tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post111971253284035652..comments2023-09-08T00:47:50.511-07:00Comments on Naked Reflections: A Fond FarewellStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02549770321948541384noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post-1119727127804744702005-06-25T12:18:00.000-07:002005-06-25T12:18:00.000-07:00Please see my "Reply to David Stern"Please see my "Reply to David Stern"Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549770321948541384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post-1119714041451151612005-06-25T08:40:00.000-07:002005-06-25T08:40:00.000-07:00>I believe that Christianity’s understanding of Go...>I believe that Christianity’s understanding of God and humankind is unrealistic, and that it preaches and moralizes too much and strives too little to open people’s minds and hearts to direct and transfiguring apprehension of God’s loving and unifying presence.<BR/><BR/>Of course it is easy for you to come to that conclusion as you are not a practicing Catholic. As near as I can tell you practice nothing.<BR/><BR/>Further, you did not participate in a discussion of faith and how the posters experience God; rather you urgently kept asking the same two questions about hell and “homosexual union.” In other words, the presence of the observer (especially an observer with pre-conceived notions) influence the outcome of the experiment.<BR/><BR/>By the way, in <I>Living Buddha, Living Christ</I> Thich Nhat Hanh asserts the Eucharist is the Body and Blood of Christ. Do you suppose he is able to do so by assuming a stance of mutuality toward Catholicism rather than deconstructionism? Maybe he can teach you if you want to be taught.<BR/><BR/>Good luck in your endeavors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com