Comments on: Hanna Rosin Discusses God’s Harvard http://calitreview.com/267 Book reviews, essays, and author interviews. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:56:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Landon http://calitreview.com/267/comment-page-1#comment-29780 Landon Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:24:13 +0000 http://calitreview.com/2007/10/09/hanna-rosin-discusses-gods-harvard/#comment-29780 Butch, I, too, am not really an advocate of organiized religion. However, I have been the cynic and the critic and have been brought to my knees and found much needed, but certainly undeserved grace in the Word of God and my own relationship with Him. Hear me out. Based on your statements, I ask you - Explain then, the origin of religion and moral structure. Explain the emotional and intellectual differences between humanity and other earth inhabitanting creatures. Explain the war and conflict that has consistently rattled the earth from the beginning of human life. Explain the pursuit of knowledge, its purpose, and the chief end of organized government and society. Define your existence and the fabric within you that comes unraveled when someone breaks your heart. Explain the lasting impression of the Bible, and historical evidence of the life, love and resurrection of Jesus Christ on history. Look into the eyes of an orphan in Russia whose family was murdered by Chechnyan terrorists on her first day of eleventh grade, an orphan who has found fulfillment and healing in the faithful love of God, and tell her that He doesn't exist. Tell her that she is a moron because, honestly, how possibly could there be a God? She survived purely by chance, her life hasn't been coordinated by an all knowing King, the peace and joy that sustains her soul is based on a fictitious whim of wishful thinking. Study the Bible, sir. Align the bits and pieces by examining the whole; you will find truth and your life WILL change. "Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it." -C.S. Lewis "It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable." -Maya Angelou Grace to you Butch, I, too, am not really an advocate of organiized religion. However, I have been the cynic and the critic and have been brought to my knees and found much needed, but certainly undeserved grace in the Word of God and my own relationship with Him. Hear me out.

Based on your statements, I ask you –

Explain then, the origin of religion and moral structure. Explain the emotional and intellectual differences between humanity and other earth inhabitanting creatures.
Explain the war and conflict that has consistently rattled the earth from the beginning of human life.
Explain the pursuit of knowledge, its purpose, and the chief end of organized government and society.
Define your existence and the fabric within you that comes unraveled when someone breaks your heart.
Explain the lasting impression of the Bible,
and historical evidence of the life, love and resurrection of Jesus Christ on history.
Look into the eyes of an orphan in Russia whose family was murdered by Chechnyan terrorists on her first day of eleventh grade, an orphan who has found fulfillment and healing in the faithful love of God, and tell her that He doesn’t exist. Tell her that she is a moron because, honestly, how possibly could there be a God? She survived purely by chance, her life hasn’t been coordinated by an all knowing King, the peace and joy that sustains her soul is based on a fictitious whim of wishful thinking.

Study the Bible, sir. Align the bits and pieces by examining the whole; you will find truth and your life WILL change.

“Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to behave in a certain way, and can’t really get rid of it.” -C.S. Lewis

“It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.” -Maya Angelou

Grace to you

]]> By: anonymous http://calitreview.com/267/comment-page-1#comment-21636 anonymous Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:10:04 +0000 http://calitreview.com/2007/10/09/hanna-rosin-discusses-gods-harvard/#comment-21636 morality can't be legislated. God Himself NEVER made anyone do anything, that's why we were created with a will. we as Son's of God or so called "Christians" are supposed to lead by EXAMPLE...its a shame that so many so called "Christians" are such a poor example but will be 1st to tell you how wrong you are. remember, God is not a rapist...He won't force anything on anyone, so why do we??? morality can’t be legislated. God Himself NEVER made anyone do anything, that’s why we were created with a will. we as Son’s of God or so called “Christians” are supposed to lead by EXAMPLE…its a shame that so many so called “Christians” are such a poor example but will be 1st to tell you how wrong you are. remember, God is not a rapist…He won’t force anything on anyone, so why do we???

]]> By: anonymous http://calitreview.com/267/comment-page-1#comment-7054 anonymous Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:30:40 +0000 http://calitreview.com/2007/10/09/hanna-rosin-discusses-gods-harvard/#comment-7054 Organized "mythic membership" religion is just a stage of spiritual development, necessary but not sufficient for a mature spiritualty. You might find of interest the works of American philosopher, psychologist and mystic Ken Wilber for a conceptual overview that includes and transcends the concrete views of all stripes of fundamentalism. Organized “mythic membership” religion is just a stage of spiritual development, necessary but not sufficient for a mature spiritualty.

You might find of interest the works of American philosopher, psychologist and mystic Ken Wilber for a conceptual overview that includes and transcends the concrete views of all stripes of fundamentalism.

]]> By: Butch Krichmar http://calitreview.com/267/comment-page-1#comment-6912 Butch Krichmar Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:18:27 +0000 http://calitreview.com/2007/10/09/hanna-rosin-discusses-gods-harvard/#comment-6912 What is this remark about crazy trailer trash religious nuts? In my opinion anyone that believes in a god is a moron. This god that you folks believe in creates humanity, destroys it in a flood and then creates an edit that states " Thou shall not kill". organized religion is the evil in this world and you can take it to the bank that religion will not save this nation, the desolution of religion will save this nation and this world. What is this remark about crazy trailer trash religious
nuts? In my opinion anyone that believes in a god is
a moron.
This god that you folks believe in creates humanity, destroys it in a flood and then creates an edit that
states ” Thou shall not kill”.
organized religion is the evil in this world and you
can take it to the bank that religion will not save this
nation, the desolution of religion will save this nation
and this world.

]]> By: Donna Downing http://calitreview.com/267/comment-page-1#comment-6152 Donna Downing Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:47:48 +0000 http://calitreview.com/2007/10/09/hanna-rosin-discusses-gods-harvard/#comment-6152 My stepfather, a vocal communist during the McCarthy era, rebuilt a ketch from its wooden hull and christened it the 'Patrick Henry'. It seems all political stripes have their own take on 'Give me liberty or give me death'. How odd that avowed intellectual aetheist's beloved sailboat bore the same name as a religious right-wing liberal arts college established to send god-fearing conservative fanatics out into the world to save heathen souls. My stepfather, a vocal communist during the McCarthy era, rebuilt a ketch from its wooden hull and christened it the ‘Patrick Henry’. It seems all political stripes have their own take on ‘Give me liberty or give me death’. How odd that avowed intellectual aetheist’s beloved sailboat bore the same name as a religious right-wing liberal arts college established to send god-fearing conservative fanatics out into the world to save heathen souls.

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