This post by Peter Rollins is absolutely stunning. I have been trying, and failing, to make this connection for years. To think that the root of my traumatic relationship with Christianity and Church was believing TOO much. And here I always thought the problem was my doubt. This makes so much sense.
 
Hi, I am from Australia.
ReplyDeletePlease find some references on the childish naivety of conventional belief in a mommy-daddy "creator"-God, the origins of the double sided coin/problem of mortality and isolation, and how to get out of the way, and enter the Kingdom of God
www.adidam.org/teaching/aletheon/truth-religion.aspx
www.adidam.org/death_and_dying/index.html
How to get out of the way
www.adidam.org/teaching/aletheon/truth-life.aspx
www.consciousnessitself.org
www.dabase.org/up-5-6.htm