Friday, September 21, 2007
Love is that which transcends the natural - it is that which is truly supernatural. It is that which allows us to act contrary to our basest nature - to reach beyond the selfish ego. The christian message of transcendent love is without question one of the great messages to reach the ends of the earth. Although one can deny and disagree with the reality of dogmas and theories, no one who has encountered true love can disagree with its transformative power. The great tragedy is that the message has failed to transform the messenger; Christianity does not live up to its higher calling. The great examples of love expressed come from all quarters, all faiths, all cultures - love is no respecter of persons or creeds. Creeds fail to transform, as do church's or mosques or temples. Love is found in the living, not in written words, ancient or new. Love does not boast or demand or cling - it is the freedom of self-surrender.
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hey, you still out there? you haven't posted since september - how u doing?
hey, i agree with most of this, good perspective. your statement: The great tragedy is that the message has failed to transform the messenger; - what about christianity's founder? what about the writers of the NT? seems like it did transform them at the least, and it is safe to say it has for countless others too. just not everyone. or maybe not even many.
There are individual lights arising from all quarters - as you say, "not even many."
There is no evidence of the writers of the new testament being transformed, and outside of Jesus, Paul, Peter and John no evidence that even the rest of the disciples were transformed.
The promised comforter seems to only have come for a few.
As I say, the theory of agape love is breathtaking, but the messenger by and large is a romantic tragedy. So much promise that fails to manifest itself in the way it has advertised itself.
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