tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post9170694920139965606..comments2023-08-23T08:27:08.039-04:00Comments on UU A Way Of Life: Where is Jesus and Buddha when you need them?David G. Markhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-28914551756161467802009-01-26T23:02:00.000-05:002009-01-26T23:02:00.000-05:00BTW It probably should be Where *are* Jesus and Bu...BTW It probably should be Where *are* Jesus and Buddha.Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-51830729280559438792009-01-26T16:12:00.000-05:002009-01-26T16:12:00.000-05:00I think Jesus made that particular analogy David, ...I think Jesus made that particular analogy David, a couple of millennia ago. I just regU*Urgited it aka plagU*Urized it.<BR/><BR/>"I think that Universal salvation is something the majority of the population could get behind"<BR/><BR/>Well what really counts is if "Universal salvation" is something that God can get behind because, even if the majority of the population could get behind it, it means nothing if God is not behind it. . . That is a cautionary principle that applies to any and all monotheistic religious beliefs. I am much more of a Unitarian than a Universalist. I have my doubts about classical Universalism's theology of "universal salvation". It just may be wishful thinking aka blind faith. Not that I believe in traditional hellfire and brimstone capital 'H' Hell either but, knowing what I know about God, I am not convinced that there are no consequences for bad behavior in the hereafter. . .Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-78455185673696182072009-01-26T13:39:00.000-05:002009-01-26T13:39:00.000-05:00Hi Robin:You are a very wise person and make a goo...Hi Robin:<BR/><BR/>You are a very wise person and make a good analogy.<BR/><BR/>I am not sure if the UUA is up to the task of facilitating a religious revival in the 21st century. Reading the transcripts and watching the videos of the debate, I have my doubts that the candidates grasp the needs for good leadership at the national level, and international level. They both seem to be good pastors, but this does not make one qualified for UUA leadership.<BR/><BR/>In the postmodern world, Unitarian Universalism has been on the forefront of debunking long held "truth" of other traditions and watering them down into some sort of pablum for the masses except that the masses aren't eating because it has no flavor, not salt, no spice, no substance.<BR/><BR/>UU must do a much better job of articulating what it is for rather than comparing itself to what it is against. I think that Universal salvation is something the majority of the population could get behind, but it is not preached in any meaningful way in our current society.<BR/><BR/>All the best,<BR/><BR/>David MarkhamDavid G. Markhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08336565533124142690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8647562459433740241.post-44304694685104743362009-01-26T10:34:00.000-05:002009-01-26T10:34:00.000-05:00Based on what I have seen David I think you just m...Based on what I have seen David I think you just might find Jesus and Buddha, to say nothing of Jeremiah, if you looked inside yourself a bit. Isn't that pretty much what Jesus said anyway? But yes, it sure would be nice if one could find an authentic religious community that actually practiced what it preaches. Maybe you and I should just completely ditch U*Uism altogether and start a brand-spanking new "designer religion" aka "cult". . . :-) More and more I am inclined to heed this little <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Wine_into_Old_Wineskins" REL="nofollow">piece of advice</A> from Jesus -<BR/><BR/>And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better.’<BR/><BR/>Luke 5:37-39 (<A HREF="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=luke%205:37-5:39&version=50" REL="nofollow">New King James Version</A>)Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com