Saturday, August 23, 2008

My Thoughts

Last week I posted an article that I had read on the so called "Lakeland Revival". I felt that it was both an interesting piece and one that said a fair amount about the confusion that is going on today in religious circles. With so many different versions of faith in the world all of them seeming to take on aspects of their dominant and subordinate cultures it is hard to know what is real and what is imagined.

That is where a lot of my own personal confusion lies. If I am willing to give authority to the scriptures. Then am I supposed to feel that any interpretation that is different then mine is completely false? How am I supposed to put my faith in a mans opinion of the scripture when some many things that in the past have been taken as fact are now thought of as something else entirely?

This is just a beginning as I began to unpack my thoughts concerning both religion and faith and if it is really possible for the two to coexist in today's world. Is the failing ultimately with me or is it with society?

2 comments:

Erin said...

Ummm.... did we ever decide on a topic for our Sat. night group? What's the plan stan?

The Sniper said...

Okay, not related to this post but...

Dude, if you can photoshop a picture of a severed head in the velocoraptor's claw with a scream frozen on its face it would be SO much funnier.

Just sayin'.