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You Are Dust
You are dust, and to dust you shall return. These words are anything but comforting. And what’s worse and that they came from the mouth of God, which makes it sting even more. What’d you just call me? Dust? While not addressed directly to us—the entirety of humanity—in the context of the scriptural passage, God’s […]
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The Weakness of God
Omnipotent. Omniscient. Omnipresent. These omnis are terms used to articulate the attributes of God. While these may serve as means of better understanding God and fostering a deeper relationship with Godself to some, I find myself often feeling alienated and distant from the divine because of these terms. Related terms such as immutable and aren’t […]
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Religion Without Religion
With religion often comes dogmatism—the meticulous formulation, codification, and propagation of particular beliefs to the degree that rigid adherence to such doctrines is explicitly ordered by the religion’s leadership and structure. However, to strictly define particular beliefs is to limit peoples’ approaches to them; those who adhere rigidly to doctrines can be considered company-line or […]
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Beyond the Absolute Center
For much of Christianity’s history, G-d has been characterized as being totally other, completely distant, a non-being, utterly transcendent, and beyond human understanding. This view of G-d has been supported and developed by countless theologians throughout history, from Augustine of Hippo to Thomas Aquinas to Joseph Ratzinger. Related to this understanding of G-d is the […]
Category: Theology
John Lee Wagas 