A New Humanity
Ξ November 16th, 2009 | → | ∇ Life |
GOD IS LOVE. What does that really mean to you?
Paul is quoted in Galatians as saying that inside the Christ experience there is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free, male nor female. This surely expresses the unbounded love of God, our Source. I see a new humanity emerging. A new humanity that sees that God, our Source, the Ground of all Being, is Love and understands what that phrase truly means. God not only loves unboundedly, but IS love itself. Therefore, a new humanity must always be the product of love. It must grow into an even deeper humanity , an unbounded humanity , even a transcendent humanity.
The more we understand that we are the beneficiaries of an unmerited gift of love from the Source of all, the Ground of all Being, the less we need to relate to the theistic images of our religious past. As this takes place, the realm of the supernatural fades and the experience of love as the ultimate dimension of the divine begins to grow.
While it is true that, to many of us, the advent of knowledge has rather thoroughly destroyed many aspects of the supernatural in our religion, the church as a whole has not been able to come to grips with the demise of the supernatural.
As a result, in the past five years, I have felt more and more alienated from traditional church life.
Increasingly I see the church as an organization for the spiritually immature. Please do not misunderstand me. I am not saying this in an elitist way, thinking I am better than others. I am not. However, the traditional church seems to be like a body of children vying for the approval of a heavenly parent. Also, it is engaged in a medieval attempt at the manipulation of the divine, for their benefit. I see the church increasingly retreating into unreality.
Church life seems to be more dedicated to behavior control, and church politics, who’s IN and who’s OUT of "the kingdom". I don’t want to be a part of a faith community that says that the color of one’s skin, the ethnicity of one’s ancestors, the gender of one’s body, or the sexual orientation of one’s brain determines a person’s worth, holiness, or access to being a part of who the Source really is.
I want to be part of a new humanity where LOVE is the theme.
Stumble it!
on November 21st, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Church life seems to be more dedicated to behavior control, and church politics, who’s IN and who’s OUT of “the kingdom”. I don’t want to be a part of a faith community that says that the color of one’s skin, the ethnicity of one’s ancestors, the gender of one’s body, or the sexual orientation of one’s brain determines a person’s worth, holiness, or access to being a part of who the Source really is.
I want to be part of a new humanity where LOVE is the theme.
Me Too!!!!