tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642528360863390851.post3092734040700199225..comments2011-04-10T22:44:21.332-04:00Comments on Laughing at the Moon: An Addendum For DichotomyNeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11188878667527127822noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642528360863390851.post-69110079794275777012008-12-21T09:11:00.000-05:002008-12-21T09:11:00.000-05:00Some day the body of Christ will rise again out of...Some day the body of Christ will rise again out of the grave we have made for ourselves.Elvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11339274053983617332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642528360863390851.post-50325434717970672842008-12-20T22:11:00.000-05:002008-12-20T22:11:00.000-05:00I think you ate right. The issue in the church is ...I think you ate right. The issue in the church is that there is this odd notion of "us" versus "them" and that somehow we are better, without sin or whatever. This viewpoint is false. The good news is that we are all God's children and he loves us the same.<BR/><BR/>I don't disagree with the elephant theory, in as much as we all may experience God differently. But the notion that we are blind is Jason Kichlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11006805253910934588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642528360863390851.post-52782172553776420192008-12-20T16:23:00.000-05:002008-12-20T16:23:00.000-05:00I didn't think your posts were contradictory at al...I didn't think your posts were contradictory at all. Does all wisdom not come from God? I guess I see God as WAY BIGGER than any of us can imagine. As you so aptly pointed out--God is eternal while Christianity is only 2000 years old.<BR/><BR/>I agree with you that the church is a far cry from what I think Jesus envisioned. And at the cost of sounding heretical, the church's theology is a far kjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16168117314447946758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642528360863390851.post-73116623275419480832008-12-20T12:43:00.000-05:002008-12-20T12:43:00.000-05:00Thanks, shevrae, I appreciate your viewpoint on th...Thanks, shevrae, I appreciate your viewpoint on the elephant. :) I would say, however, that even Christianity is far, far from what Christ envisioned his bride to look like. Christ didn't come to create a religion; He came to show us what God's love is supposed to look like. Sacrificing love and passion, through pain and torture when necessary. When I see those who call themselves Christians Neanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11188878667527127822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642528360863390851.post-69982534489146776362008-12-20T12:01:00.000-05:002008-12-20T12:01:00.000-05:00I find it interesting that you think of God as big...I find it interesting that you think of God as bigger than Christianity. And if you are simply referring to our ability to communicate God to each other in the sense of a "religion" than I would agree with you (believe me, I have my own issues with the church). <BR/><BR/>However, those short-comings should be directly attributed to our fallen human nature and the struggle against sin. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3642528360863390851.post-68988895455889927032008-12-20T10:28:00.000-05:002008-12-20T10:28:00.000-05:00I think you and I would have a lot to talk about (...I think you and I would have a lot to talk about (in a good way) over coffee. I really empathize with this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com