Hello, AlanFromWitchita,
An absolutely
great point!
“What I found amazing while manic, is how unconcerned people seem to be with issues that are of tantamount importance. It occurs to me that if people really believe the lessons of life, death, and salvation, they would do little without trying to evangelize at the same time. Like it really helps for people to tell me that I’m too emotional or that I’m taking stuff too seriously, when they are the ones who told me this stuff is serious but themselves behave as if it is a theoretical thought exercise.” quote, AlanFromWitchita
Life’s funny, isn’t it? I can zoom around in ontology
and epistimology like a bird in flight. But when it
comes to thinking in mathematical terms, it’s like
hitting a brick wall at 90 miles an hour! I mean,
it’s a closed book to me. I would dearly loved to
have studied physics, but- no calculus, no physics.
So I look on your ability with mathematics as a
real gift. [you know how you study binomial [sp?]
equations in high school? I could never figure
out what application there was for same. I
still
don’t know!
]
Also:
“Bluntly, I’ve heard some rather convincing non-Catholics speak about how “faith” is itself rooted in the unknown and not in traditions, etc. Therefore, dogmatic adherence to any specific belief system is actually clinging rather than pure faith.”
quote, AlanFromWitchita
It’s your point about “clinging” that’s interesting to me.
Makes me think of: “So I’ll cling to the old rugged
cross…”
It’s like I think: “Good. Let others cling to doctrine and
denominations. They’re healthy. I’m drowning here;
so I’ll cling to the cross and hope for the best.”
“Throw out the lifeline, throw out the lifeline,
Someone is drowning today.” :clapping:
Again, I dunno. It’s my Protestant brothers and
sisters whom seem to get the picture more
clearly on some realities. Check out some of their hymns.
So, I’m humming along today. It’s beautiful here in
the Northeast.
I appreciated your post, AlanFromWitchita,
reen