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What use is God if he can’t actually do anything for us? Part 2

What use is God if he can’t actually do anything for us? Part 2 A similar, hugely beneficial effect of our new understanding of God, relates to the idea of keeping faith. Again, this acts both within the individual life of each believer, and actually operates as a channel of communication between people – evenContinue reading “What use is God if he can’t actually do anything for us? Part 2”

What use is God if he can’t actually do anything for us? Part 1

What use is God if he can’t actually do anything for us? (This is a long theological and philosophical reflection, coming in 9 parts) Part 1 Within our new framework of understanding for religion, we have preserved in its entirety the whole of the believer’s inner life, sharing a personal relationship with God. However, weContinue reading “What use is God if he can’t actually do anything for us? Part 1”

God: who are you; what are you? Part 6

God: who are you; what are you? Part 6 I do want to admit that in some of my other writings I have perhaps too readily expressed confidence that I know that this voice is not me. Though you can see why I’m reluctant to claim it as my voice, for the conclusion that itContinue reading “God: who are you; what are you? Part 6”

Gazing at the full moon

Gazing at the full moon If I could run to the moon tonight, Through the bright, black sky, in sheer delight, And leap and bound up the beam of light, That draws me upward in giddy flight, With sure-footed steps through the air so bright, I’d laugh and yell to see the sight, Of theContinue reading “Gazing at the full moon”

God: who are you; what are you? Part 5

God: who are you; what are you? Part 5 I come back to the simple reality that the voice of God is experienced in my own mind. If it’s me all along, then I am God. Theoretically, this is idolatry, the greatest sin, though, in this case, it would not be meant in a hubristicContinue reading “God: who are you; what are you? Part 5”

Christ in all humility

Christ in all humility To hold everything in your hands, but to lay it all down, To have all power, but to grasp after nothing; To wait gently and patiently in tranquil love, For the other to step closer, Ardently longing for the approach, but forcing nothing; Bearing all power and authority as lightly asContinue reading “Christ in all humility”

God: who are you; what are you? Part 4

God: who are you; what are you? Part 4 This is a theoretical possibility – though I am reluctant to judge that this is so – not least because this “3rd voice” so often seems to strike through the dross of usual concerns to reveal a distinctively different – and better – angle on theContinue reading “God: who are you; what are you? Part 4”

God: who are you; what are you? Part 3

God: who are you; what are you? Part 3 Perhaps our experience of God is simply a peculiarity of the way the human mind works – perhaps an accident of evolutionary development. What religious people find most striking is the way the voice of God does indeed seem to them to be external and differentContinue reading “God: who are you; what are you? Part 3”

God: who are you; what are you? Part 2

God: who are you; what are you? Part 2 I’m also extremely unwilling to give up my understanding of this voice as the voice of God. Whatever this voice is, it is the most precious thing in my life. Through it, I have gained greater insight, clarity, uplifting transcendence and compassionate wisdom than through anyContinue reading “God: who are you; what are you? Part 2”

God: who are you; what are you? Part 1

God: who are you; what are you? (Coming in 6 parts) Part 1 It has been a staple of my thoughts for some years now that the voice of God that I experience in my head is distinctly different from my own voice, and I know this to be true because I know what itContinue reading “God: who are you; what are you? Part 1”