http://www.humanitarianchronicle.com/2009/02/the-christian-placebo/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:16:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.humanitarianchronicle.com/2009/02/the-christian-placebo/comment-page-1/#comment-2498 Sarah Heanaghan Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:26:33 +0000 http://www.humanitarianchronicle.com/?p=680#comment-2498 That is so cool Drew, I agree! He says "Christianity, post-Reformation and post-Luther, with its teaching of a direct, personal, two-way link between the individual and God, unmediated by the collective, and unsubordinate to any other human being, smashes straight through the philosophical/spiritual framework I've just described. It offers something to hold on to to those anxious to cast off a crushing tribal groupthink. That is why and how it liberates." I love how he describes that but if we do have this two-way relationship with God as he says, this is more then just merely a belief in a God who 'offers' hope but a real relationship in which we must be getting something out of. It is just that, TWO way. As you say, it would not be as life changing and core shaking as it is, if it were just a belief system put together as though it is just another aid for those in poverty. That is so cool Drew, I agree! He says “Christianity, post-Reformation and post-Luther, with its teaching of a direct, personal, two-way link between the individual and God, unmediated by the collective, and unsubordinate to any other human being, smashes straight through the philosophical/spiritual framework I’ve just described. It offers something to hold on to to those anxious to cast off a crushing tribal groupthink. That is why and how it liberates.”
I love how he describes that but if we do have this two-way relationship with God as he says, this is more then just merely a belief in a God who ‘offers’ hope but a real relationship in which we must be getting something out of. It is just that, TWO way. As you say, it would not be as life changing and core shaking as it is, if it were just a belief system put together as though it is just another aid for those in poverty.

]]> http://www.humanitarianchronicle.com/2009/02/the-christian-placebo/comment-page-1/#comment-2497 Karli Allen Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:11:31 +0000 http://www.humanitarianchronicle.com/?p=680#comment-2497 Interesting conversation starter there. Thanks Drew! Interesting conversation starter there. Thanks Drew!

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