Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

To: Mad Dawg

I don’t think that speaks to the sociology, nor the theology etc. involved, at all.

Sorry. I just don’t.


2,827 posted on 07/27/2010 10:13:39 PM PDT by Quix (THE PLAN of the Bosses: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2519352/posts?page=2#2)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2825 | View Replies ]


To: Quix
It's interesting.

Nancy and I met a couple some decades ago. They were converts, and as far as I could tell had no religion at all, no sense of Jesus beyond a kind of, let's all feel good and embrace liberal social causes. Unitarian Catholics? (I don't remember if they had a Subaru ...) (But then, I have a Subaru, so maybe that's not a good index ...)

Still, there was SOME hunger in them, or they wouldn't have joined up.

I guess my 'stance' with respect to the parade of half-hearted Catholics (and half-hearted Christians is the old Buddhist line, "If you hold a lotus to a rock long enough, who knows, maybe it will take root."

When Nancy and I got hitched, her maid of honor was a sort of classic "It doesn't matter what you believe as long as you're sincere," person. Very dear and sweet, but, wow, no awareness of anybody knocking at her door, and an active resistance to the idea that there was only one Lord worth the title.

7 years later she was doing exquisite calligraphies of Bible texts -- with real and grateful heart.

So I've learned to leave the whole conversion thing to God. He's really good at it. In the meantime, I'm glad the lotuses are at least NEAR the Rock, even when they vote for Obama and stuff.

2,911 posted on 07/28/2010 6:35:35 AM PDT by Mad Dawg (O Maria, sine labe concepta, ora pro nobis qui ad te confugimus.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2827 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson