tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post7193449141430789890..comments2024-02-24T18:30:26.749-07:00Comments on prairiemary: REV. MORALES WANTS TO KNOW . . .Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-40274340196273536292012-01-30T22:19:17.154-07:002012-01-30T22:19:17.154-07:00So . . . here you have it in the comments! These ...So . . . here you have it in the comments! These two people are friends of mine, both unchurched, one Apollonian (all reason) and one Dionysian (mystical), both exceptional in good ways, and I know they would agree on many issues.mscriverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13567509503405689139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-14827980958832530572012-01-29T20:51:47.558-07:002012-01-29T20:51:47.558-07:00Having been a heretical Dionysian most of my life ...Having been a heretical Dionysian most of my life by natural inclination, my contacts with groups like UU have often made me feel like most of the people I met spent all their time in their heads, and not much in their bodies, or their hearts. A very intellectual form of religion. Where's the mystery, the mysticism, the direct experience of God? I talked once to some UUs who actually thought that mystical experiences were pathological—they were THAT rationally-oriented. Since the foundation and basis of religion is revelation, and mystical experience, I sort of felt like, those folks at least were more philosophers of religion than practitioners.Art Durkeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11838465.post-20125577069976491042012-01-29T14:38:00.258-07:002012-01-29T14:38:00.258-07:00UU drives people away because it still
holds some ...UU drives people away because it still<br />holds some truths to be self-evident, when<br />it should appeal to people who know that<br />all ideas are up for grabs today. If it could<br />be more free-wheeling it might attract more people. Find those disaffected clergy<br />and ask them! I suspect it has to cease<br />being a church-like fellowship altogether<br />and provide a soap box forum with nothing sacred.Karen Scottnoreply@blogger.com