I love reading these kinds of posts from you because they almost exactly reproduce what I am thinking in my head.
Lately I have found myself wanting to become a member of a church, not because I believe in Jesus' divinity, or the idea of God being an all powerful, singular creator who we should all give ourselves over to. But I know there *is* something greater than myself out there, and I know that I like the idea of being surrounded by others who feel the same way. And I do believe in some of the basic teachings of Jesus, who I believe to be a progressive thinker of his time and someone who changed the course of history in a very large way. And for that I admire him. But is he any more divine that you or me? No.
I don't know. I am yearning for something, for real. Something I can sink myself in to and say "Ahhh..this is where I belong." Something that I will find a continuous source of happiness and joy that I can then pass on to others. *shrug* I just don't know what it is or where it is and that is increasingly frustrating to me.
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Lately I have found myself wanting to become a member of a church, not because I believe in Jesus' divinity, or the idea of God being an all powerful, singular creator who we should all give ourselves over to. But I know there *is* something greater than myself out there, and I know that I like the idea of being surrounded by others who feel the same way. And I do believe in some of the basic teachings of Jesus, who I believe to be a progressive thinker of his time and someone who changed the course of history in a very large way. And for that I admire him. But is he any more divine that you or me? No.
I don't know. I am yearning for something, for real. Something I can sink myself in to and say "Ahhh..this is where I belong." Something that I will find a continuous source of happiness and joy that I can then pass on to others. *shrug* I just don't know what it is or where it is and that is increasingly frustrating to me.