Comments on: A religion based on fear teaches fear http://spaceagesage.com/2008/12/12/a-religion-based-on-fear-teaches-fear/ Where wisdom fuels change Tue, 22 May 2012 17:30:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: spaceagesage http://spaceagesage.com/2008/12/12/a-religion-based-on-fear-teaches-fear/#comment-2267 spaceagesage Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:16:32 +0000 http://spaceagesage.com/?p=1473#comment-2267 Hi Robin, I believe my goal is to be one with God, which is a different concept than yours, but either way, you can't grow just by listening to others. Hi Lance, I agree -- grace and love are powerful and transformational. I'm glad to read they are at the base of your faith. I agree wholeheartedly that God is a loving God, but I've been exposed to church abuse, and I'm hoping to explore in my upcoming posts that the definitions, strictures, and institutionalized mindsets in some religious thinking keep us from fully embracing and understanding grace and love. Hi Robin,
I believe my goal is to be one with God, which is a different concept than yours, but either way, you can’t grow just by listening to others.

Hi Lance,
I agree — grace and love are powerful and transformational. I’m glad to read they are at the base of your faith. I agree wholeheartedly that God is a loving God, but I’ve been exposed to church abuse, and I’m hoping to explore in my upcoming posts that the definitions, strictures, and institutionalized mindsets in some religious thinking keep us from fully embracing and understanding grace and love.

]]> By: Lance http://spaceagesage.com/2008/12/12/a-religion-based-on-fear-teaches-fear/#comment-2265 Lance Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:39:16 +0000 http://spaceagesage.com/?p=1473#comment-2265 The important thing for me, as I think about my spirituality, is the importance of what "grace" means. Knowing that Christ came and died for me (and you, and everyone's sins) - and that it is by grace alone that I am redeemed - this is what matters. Fear, no, is not what I want from religion. We have a loving God, and knowing that - it is through love, not fear, that religion helps me to grow my relationship with my Maker. The important thing for me, as I think about my spirituality, is the importance of what “grace” means. Knowing that Christ came and died for me (and you, and everyone’s sins) - and that it is by grace alone that I am redeemed - this is what matters. Fear, no, is not what I want from religion. We have a loving God, and knowing that - it is through love, not fear, that religion helps me to grow my relationship with my Maker.

]]> By: Robin http://spaceagesage.com/2008/12/12/a-religion-based-on-fear-teaches-fear/#comment-2264 Robin Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:36:54 +0000 http://spaceagesage.com/?p=1473#comment-2264 Hi there Lori - I totally agree. The bit (of what you said) that really stands out for me is "fear of our own inner compass" - it appears to me that mainstream religions teach people to listen to something outside themselves (e.g. God, the scriptures), rather than to their own inner guidance (which as far as I am concerned actually is God's guidance, because we are God - oh how I could go on about this!) Cheers - Robin Hi there Lori - I totally agree. The bit (of what you said) that really stands out for me is “fear of our own inner compass” - it appears to me that mainstream religions teach people to listen to something outside themselves (e.g. God, the scriptures), rather than to their own inner guidance (which as far as I am concerned actually is God’s guidance, because we are God - oh how I could go on about this!)

Cheers - Robin

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