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The Guts To Leave The Temple

Started by mturro · 11 months ago

“Very often people hear about God at about the same time as they’re learning about Santa Claus. And their ideas about Santa Claus mature and change in time, but their idea of God remains infantile.”
So says Karen Armstrong, author of The Great Transformation ... Continue reading »

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RC of strangeculture
3 years ago

Karen's opinions are uneducated.

I understand the concept she is weaving but there is no one over the age of 10 who believes in Santa Claus...but through out generations people have testified to the hand of God and people of all ages have experienced God in ways they have and haven't tried to escribe.

The same can not be said about Santa Clause.

--RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com

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mturro
3 years ago

I think her point in that quote on Santa/God is strong. So many people don't ever get away from that concept of God being this guy up in the sky who is keeping tabs on our actions in order to judge us in the end. So many people fail to achieve a real spiritual experience while they're alive because they're so worried about what "the boss" will say when they die.

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