RE: Reply to Glenn's 9/11 post

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Howard J. Van Till [mailto:hvantill@sbcglobal.net]
>Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 12:20 PM
>To: Glenn Morton; jwburgeson@juno.com; asa@calvin.edu
>Subject: Re: Reply to Glenn's 9/11 post

>Each of us deals, I believe, with our own _concept_ or portrait of
>God. Some
>portraits of God are life-enriching; some are astoundingly ugly and
>destructive of life and joy.
>
>Designating some set of religious writings to be Sacred Scripture -- the
>TRUTH -- does not seem to improve the picture much. Persons with ugly and
>destructive portraits of God make just as strong an appeal to the sacred
>texts as those with more fruitful portraits. Both the text and the
>interpretation of the text are thoroughly human products.

What I can't figure out, Howard, is why you bother with religion anymore.
If I held your views, I wouldn't. If texts and interps are all human
products, then why not believe in Beinn sithe's (Celtic mountain faeries)
are every bit as real as Jehovah, Allah etc. I would think your view would
lead to an that of agnosticism.
Received on Fri Oct 1 10:13:40 2004