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CopperCicada · M
I can't speak for "we".
Just "me".
From my seats, that is much of the problem in this time and place. Individual callings being projected as collective ones.
Religion.
It's not even clear to me what "religion" is.
Some part of that is cultural, social, historical. There is no escaping that. That is with one for life.
Some part of that is dealing with the unknown. Where we come from. Death, birth. Where we go. What it means. Maybe there is no escaping that either. Some do.
Yet another part of that is some method, a daily practice. Dealing with the freak show in one's head. That hardly seems optional.
I'm not even sure all "religion" is of the same cloth.
Just "me".
From my seats, that is much of the problem in this time and place. Individual callings being projected as collective ones.
Religion.
It's not even clear to me what "religion" is.
Some part of that is cultural, social, historical. There is no escaping that. That is with one for life.
Some part of that is dealing with the unknown. Where we come from. Death, birth. Where we go. What it means. Maybe there is no escaping that either. Some do.
Yet another part of that is some method, a daily practice. Dealing with the freak show in one's head. That hardly seems optional.
I'm not even sure all "religion" is of the same cloth.
@CopperCicada I like what James says about religion.
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
CopperCicada · M
@puck61 Those I would consider "spiritual" or "philosophical" mentors would agree. "Religion" (whatever that is) is best a private thing.
Living that way in this time and place is difficult. One's "religion" is expected, almost demanded, to be a personal branding, a flag flown high.
Living that way in this time and place is difficult. One's "religion" is expected, almost demanded, to be a personal branding, a flag flown high.