The churches in my neck of the woods have been a huge disappointment during these two years of fright stoked by a worse-than-average flu. Even now, when secular authorities have dropped the odious vax passes, a local Protestant church refused entry to a concert to those who could not show proof of having been injected with the harmful, ineffective "vaccine."
About ten years ago, after a period of atheism, I slowly returned to faith in God, the writings of St John of the Cross being very helpful in setting me straight. Coincidentally, my parish bulletin announced that Frs. Laurence Freeman and Richard Rohr would be holding a weekend conference on Christian contemplation. On the last day, during a Q & A session, Richard Rohr announced--unprompted--that he did not believe in the "supernatural Jesus," a sentiment enthusiastically seconded by Fr. Freeman. Goodbye, miracles and Resurrection! Hello, CS Lewis' madman!
“Theology mediates between a cultural matrix and the role of religion in that matrix” B. Lonergan
Or not?
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I’m trying to understand your multiple references to Tao (or Dao in pinyin) as per Lewis. Going from memory, I recall Tao not being primary. “Humans are patterned after Earth, Earth is patterned after heaven, heaven is patterned after Tao, and Tao is patterned after self-evidencing”. It’s been 30 years since my study of ancient Chinese but this is top of mind. As you know, Chinese is quite connotative but my point remains: Tao isn’t primary.
I have another question regarding ontology but need more time to think it out. The main point here is, could we not put ontology aside for a moment and deal with nominalism via epistemology? I’m taking a risk here putting it so boldly.
Some feminist lit of 70s (Spretnak perhaps?) discusses how the spiritual had to be eliminated so the materialsts could mine Mother Earth. So the witches burned.
And there is a short story in one of the dark horse podcasts - about Bret and Heather visiting a judge in Africa. Their host, the judge, wondered how he could trust them where they had no faith. i think about that a lot: can I trust anyone devoid of reverence, faith, trust in some greater power.
The churches in my neck of the woods have been a huge disappointment during these two years of fright stoked by a worse-than-average flu. Even now, when secular authorities have dropped the odious vax passes, a local Protestant church refused entry to a concert to those who could not show proof of having been injected with the harmful, ineffective "vaccine."
About ten years ago, after a period of atheism, I slowly returned to faith in God, the writings of St John of the Cross being very helpful in setting me straight. Coincidentally, my parish bulletin announced that Frs. Laurence Freeman and Richard Rohr would be holding a weekend conference on Christian contemplation. On the last day, during a Q & A session, Richard Rohr announced--unprompted--that he did not believe in the "supernatural Jesus," a sentiment enthusiastically seconded by Fr. Freeman. Goodbye, miracles and Resurrection! Hello, CS Lewis' madman!
Hello Douglas.
Would this be helpful?
“Theology mediates between a cultural matrix and the role of religion in that matrix” B. Lonergan
Or not?
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I’m trying to understand your multiple references to Tao (or Dao in pinyin) as per Lewis. Going from memory, I recall Tao not being primary. “Humans are patterned after Earth, Earth is patterned after heaven, heaven is patterned after Tao, and Tao is patterned after self-evidencing”. It’s been 30 years since my study of ancient Chinese but this is top of mind. As you know, Chinese is quite connotative but my point remains: Tao isn’t primary.
I have another question regarding ontology but need more time to think it out. The main point here is, could we not put ontology aside for a moment and deal with nominalism via epistemology? I’m taking a risk here putting it so boldly.
Thank you.
Some feminist lit of 70s (Spretnak perhaps?) discusses how the spiritual had to be eliminated so the materialsts could mine Mother Earth. So the witches burned.
And there is a short story in one of the dark horse podcasts - about Bret and Heather visiting a judge in Africa. Their host, the judge, wondered how he could trust them where they had no faith. i think about that a lot: can I trust anyone devoid of reverence, faith, trust in some greater power.
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