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May 17, 2005 at 2:15 pm
Freethinking Faith...
I found Freethinking Faith over at Maggi Dawn‘s Blog. It’s new as of this month and I have to say that upon my initial reading, a bunch of things really hit home.
From, “Rethinking redemption” :
Maybe it’s time for us to broaden our thinking about redemption, to ponder taken-for-granted ideas. Where such rethinking will take us probably will vary from person to person. But it warrants a rethinking, nevertheless.Read the rest here.
From, “The trashing of the mind” :
It is psychologically unhealthy to embrace as truth something that your mind tells you isn’t credible. That’s exactly what my well-meaning brethren pressed upon me, and I tried to comply. But all the mental self-bludgeoning and self-manipulation that a person can muster is impotent to create conviction. It only makes belief a crushing burden, a joyless duty.Read the rest here.
From, “What about doctrine?” :
Even the secular realm has beliefs of the heart that we can contrast with “official” beliefs. A belief of the heart is a conviction like, “My mother loves me,” as opposed to an “official” belief like, “The atomic weight of lead is …” The first is a felt conviction that influences who we are, the second is a matter of record (usually based on what someone else has said).Read the rest here.
Thanks, Maggi!
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