tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post2621904737802630324..comments2023-12-24T00:52:24.736+00:00Comments on Jody Stowell: still alive but i'm barely breathin, prayin to a god that i don't believe in....Jody Stowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15534042687275254272noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post-77333581485233983012009-11-13T11:58:16.371+00:002009-11-13T11:58:16.371+00:00Jody, my thought would be, why not start from your...Jody, my thought would be, why not start from <i>your</i> tradition - the Creeds, the Prayer Book, the Ordinal and the Thirty-nine Articles. These should surely give us a starting point as Anglicans when it comes to 'what Scripture says' - if only something to 'bounce off'. They also give a reference point when talking with other Anglicans - whether liberal or conservative.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post-79213673084669390762009-11-12T18:38:11.005+00:002009-11-12T18:38:11.005+00:00So what would you do if after really knowing God i...So what would you do if after really knowing God it turns out you don't like Him?<br /><br />IconoclastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post-83082353544838556012009-11-09T20:56:01.540+00:002009-11-09T20:56:01.540+00:00Having a spot of bother?Having a spot of bother?Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post-44082941174522108012009-11-03T00:11:26.339+00:002009-11-03T00:11:26.339+00:00Jody, I'm glad I've figured out how to pos...Jody, I'm glad I've figured out how to post a comment: this is about the most encouraging material to come out of a fulcrumby person for ages (as a v cross email I fortunately aborted would have said!) I think it's very important to say stuff like this even in conservative places like Ridley Hall -- it sort of cheers me up sometimes to remember Meister Eckhart who managed not to get done for heresy, but said there was a God beyond God who was more like an abyss or a void -- so far beyond our grasp as to make all the pictures we go in for a waste of time. And sometimes praying gives me an inkling of that -- and the real blessing of what you're saying about how to make sense of the bible, is that once you've recognized a variety of possibilities, you'll never be able to just have one that is fully 'authorized'. So tell them how it is! with prayers and blessings from BerlinTony Phelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02797513072158966429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post-51207661863987374342009-11-02T16:26:02.795+00:002009-11-02T16:26:02.795+00:00Sympathies and blessings Jody. The post-grad group...Sympathies and blessings Jody. The post-grad group is always good even if I mostly felt thick as part of it, half a pace behind everyone else and struggling hard to keep up! Was always worthwhile though.<br /><br />We know in part and we see in part... and then we get ordained and see fully... *joke*<br /><br />Seriously though, we're all incomplete in our understanding and no-one knows God fully in all He is, otherwise I guess they would be divine too, but Scripture, the community (both down the ages and now) and our own minds and experience all contribute to our (hopefully) growing understanding.<br /><br />Be encouraged and stick it to 'em in the post-grad group. Just be yourself... it's what God has given you to be.Davidhttp://www.wannabepriest.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6356363460965043698.post-74641724216114132842009-10-31T20:06:25.915+00:002009-10-31T20:06:25.915+00:00This is great - had me laughing but in that 'o...This is great - had me laughing but in that 'oh I so know what you mean' kind of a way - so that even if your version of God is different to mine, your thought-patterns regarding your version of God and what this means (fails to 'mean') are the same ;-)<br /><br />Rach<br />XRev R Marszalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.com