tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466234171600436320.post8035206178782569507..comments2023-10-18T03:52:18.650-04:00Comments on Stratoz: strains credulityStratozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10148600260976577216noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466234171600436320.post-20946944040941327352008-09-11T17:07:00.000-04:002008-09-11T17:07:00.000-04:00I like that way of thinking about it - quite helpf...I like that way of thinking about it - quite helpful actually. I take things from a variety of traditions myself and see more similarities than differences between most of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466234171600436320.post-61244826025688198772008-09-11T16:53:00.000-04:002008-09-11T16:53:00.000-04:00Kathryn--- the Reverend, mentioned in the post, wa...Kathryn--- the Reverend, mentioned in the post, was once asked by myself about missionaries. He thought that the role of a missionary was to help folk to become the best person they could be. So a Buddhist introduced to Christ, may still be a Buddhist but be better for the introduction. I was raised to be a Christian, yet the Buddhist thought that has been introduced to me can help me be a better Christian. Once I understood mindfulness from their perspective I saw it more often in the teachings of Jesus. Just as I wouldn't want a faith to be forced upon me, I wouldn't want mine forced onto another. Introducing folk to Christ, I can live with.Stratozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148600260976577216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466234171600436320.post-78175586911639914652008-09-11T11:43:00.000-04:002008-09-11T11:43:00.000-04:00I've always had trouble with the charge to make di...I've always had trouble with the charge to make disciples of all nations but love the statement about being with us through the ages. As for the bible being shocking, I generally read through a radical, social justice lens and am always feeling challenged.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466234171600436320.post-9737451235267177672008-09-10T22:15:00.000-04:002008-09-10T22:15:00.000-04:00Jim--- as for the multiple what if questions about...Jim--- as for the multiple what if questions about your life, I just happen to know all the answers but will let you stay in the dark ;') <BR/><BR/>as for that final question... the answer explains why some say it is impossible to describe God. Yet, most of us try at some point anyway.Stratozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148600260976577216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5466234171600436320.post-39003817968114031892008-09-10T20:53:00.000-04:002008-09-10T20:53:00.000-04:00For me, Wayne, while paths may differ and, thereby...For me, Wayne, while paths may differ and, thereby, perspectives contrast, yet there is that one constant: the Holy Spirit. When I view such issues, my mind starts spinning. What if I had not married my wife? Would I still have found my way to Him via some other denomination? What if I had died in the interim? I could go on and on; but the one thing of which I am sure is this: God's Spirit has been in the periphery of my existence from the get-go. How we got to where we are is, indeed, mind-boggling. Yet, what is there about God that can't be so described?....Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302132941940784968noreply@blogger.com