To: annalex
St. Paul often returns to this theme, as he teaches to avoid anger and combat other strong emotions and attachments. This distinction, between the passionate and the spiritual, is reflected in the absence of emotion that is characteristic of the Catholic and Orthodox liturgy.Interesting perspective. However, the God of the Bible impresses me as seriously passionate. The notion that shutting down the emotions makes us "higher" creatures sounds more like Buddhism than Christianity.
399 posted on
12/06/2006 10:15:56 AM PST by
TomSmedley
(Calvinist, optimist, home schooling dad, exuberant husband, technical writer)
To: TomSmedley
more like Buddhism than Christianity It may resonate with a Buddhist, but the difference is that we know Who saved us, and Who liberated us from the bondage. The Buddhist don't.
418 posted on
12/06/2006 10:27:16 AM PST by
annalex
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