More thoughts on David Dark’s The Sacredness of Questioning Everything. Previous thoughts are here. Dark defines “religion” a little differently than I think most of us refer to it as, and that is as a “calling out.” Meaning, it’s how you live your life, day to day. So, religion can be anything, not just…well, the […]
There Is A God
Be prepared. Today’s post is long…but necessary, for me. Tomorrow, perhaps, I’ll have lighter fare, you poor dears. It’s only fair that I let you in on my thinking processes, since so recently (around Easter) I was asked to answer three important questions by Bing from Birmingham. I’ve been quite honest about the fact that […]
Good Friday Questions
At the end of yesterday’s post, Bing in Birmingham posted a list of questions, which I will attempt to answer today in a VERY LONG post. They’re biggies. Are you ready? The questions are in bold, if you want to skip any of them. [And Bing, I, too, like Clare, have quoted from the Bible, […]
Misquoting Jesus
As promised, I’ve finished Misquoting Jesus, Bart Ehrman’s prelude to Jesus, Interrupted, which I’ve already blogged about in a previous post here. What a fascinating read–a little drier than Jesus, Interrupted–but still, fascinating! I won’t pretend to know the actual truth of Ehrman’s comments, because I do not know Greek and Hebrew (and Latin), which […]
The Story of B
It’s not often that I read a book and come away feeling devastated, but devastated in the sense that all I’ve ever known has been called into question–legitimately and rightly. Brad, a friend of mine, had recommended Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael, to me last fall, right after he read an advanced copy of Eve. I devoured […]