tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post4126297206857854324..comments2023-09-22T06:56:46.508-05:00Comments on Adoro te Devote: Faith, Reason, and HappinessAdorohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-5589733945731724102010-06-28T19:39:12.125-05:002010-06-28T19:39:12.125-05:00Suburbanbanshee ~ yes, that too. I was in fact won...Suburbanbanshee ~ yes, that too. I was in fact wondering about where he stands within his own religion. However, logically, knowing that they do not believe in a Triune God, fundamentally it is going to affect their beliefs about human nature. I'd really never thought about that before. <br /><br />I have no idea where he is on the spectrum of Judaism, though. As with any discussion about religion, it does help to not only know one's own beliefs, but those of the other person so as to avoid a priori assumptions that may not be applicable!Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-221493231127566832010-06-28T19:29:47.713-05:002010-06-28T19:29:47.713-05:00The other caveat is that a writer from another tra...The other caveat is that a writer from another tradition may seem very mainstream to his faith, but not be. No matter how plausible his interpretation seems to us ignorant outsiders....Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-84258450740184235742010-06-28T12:51:37.838-05:002010-06-28T12:51:37.838-05:00Robin ~ Everything you said here is true. That com...Robin ~ Everything you said here is true. That common perspective, that of "all religions are the same" has done much to cause the increase in secularism and atheism in this country. It's a position of intellectual laziness that's got all too many people in a downward spiral!<br /><br />It also seems there are extremes: occasionally I'll "run into" someone who disagrees with the Catholic Church, but through their misunderstandings of our beliefs. Conversations in that regard are unfruitful for the other person is telling me what I allegedly believe! lol! If they would focus on what THEY believe, they would make more sense, but I suspect in many of those cases, where the other party is hostile, their anger arises from a position of uncertainty. They don't have their own foundation of belief!<br /><br />I also work in religious education, and although we don't offer world religions, we DO try to provide adult formation materials...but the same people are the ones who attend. Those who are knowledgeable! Those who need to be informed won't even darken the door!<br /><br />We may have differing beliefs, but you and I are dealing with the same problems!Adorohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853244433854822731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15170815.post-55624218892273437612010-06-28T08:32:52.910-05:002010-06-28T08:32:52.910-05:00You make many points here that are probably valid ...You make many points here that are probably valid from the POV of all religions. I know that as a leader in the education program in my own (Presbyterian) church, I have been frustrated by the fact that we get twice as many folks in attendance for adult ed programs on world religions as we do for programs on our own faith and practices. I'm all for learning about other faiths, but I'm not happy that we think that we know so much about our own that we can just skip those educational and formation offerings and go straight to those on Hinduism and Buddhism.<br /><br />I think that my former teaching colleagues in an Orthodox Jewish school would take the same position. I taught a lot about world religions in high school world history, but it was made easier by the fact that the students were well versed in their own faith and could ask questions from a well-developed and acknowledged perspective.<br /><br />My brother, who is in a searching mode these days, expressed a great deal of interest in Buddhism for awhile, and finally asked me what the differences were between Buddhism and Christianity. As far as he could tell from a superficial and mostly cultural perspective, they were about the same. I'm afraid that his viewpoint is a common one.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01898073277524952683noreply@blogger.com