RE: [lcaie] Digest for lcaie@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic

[Tapio Salmela]

Just read this in a book - seems to fit the asking questions theme - "Most people deal with cognitive dissonance fairly effectively simply by choosing to look away from the ideal. They come to tolerate the reality by avoiding the evidence, by filtering the data they receive. They fabricate a world where the discrepancy is less."  John Dickson talking about leadership. Seems to be a theme that keeps popping up for me - better asking questions than living deluded.

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Subject: [lcaie] Digest for lc...@googlegroups.com - 1 Message in 1 Topic
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:18:48 +0000

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 one too many questions

Christoph <cdo...@gmail.com> Jun 21 11:20AM  

Sent to you by Christoph via Google Reader: one too many questions via
nakedpastor by nakedpastor on 6/21/12
 
 
 
 
 
Oh, it’s okay to ask mundane questions. Questions that don’t mean
anything. Harmless questions. “How many days was Jonah is the belly of
the whale?” “What must I do to be saved?” “How can I serve you?” I’m
not talking about those kinds of questions.
 
I’m talking about questions that threaten the status quo, the
establishment, popular belief, or the endorsed course of action. Like
some of the questions I’ve asked in the past that have gotten me in
trouble: “Why is premarital sex a sin?” “Why is homosexuality a sin?”
“Why would a loving God send good people to Hell just because they’ve
never heard the name of Jesus?” “Why do we believe the bible is
inerrant when it is obviously not?” “Why do you, as a pastor, allow
people to adore you inordinately?”
 
Questions like that. All it takes is one of those to put you in the
fire. I guess I like it hot.
 
Presently I find myself, like many of you, outside the institutional
church. Largely because of this. But it is better to be a questioner
than a member.
 
Do you need to talk? I’m making myself available for spiritual coaching
sessions. email me. My rates are reasonable.
 
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