tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29128991.post7940182989156237453..comments2023-10-10T09:50:34.565-07:00Comments on Find and Ye Shall Seek: An uphill battleMystical Seekerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10828225180668865911noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29128991.post-77501800597191590142007-05-26T08:32:00.000-07:002007-05-26T08:32:00.000-07:00I frequently get the same feeling when I read arti...I frequently get the same feeling when I read articles or sections of books that are critiquing religion -- there's no nuance. I've been resisting my sister's encouragement to end Harris's <I>End of Faith</I>, even more so after reading one section -- which was actually critiquing nonviolence as immoral -- and thinking this man doesn't quite fully understand what he's talking about. It wasn't that the concern he raised had no merit against his understanding of nonviolence, but I don't think he actually understood the idea of direct action as used by progressive believers on many religious tradition and had confused nonviolence with standing by and doing nothing.WordKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13155725542014595709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29128991.post-31161045366588995502007-05-25T12:24:00.000-07:002007-05-25T12:24:00.000-07:00I share your concern. A friend of mine who is an ...I share your concern. A friend of mine who is an atheist was stunned and shocked to hear that I, aChristian, do not think that Jesus was really born in a stable and visted by shepherds and wise men. (Funnily enough, she was left feeling quite sad that the nativity might not be true - which is interesting given her atheism). It's tiresome and frustrating to say the least that we can't have a proper, mainstream intellectual debate about Christianity. The anti-intellectuals have highjacked the topic.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11282529580900925403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29128991.post-9505206406079062942007-05-24T22:34:00.000-07:002007-05-24T22:34:00.000-07:00Thanks for your post. It does indeed seem as thoug...Thanks for your post. It does indeed seem as though the word "religious" is almost necessarily followed by "right" just as "Jesus" is followed by "Christ". It's time for us to take back religion from being the tool of one group and reposition it as the way for many. Between the volume produced by the competing fundamentalisms of atheism and Christianity, it's hard to find a forum for the rest of us!Rev Katie M Laddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04202878992241658856noreply@blogger.com