tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post2855875370216082606..comments2023-11-10T09:15:40.084-08:00Comments on The Friends of Jake: Living with church, part 1: accommodatingDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10124314924693077453noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-7657913247295624142011-05-24T23:42:07.882-07:002011-05-24T23:42:07.882-07:00"On the wrong path", "early in on i..."On the wrong path", "early in on in the journey"? No wonder you get mad at Christians, how dare they!<br /><br />There is a wrong path, but it's to do with how we live, not with what we believe.<br /><br />And as many Christians are on that wrong path as non-Christians. Christians should know it: by their fruit shall you tell them, not by their smugness, by their superiority about their faith, by their unwillingness to look outside their own lives.<br />Time more Christians got that!<br /><br />ErikaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-65361617749636843502011-05-24T15:10:04.722-07:002011-05-24T15:10:04.722-07:00JCF I wasn't speaking ilinearly about anyone e...JCF I wasn't speaking ilinearly about anyone else's journey but my own -- and the comment that I've heard IRL, "you're just much earlier on the journey". Which I admit I find rather annoying.IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-64093009655403990912011-05-20T00:46:52.382-07:002011-05-20T00:46:52.382-07:00JMO, but I think you, IT, are neither "earlie...JMO, but I think you, IT, are neither "earlier on the journey", nor further along.<br /><br />We're all on our own individual journeys (and yet, via our corporal presence in the Church, we travel individually, Together! Paradox).<br /><br />Do all the individual journeys reach the same destination? Some say Yes, some say No.<br /><br />I think, rather like Sinai, the top of the mountain is veiled from sight. Even as we may---for shorter or longer periods---view each other on our journeys, we get the <i>faintest</i> vision of the top (FROM our individual POV). Just enough to keep going...but NOT enough to say (God forbid!) if someone's "on the wrong path."<br /><br />YMMV.JCFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-91585173589545808712011-05-18T20:38:20.135-07:002011-05-18T20:38:20.135-07:00My local university church recently did a survey a...My local university church recently did a survey and found a not insignificant number of attenders were atheists. What I haven't pinned down from them is how many were in the choir (which definitely has at least two Jews and one atheist).Erphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18037406583478493064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-72218433678359568992011-05-18T13:12:24.335-07:002011-05-18T13:12:24.335-07:00She's MY favorite atheist.She's MY favorite atheist.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-21804096761009160472011-05-18T09:09:01.509-07:002011-05-18T09:09:01.509-07:00IT, what a wonderful articulation of your place am...IT, what a wonderful articulation of your place amongst us as a non-believer. I cherish your presence. Did I ever tell you that you're my favorite atheist?June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8238382886103256219.post-79004473354587145732011-05-18T07:46:38.174-07:002011-05-18T07:46:38.174-07:00LOL-- passive aggressive -- I do that myself and I...LOL-- passive aggressive -- I do that myself and I´m a believer!<br /><br />PeaceLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667415590825321701noreply@blogger.com