Know Your Fallacies

Literalism

"To take Scriptures seriously is not to take them literally. Literalism is invariably the lowest and least level of meaning. Most Biblical authors understood this, which is why they felt totally free to take so many obvious liberties with what we would call 'facts.' In many ways, we have moved backwards in our ability to read spiritual and transformative texts, especially after the Enlightenment of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when religious people got defensive and lost their own unique vantage point. Serious reading of Scripture will allow you to find an ever-new spiritual meaning for the liberation of history, the liberation of the soul, and the liberation of God in every generation. Then the text is true on many levels, instead of trying to prove it is true on just the one simple, factual level. Sacred texts always maximize your possibilities for life and love, which is why we call them sacred. I am afraid we have for too long used the Bible merely to prove various church positions, which largely narrows their range and depth. Instead of transforming people, the Biblical texts became utilitarian and handy ammunition." - Richard Rohr

This really says it all~~~~~~~~~~~~

Nothing to Fear

Science--What do you have to be afraid of? Nothing. One of God's qualities is truth. Science is a process of discovering truth. No need to be afraid of truth. The Bible is not a science text.

If Science Proves---

Faith or Science--no conflict

I am fascinated by science. But science is discovering what is already there. My faith tells me Who put it there to be discovered. No conflict for me.--Amy Leat

Follow the example

Jesus broke religious laws for the sake of mercy and love all the time.--unknown

What Kind of God?

I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this. I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place. I am as passionate about this campaign as I ever was about apartheid. For me, it is at the same level."

- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Called

"It is my sacred calling to look into the eyes of each person I encounter and say to myself, 'Behold, the image of God,' and then act accordingly." --unknown

For Me---

Our Job

Walking

Our Barometer

Mirror

The world is a great mirror. It reflects back to you what you are. If you are loving, if you are friendly, if you are helpful, the world will prove loving and friendly and helpful to you. The world is what you are.


Thomas Dreier (1884-1976);

I Want

Too Much

Walking Each Other Home

“We're all just walking each other home.”

― Ram Dass