Monday, February 25, 2008
Religion and stasis
They asked Jesus if a man should crawl back into his mothers womb to be again delivered when he said that a man must be born again to enter the kingdom of heaven. He answered that we do not know where the wind comes from nor where it goes. Edgar Cayces work relentlessly includes reinarnation and karma and he was a God fearing Christian by all accounts. In the Nag Hammadi it is said that the Master made several very Taoist comments. Split a tree and I am there, overturn a rock and I am there. In one passage, the Master says that He has to work very hard to maintain his level of purity and power. What does that imply? Why has the church rejected reincarnation? More importantly why is it unable to modify its tenets. The Catholic church has thrown off the yoke of infallability. Is it true that that religion is unable to evolve. That which is alive must be in a state of change. God is not dead....religion is asleep.
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More importantly why is it unable to modify its tenets.
Mu!
I don't think "religion" can modify its tenets. If it did, by its own definition it would be a different religion.
I think man's spiritual awareness can and does continue to evolve, to accept new (or ancient) beliefs, but that's not the same as a religion evolving.
I touched on this topic earlier today in an article on the Taper, as did Masonic Traveler on his blog. Looks like our brotherhood synchronicity factor is working all over the Net this week.
Widow's Son
BurningTaper.com
Thats a good thing WS, I agree with you as regards western religions. Taoism is able to shift, as it recognizes fully the potential for problems with dogma. In the end, whatever the religion primarily it is faith that is of most import.
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