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Enneagram Main Board Archive Re: Sorry I missed that discussion: RELIGION AND TYPEPosted by DEECEE on February 11, 1999 at 20:44:19: In Reply to: Re: Sorry I missed that discussion: RELIGION AND TYPE posted by Christy on February 11, 1999 at 13:32:45:
> > That pretty much is the sum total of my post, except that as a SEVEN (with a well developed connection to my FIVE and ONE refuges) I find that most of the world's religions are based on some reasonable or rational basis, however, it has been the reinterpretation of mythology within the religion itself that leads to spiritual degredation. If we start from the premise that "GOD speaks with many voices" then we are left with fundamental acceptance of two facts: 1. That man has no business interpreting for GOD and 2. That most prophets who do "speak" for GOD must be considered with a large dose of skepticism! ERGO: Seek GOD with faith; put not your faith in the words of man but in the deeds of Mankind. > > I find strength and solace in the catholic benediction: "May the peace which passes all understanding strengthen and preserve you as you depart in peace." As well as the Buddhist writing of master Chaing: "We seek the understanding beyond language, but then how do we communicate Wu without using words?" > > This SEVEN is on a spiritual journey, a cult of one, that is a singular quest. And, he is picking and choosing his delights along the way, while all the time seeking the truth of a FIVE and the structure of a ONE. > > Riddle me that one Batman! > > Kronus > Well said. One of my favorite sayings is from John Paul II "Christianity is an attitude of amazement at the dignity of the human person". Any church that follows a person and not God is a cult, not a religion. Religion is found in community because that's where God's heart resides - inside people. THE GOLDEN RULE.........
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