You tried to help me out, so here's my attempt at reciprocation. A book suggestion: "God Laughs & Plays.".
By David James Duncan.
I picked it up from the Library at church today and it appears to be a response to the fundamentalist/religious right. The preface alone is about as far as I've made it but that was enough to get me hooked.
Something in your post struck a chord with some of my thoughts while reading so I thought you might enjoy.
This response is a rant. Apologies if it doesn't actually apply to what you referenced. I may just be projecting.
side note: I got a chuckle out of your profile, especially the bit about any women that think they're too hot to talk to you.
This smacks to me of new-age hippie garbage. An over-reaction to an over-reaction*: the 'fundamentalist' arrogance of those that think it their place to be a judge of the law, rather than a doer.
There are absolutes, and we must be prepared to die for them; but - and this is where the 'fundies' get it wrong - it's not our place to fight, kill, or in any way try to force them upon others. Such is the path of lamb to the slaughter: To enter the fray, and not fight: only uphold the banner of truth. "To live is Christ to die is gain" - Paul.
To wax poetic about everyone getting along is humanistic.
1+1=2; and existence is binary: things are fundamentally right, or wrong
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By David James Duncan.
I picked it up from the Library at church today and it appears to be a response to the fundamentalist/religious right. The preface alone is about as far as I've made it but that was enough to get me hooked.
Something in your post struck a chord with some of my thoughts while reading so I thought you might enjoy.
Take care.
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Apologies if it doesn't actually apply to what you referenced.
I may just be projecting.
side note: I got a chuckle out of your profile, especially the bit about any women that think they're too hot to talk to you.
This smacks to me of new-age hippie garbage.
An over-reaction to an over-reaction*: the 'fundamentalist' arrogance of those that think it their place to be a judge of the law, rather than a doer.
There are absolutes, and we must be prepared to die for them; but - and this is where the 'fundies' get it wrong - it's not our place to fight, kill, or in any way try to force them upon others.
Such is the path of lamb to the slaughter:
To enter the fray, and not fight: only uphold the banner of truth.
"To live is Christ to die is gain" - Paul.
To wax poetic about everyone getting along is humanistic.
1+1=2; and existence is binary: things are fundamentally right, or wrong ( ... )
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