I know (with my heart/soul/spirit - whatever) the answer, it's not something I can articulate. I suppose that was my point. :) What appeals to me about the quote is that it demonstrates pretty clearly where some go wrong who would label their actions "Christianity." God's much bigger than all of that. If you go back to the context of the post I pulled the quote from, I think you’re actually saying the same thing that the author implied.

And for me, while I know (with my heart/soul/spirit - whatever) the answer, it’s not something I can articulate. I suppose that was my point. :)

What appeals to me about the quote is that it demonstrates pretty clearly where some go wrong who would label their actions “Christianity.” God’s much bigger than all of that.

]]> by: Mike http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2005/10/thought-for-today/#comment-142 Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:22:56 +0000 http://ftlog.meanderwithme.com/2005/10/thought-for-today/#comment-142 Here is a problem associated with that question. The enlightenment virtually eliminated the spirit realm. Or at least they hoped to. They mad a line between the spiritual and the physical. They came up with new labels: physical and metaphysical...or natural and supernatural. The idea is that the spirit realm is a lesser realm because physical properties cannot be ascribed to it. The simple answer is that God is spirit and I experience him in my spirit-man. Most modernists will never understand that. Most of religious experience then is trying to translate that spiritual dynamic into soulish and physical form. Something always gets lost in the translation, but it is still worth doing. Here is a problem associated with that question. The enlightenment virtually eliminated the spirit realm. Or at least they hoped to. They mad a line between the spiritual and the physical. They came up with new labels: physical and metaphysical…or natural and supernatural. The idea is that the spirit realm is a lesser realm because physical properties cannot be ascribed to it.

The simple answer is that God is spirit and I experience him in my spirit-man. Most modernists will never understand that. Most of religious experience then is trying to translate that spiritual dynamic into soulish and physical form. Something always gets lost in the translation, but it is still worth doing.

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