AUTHORITY

Religion has become an authority that has claimed to be the author of the story of faith that has been recorded for us in our Bible with myths and narratives that are meant to add value to our lives.  For many of us brought up in the faith, like I was, we have become conservative and comfortable.

Religion will always need to be critically analysed and instead of being the answer start us on a journey of questioning and looking deeper into ourselves and our values.  It is easy to be critical and judmental if one is on the outside looking in.  I have been trying to see myself in this story that for me is a living experience.  I am becoming I think more open to those who wish not to destroy but to build a foundation that is strong like the rocks pictured here.

"Religion is a powerful source of either hope or despair, depending on whether it continues to create sef-serving institutions or struggles to being reverence and comphrehension back into the center of our individual and communal lives."   from the Absence Of God by Sam Keen

For me religion is many things
It is ritual that brings remembrance of the past alive
It is wonder and laughter
It is the imperfect meeting the acceptance of the perfect
It is prayer and studying, visiting the sick and giving money to help others
It is believing and it is doing.
It is simple and also
It is complex beyong human understanding

We can ignore God and say we do not need him;
we can run away but in the end He is waiting with open arms.