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| Dec 16, 2008 7:20 am |
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"WE" are the God who must save the world. It's up to "US" |
John Stephen Veitch
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Hello Everyone,
Not much feedback for any of you yet. I do need feedback.
I was raised in the Presbyterian Church, and as a teenager I was very active in Bible Class and a member the Provincial Youth Committee of the church. When I decided to enter the teaching profession my minister confided that he wished me well, but he had hoped that I might have chosen the ministry.
10 years later I had serious doubts about Christianity. I had stopped going to church. When I did on occasion attend, everything they did seemed false, and pointless. Still, I continued to think of myself as a Christian.
Rev. Professor Lloyd Geering challenged the church in a way that made sense to me. I recognised in much of what he said, the source of my own confusion. We are now talking about 1973. Eventually I had the courage to say, "I no longer believe in some higher power. I'm not a Christian, in the way most people understand the word." A few years later I could openly say, "I'm not a Christian". In New Zealand that position is quite readily accepted.
Responding to Geering's thinking was the first break through of many, that have changed my thinking over the years. I've had similar reconstructions of my thinking occur regarding teaching, business, politics, economics, and community action. None of these changes have been easy, but they were all necessary and the process isn't finished.
Here is a brief introduction to Prof. Lloyd Geering.
A Modern Philosopher, Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfFb216HiX0
A Modern Philosopher, Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM66Rl4bfY0
There is a full length version over 90 minutes on YouTube too.
The Last Western Heretic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41LNYusKhfs
John Stephen Veitch
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