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The Evolution Of God - New Book

#1 User is offline   glintofpewter

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 06:38 AM

I ran across a short review of this book by Robert Wright (Little Brown; $25.99)

An excerpt from the review:

Wright ...postulates that religious world views are becoming more open, compassionate, and synthesized. ... his core argument, that religion is getting "better" with each passing aeon, is enhtralling.

I'll have to wait for the used paperback edition. :lol:

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Posted 06 August 2009 - 07:15 AM

Dutch,

Perhaps that is because it is looking less like a religion and more like sprituallity?

Joseph


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Posted 06 August 2009 - 07:37 PM

Joseph,

Here is an example of "synthesization":

The Buddhist/Christian InterSpiritual Community Celebrates Pluralism

I was just going to share this intellectually, but after looking at the offerings I will probably attend Sunday.

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Posted 19 September 2009 - 09:08 PM

This reminds me of an article that I read quite sometime back, "Inside the Spiritual Jacuzzi".
"According to Christian anarchists, there is only one source of authority to which Christians are ultimately answerable, the authority of God as embodied in the teachings of Jesus. Christian anarchists believe that freedom from government or Church is justified spiritually and will only be guided by the grace of God if men display compassion and turn the other cheek when confronted with violence." (From Anarchopedia)
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