I can’t wait to see how this all ties together for you! I read The God Delusion when I needed it most (crippled by the pressures of Catholicism, the thought that there was no one judging my worth felt absolutely liberating at the time). I have a different perspective now but the process humans like you and I go through to understand is fascinating!
I am always fascinated by stories of how people get where they are.
Denelle wrote yesterday: 'Life comes to us. Sometimes it is good for me and bad for another. Sometimes it bad for me and another is getting blessed. It’s random in many ways. I can do what is good and expect a good outcome. And sometimes the outcome isn’t good.' (https://fforest.substack.com/p/tree-631-jg-disappearing-god-part/comment/21979427)
I didn’t stop believing in God but I certainly don’t relate to Him in a boxed in way as I learned. I have dashed the structures of thinking I learned and find it a journey rebuilding how I see Him now. He is a colorer outside the lines. Me too, so it flows.
Now that IS a hallelujah, and I know you know exactly what that means 🪷
I can’t wait to see how this all ties together for you! I read The God Delusion when I needed it most (crippled by the pressures of Catholicism, the thought that there was no one judging my worth felt absolutely liberating at the time). I have a different perspective now but the process humans like you and I go through to understand is fascinating!
I am always fascinated by stories of how people get where they are.
Denelle wrote yesterday: 'Life comes to us. Sometimes it is good for me and bad for another. Sometimes it bad for me and another is getting blessed. It’s random in many ways. I can do what is good and expect a good outcome. And sometimes the outcome isn’t good.' (https://fforest.substack.com/p/tree-631-jg-disappearing-god-part/comment/21979427)
I didn’t stop believing in God but I certainly don’t relate to Him in a boxed in way as I learned. I have dashed the structures of thinking I learned and find it a journey rebuilding how I see Him now. He is a colorer outside the lines. Me too, so it flows.
Enlightenment always takes people beyond boxes!