Comments for Natural Spirituality - Bridging Atheism and Theism

Comment on Letting God Unite, Not Separate by Scott

Scott — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:17:13 +0000

This article drills into the heart of both a problem and a solution that should be at the forefront of spiritual issue discussions. I was disappointed that there were no more entries, and your website is not up now. If you have written more on this, or if you might be interested in exchanging ideas, please let me know. –SM

Comment on Letting God Unite, Not Separate by naturalspirituality

naturalspirituality — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:56:51 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Christy. Your experience is common to many people, although quite a few never come back to any kind of church fellowship. I intend that this blog will help inform people of the many options for joining others in spiritual fellowships that may be vastly different from anything they have seen or even been aware of. Incredible resources for support and emotional/spiritual stimulation are very close to virtually every American these days–in both online and in-person forms.

Howard

Comment on Letting God Unite, Not Separate by Christy

Christy — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 07:39:44 +0000

This is my first time responding to a blog, but a friend recommended I check this out, since he knows my interest in spirituality vs religion. I, too, come from a Protestant background, but started questioning the “truths” I was “told” to believe as early as high school. By the time I hit college, I was pretty fed up with my denomination and religion, so plunged into studying other faith traditions. Although all of them had some attraction for me, they also failed to live up to my expectations, so for about 25 years I chose to ignore religion entirely!

Being out of any kind of religious practice did leave an emptiness, however, and about 6 years ago, I started to go back to church. BUT, the big difference is that I pick and choose what makes sense to me, and no longer feel guilty about veering away from dogma or church tradition. I honor all faith traditions as humanity’s feeble attempt to organize and “manage” huge and transcendent concepts that defy casual definition. I recognize that culture, history, hierarchy, and all sorts of human stuff often interfere with the basic truths and universal laws. But instead of criticizing religion from outside, I have chosen to work from within — not to proseletyze or persuade anyone of my “enlightenment” and “correctness”, but to grow and shine my light, and let others do the same in their own way and on their own path.

I look forward to reading more on this page, and hearing from others who are trying to find their way out of fundamentalism or disbelief into a genuine cooperation and honoring of all our paths. CLW