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Saturday, January 08, 2005

 

Christians are called to recognise that the essence of the divine being is not power but compassion and love

This is important.. in my mind, a piece by a priest who writes 'the essence of the divine is' ... 'compassion and love.'
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Full story at ... http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0108-29.htm
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But this does not offer the Christian worldview unlimited protection from the stormy blast of the tsunami. Christians cannot go on speaking about prayer as if it were an alternative way of getting things done in the world, or about divine power as if God were the puppet master of the universe. What is so terrifying about the Christmas story is that it offers us nothing but the protection of a vulnerable baby, of a God so pathetic that we need to protect Him. The idea of an omnipotent God who can calm the sea and defeat our enemies turns out to be a part of that great fantasy of power that has corrupted the Christian imagination for centuries. Instead, Christians are called to recognise that the essence of the divine being is not power but compassion and love. And it's this love, and this love only, that whispers to me in defiance of the darkness: all will be well, all manner of things will be well.
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Rev'd Dr Giles Fraser is Vicar of Putney and lecturer in philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford.

source.. http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0108-29.htm

Comments:
It would seem to me that being an American Christian has more to do with either herding sheep or being part of the flock. Sheep who think aren't patriotic OR true Christians! And don't forget it!
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