tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post355201784663653366..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: "If God Loves Everyone, Why Can't The Church?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-9406700345388514952012-02-03T19:43:38.606-05:002012-02-03T19:43:38.606-05:00Re-ligio also means "to tie back."
Pe...Re-ligio also means "to tie back." <br /><br />Perhaps my inner anarchist slip is showing, but I remember one of my all time favorite sermons by Paul Tillich who argued that the burden Christ came to lift from our shoulders is not the burden of life, but the burden of religion.<br /><br />Institutions are the sad but necessary concession our shining vision of The Beloved Community must make to selfish human nature, and that's true even of sacred institutions.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-24643905158946684242012-02-03T19:07:58.729-05:002012-02-03T19:07:58.729-05:00Westminster Abbey.
I've heard that soldiers w...West<i>minster</i> Abbey.<br /><br />I've heard that soldiers weren't permitted to join the early Christian community -- it was Constantine who made church a department of state, like the army. <br /><br />The Archbishop does seem weak on history. You pointed out below that marriage was until recently a matter of handing over property (including the bride) from one family to another. Now it's a contract between two equals. NOT the same thing.<br /><br />Religion is about power and control to the overseers; at the bottom it's about community and making meaning in life. Lots of cognitive dissonance between the levels.Murdoch Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584498192562407670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-90401018875351153072012-02-03T18:21:49.719-05:002012-02-03T18:21:49.719-05:00Oh, and lovely, loverly York Minster!
[One of the...Oh, and lovely, loverly York Minster!<br /><br />[One of the few beautiful places you've shown on this blog that I've actually been to. Lo, those Many Years Ago. It's preserved better than I am, a this point... ;-p]JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-41477058660149973692012-02-03T18:17:07.575-05:002012-02-03T18:17:07.575-05:00Religion IS about power and control. Good reasons ...<i>Religion IS about power and control. Good reasons to get rid of it.</i><br /><br />Unpack, please?<br /><br />I find it so easy to bash religion: either its "cultured despisers" (the bog-standard JMG anti-theists) *OR* hipster Christian(ists?), who try to pretend Christianity isn't a religion.<br /><br /><i>re-ligio</i> means to "bind together". Those bound by a belief-system, or life-practices. That's all.<br /><br />Good belief-systems.<br /><br />Or Bad ones.<br /><br />I think it's better to COUNTER(light? ;-)) Bad belief-systems w/ Good'uns.<br /><br />For an example of Bad: the shite Sentamu is pushing (worst possible way, worst possible time, WORST possible place). If y'all join me in opposing him, then we'll have a Good religion, see?<br /><br />OCICBW.JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-75900265729587622322012-02-03T11:13:35.967-05:002012-02-03T11:13:35.967-05:00I'm afaid I must point out there is no such pl...I'm afaid I must point out there is no such place as York Cathedral. It is called York Minster (check your link!). It is a Cathedral but not called a Cathedral. There are not many Minsters about. Beverley in North Yorks has one and I don't think it is a Cathedral. Rotherham Parish Church has recently been promoted (?) to Minster status. It is definitely not a Cathedral.<br /><br />I appreciate you will not be particularly interested in this but there are standards to be maintained. <br /><br />And don't let me put you off the main point of your post!Chris Sissonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17426078801713097932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-42635911773539108052012-02-03T08:46:41.952-05:002012-02-03T08:46:41.952-05:00Actually, I agree with Tristan on this one.
Might...Actually, I agree with Tristan on this one.<br /><br />Might previous comment is not ironic.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-56682914542981377852012-02-03T08:43:39.574-05:002012-02-03T08:43:39.574-05:00Religion IS about power and control. Good reasons...Religion IS about power and control. Good reasons to get rid of it.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-69341981477532949432012-02-03T08:33:45.457-05:002012-02-03T08:33:45.457-05:00Simple answer to the question is, because Religion...Simple answer to the question is, because Religion is about power and control! So the church has always done everything it can to fight ANY change because it takes away their power to control when people see that they do NOT have the answers! Oh and the quote about it being like redefining the Church as being part of the armed forces...Do these peopel NOT know their own history? That is NOT a redefinition, that is a large part of church history!!Tristan Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936915388418287612noreply@blogger.com