A monumental waste of time and money
Here I shall tell briefly of my past addiction to Reformed theology and Puritanism.
Why it failed for me is that there is no real back and forth between me and the divine as stipulated by this religion.
It was only a formulaic "correction" to the sentimental version espoused by my earthly father.
If you go back to my early posts where I vocaroo'd lengthy readings, you'll find me reading some Thomas Goodwin, and that is where it all ended, its captured on a vocaroo!! How friggin' pathetic!!
I spent thousands of dollars on books, and spent almost thousands of hours reading them.
The Reformed have a rich heritage of theology, and Puritans (the ones in England) hardly ever talked about Witches. It was spirituality literature, a deeper walk sort of thing, and the guys who popularized it from the 50's ie: JI Packer, down to today with Joel Beeke held me under their sway for a time, I agree with them for their well rounded picture they showed instead of caricature, but for me, as I said above, it was only for me a formula of correction towards an over emotional version of belief, which I find disgusting.
This then adds to the complexity of the domestic situation, I can't keep the peace and speak what I think, but I make a concerted effort not to add any more fuel to the flame.
I might in a distant future, if such a future is granted to me to peruse solemnly those expensive eBooks i'd gotten, but it's too close as of now, it's like Jacob limping from wrestling with an angel, i've wrestled with Theology and my thinking processes limp.
So now that i've gotten that off my chest, I can probably get a little further away from it, to see it as a thing that is over, I'd much rather fill my mind with other things, and only other things.
Why it failed for me is that there is no real back and forth between me and the divine as stipulated by this religion.
It was only a formulaic "correction" to the sentimental version espoused by my earthly father.
If you go back to my early posts where I vocaroo'd lengthy readings, you'll find me reading some Thomas Goodwin, and that is where it all ended, its captured on a vocaroo!! How friggin' pathetic!!
I spent thousands of dollars on books, and spent almost thousands of hours reading them.
The Reformed have a rich heritage of theology, and Puritans (the ones in England) hardly ever talked about Witches. It was spirituality literature, a deeper walk sort of thing, and the guys who popularized it from the 50's ie: JI Packer, down to today with Joel Beeke held me under their sway for a time, I agree with them for their well rounded picture they showed instead of caricature, but for me, as I said above, it was only for me a formula of correction towards an over emotional version of belief, which I find disgusting.
This then adds to the complexity of the domestic situation, I can't keep the peace and speak what I think, but I make a concerted effort not to add any more fuel to the flame.
I might in a distant future, if such a future is granted to me to peruse solemnly those expensive eBooks i'd gotten, but it's too close as of now, it's like Jacob limping from wrestling with an angel, i've wrestled with Theology and my thinking processes limp.
So now that i've gotten that off my chest, I can probably get a little further away from it, to see it as a thing that is over, I'd much rather fill my mind with other things, and only other things.
46-50, M