Comments on: Frightened by faith >_

By: coffeesister

coffeesister — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 04:17:19 +0000

It was my pleasure to post this; in fact, it was more of a personal imperative. Being half Hispanic, I’ve known my share of recovering Catholics. Kudos to you for taking the journey! Wherever it leads, you’ve started strong by letting personal belief outweigh religious doctrine. I’ll have to read more Anne Lamott; in turn, I recommend Don Miller.

|_|) “I do not at all understand the mystery of grace — only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.” ~ Anne Lamott

By: Rene

Rene — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:23:44 +0000

I love that, thanks for posting it. The author is someone worth looking into, I will do that soon.

As a recovering Catholic who also tries to sort out the smorgasborg of spiritual beliefs that have taken religion’s place in my life, I appreciate this.

Lately I’ve been reading a lot of Anne Lamott. I’m right there with her on trying to find my own path to discovering spiritual happiness.

By: coffeesister

coffeesister — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:40:45 +0000

Reading is always better than the head against the wall ritual, although it can be caused by some books! Maybe, just maybe, the posts & comments help to explain why we're not being pulled back to church. Dave's & my best friend, Christopher, has helped establish a church in a coffee house; aaahhh, to live in Scotland.. Til we do, or churches on this side of the pond wise up, true fellowship is by far our best bet. |_|) “Church isn't where you meet. Church isn't a building. Church is what you do. Church is who you are. Church is the human outworking of the person of Jesus Christ. Let's not go to Church, let's be the Church.” ~ Bridget Willard

By: Karen from Floriduh

Karen from Floriduh — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:21:21 +0000

Good for you, Lorna. I bet both your head and the wall have thanked you. And as for church, maybe they’ve reassigned your place in the pew and it doesn’t really matter anymore.

I spent countless years in church 3-5 times per week PLUS I worked in the church office. I have fond memories of the years in church, and I have just as fond feelings for these years that I’m not in church. And now that I’m no longer keeping score on myself, I have a hunch that no one else is, either.

By: Lorna

Lorna — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 19:15:17 +0000

It was much better reading the post, the other post and the comments than just sitting here beating my head against the wall because for the 30456th time, I haven’t gone back to church.

By: pinkerton

pinkerton — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:59:57 +0000

you are not adults.

By: Karen from Floriduh

Karen from Floriduh — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 20:30:26 +0000

I love the words attributed to Abe Lincoln: "I care not much for a man's religion whose dog or cat are not the better for it." And attorney Louis Nizer: "True religion is the life we lead, not the creed we confess." And how about this quip: "A religion is a cult with more numbers." And Tom Paine: "Every religion is good that teaches man to be good; and I know of none that instructs him to be bad." Diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks. I'm learning to be OK with that and find my own unique footing.

Trying to ignore the fact that the Diff'rent Strokes theme is now attempting to take up permanent residency in my brain, I sense a singular point despite these seemingly varied points of view. Religion can confuse the issue. Hopefully, said issue is the pursuit of Truth but religion tends to peddle itself instead; with just enough truth thrown in for marketing.
Truth-seeker |_|)
“Now, the world don't move to the beat of just one drum, What might be right for you, may not be right for some. A man is born, he's a man of means. Then along come two, they got nothing but their jeans.
But they got, Diff'rent Strokes. It takes, Diff'rent Strokes. It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world.”