tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295707108743751027.post6721245342465249433..comments2019-11-19T11:55:34.527-08:00Comments on Millennial Faith: What if God is Irrelevant? Andyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14720708939444603108noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295707108743751027.post-89855503576644960002012-10-10T15:08:18.399-07:002012-10-10T15:08:18.399-07:00Great stuff! I'm a regular subscriber now, and...Great stuff! I'm a regular subscriber now, and you always make me think. You were talking about daily visits to prayerful spaces, and I don't necessarily have a physical place, but I get my coffee during the kids naptime and catch up with reader feeds daily, including yours. So that's a ritual that puts me in a spiritual frame of mind. ...aaand then I read tosh.o and cakewrecks. :)Don't hate me, they are but passing indulgences, your thoughts stick with me and accumulate. In a year or so, you will probably come across the dilemma that faces me this very afternoon: religious education for Emma. Content is mild, but Bible-centric. I can't personally reconcile the story of Noah's Ark with the message that God loves you always. I worry about creating the same two-faced God I grew up with. My simple answer is God=Universal Love. Sin is a church word for any action or thought that harms myself or others. The consequences of sin aren't wrought by an exterior power, putting me on the naughty list and keeping score. The consequences are that I harmed myself or others, emotionally or otherwise, damaging relationships or well-being. To get there every time I think through it is to wade through the quagmire of ingrained oxymorons that I was taught. And yet, Emma goes to class this afternoon. She says she doesn't like it. Why are we baptising our kids? We don't go to church, I don't want her innocence taken away by the curriculum; what's it all for? Most importantly, and please answer this, what do we replace it with for Emma's spiritual growth? Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04775133909175863044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295707108743751027.post-9378994047682539492012-10-10T13:13:40.829-07:002012-10-10T13:13:40.829-07:00I believe strongly that the universe is pushing us...I believe strongly that the universe is pushing us together, removing our vain boundaries and personal divisions. I choose to call that force "God" because this universal force mirrors the value system traditionally assigned to "God." I want to dramatically redefine the word "God" while still drawing on its historical meaning. I don't mean to deny the existence of chaos, just to broaden the word "God" to the breaking point. Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14720708939444603108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6295707108743751027.post-69502271190225629472012-10-10T12:13:33.441-07:002012-10-10T12:13:33.441-07:00"Thus, God is love...." Great love exist..."Thus, God is love...." Great love exists as a force in this world, so does great evil. Why arbitrarily define 'God' as love and evil as existing as a force of anti-god, or the failing of man, etc. If one is envisioning a 'god' (directive force, creative energy, greater power, whatever...)why limit oneself to such a traditional view? Why not envision a god that encompases good and evil, chaos and order, cooperation and division? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com