tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12126432.post5165830243526373648..comments2023-10-29T03:07:29.951-05:00Comments on left cheek: Doubt and Imprisonmentjasdyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492591447246532970noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12126432.post-80423275233491358572007-10-02T10:40:00.000-05:002007-10-02T10:40:00.000-05:00Dude, I T-O-T-A-L-L-Y think your fundamentalist ba...Dude, I T-O-T-A-L-L-Y think your fundamentalist backgrounds may be getting in the way here. Let's review: God created man[kind] in His image and called it <B>very good</B>. So, why would He call it very good if there was some component that was anything less than very good? Since emotions are part of the human make up, we can conclude they are very good, indeed.<BR/><BR/>So, why <I>couldn't</I> God use emotions as a means of communicating with mankind? - Oh, never mind, He's omnipotent. Please strike that query from the record.<BR/><BR/>So then, why <I>wouldn't</I> God used a means that He created and deemed "very good" to interact with mankind?<BR/><BR/>I don't think any one one element (emotions, intellect, volition) was designed to function on its own, but rather they were designed to operate in harmony. I think when these operate independently from one another, people run into that "crisis-of-faith" thingie I've heard so much about. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I think my non-fundamentalist background gets in the way of fundamentalist propaganda. ;)Jenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13238644304138315893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12126432.post-42881724862713423492007-10-01T11:45:00.000-05:002007-10-01T11:45:00.000-05:00Regarding your thoughts on Mother Theresa and that...Regarding your thoughts on Mother Theresa and that it's "strange... that people would put so much emphasis on this 'feeling' of God...", I agree. And it may be, as you say (though I have never given this much thought) our fundamentalist backgrounds that make us supect of "emotional displays of spirituality".Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528001127103773045noreply@blogger.com