I have heard Eric Metaxas talking about Bonhoeffer and the struggle to understand faith and the myths surrounding it. If one looks at the book Job which is a fascinating book, one can learn something about oneself and one's own nature. So it is with most other books. As a child I read the uncle Arthur books which strangely enough lay a good foundation for what I understand today. Jesus left an example, which we if we followed it, will benefit greatly from. The notion that Jesus always turned the other cheek should be discarded because when the need arose, he did stand up and fight. Matt Walsh wrote an interesting article about this a number of years ago.
Religionless Christianity, my first and last (because I am prepared to be closed-minded on this) instinct on this is it is a Christian coping hard with being an atheist in denial.
Actually, it's embracing the atheistic core of Christianity. For most, atheism is a different form of metaphysics--making absolute claims about the ultimate reality. This is the problem with people like Dawkins, for example. Their atheism is just a metaphysical as the religion they oppose. There's another way of thinking about atheism that is the rejection of the metaphysical god. Karl Barth has a wonderful piece on this--that being a Christian is to become an atheist--rejecting the metaphysical gods of religion.
This is exactly what Bonhoeffer is asking! What does it mean to follow Jesus? His primary question is "Who is Jesus Christ for us today?" Not the Jesus who is buried beneath abstract doctrines or moral principles that undergird a particular way of life-- the Jesus who is alive, who calls us to follow him! These are precisely the questions Bonhoeffer asks, but many Christians are too busy building their religious idols.
I have heard Eric Metaxas talking about Bonhoeffer and the struggle to understand faith and the myths surrounding it. If one looks at the book Job which is a fascinating book, one can learn something about oneself and one's own nature. So it is with most other books. As a child I read the uncle Arthur books which strangely enough lay a good foundation for what I understand today. Jesus left an example, which we if we followed it, will benefit greatly from. The notion that Jesus always turned the other cheek should be discarded because when the need arose, he did stand up and fight. Matt Walsh wrote an interesting article about this a number of years ago.
Excellent. Thank you.
Religionless Christianity, my first and last (because I am prepared to be closed-minded on this) instinct on this is it is a Christian coping hard with being an atheist in denial.
Actually, it's embracing the atheistic core of Christianity. For most, atheism is a different form of metaphysics--making absolute claims about the ultimate reality. This is the problem with people like Dawkins, for example. Their atheism is just a metaphysical as the religion they oppose. There's another way of thinking about atheism that is the rejection of the metaphysical god. Karl Barth has a wonderful piece on this--that being a Christian is to become an atheist--rejecting the metaphysical gods of religion.
@@professorlief4804I’m totally intrigued , and somehow this speaks to me…can you dive deeper on this topic? Peace
Dedicated to who or what? Have you ever experienced Jesus? Do you know Jesus.? If you know or think you know Jesus .are you obedient to Jesus. ? 😢
This is exactly what Bonhoeffer is asking! What does it mean to follow Jesus? His primary question is "Who is Jesus Christ for us today?" Not the Jesus who is buried beneath abstract doctrines or moral principles that undergird a particular way of life-- the Jesus who is alive, who calls us to follow him! These are precisely the questions Bonhoeffer asks, but many Christians are too busy building their religious idols.
@@professorlief4804Exactly.
If you want to know anything about Jesus, read the Bible.
If you want to hear God, read the Bible.
If you want God to be audible, read it out loud.
I can see why Disney and Marvel are almost as powerful religions.