Today I woke up from an uncomfortable nap and sought to alleviate that uncomfortablity with a bit of relaxation outside. There I found my nieghbors, Mr. Bishop and Jesse, chopping it up on the Mr. Bishop's well maintained lawn. Almost immediately Mr. Bishop expressed his pride and expectations of me in his greeting. "Dr. Morehouse!" he exclaimed. Modestly I declined. "Whatever happened to the idea of meritocracy" I appealed. "Allow me to do the work before you hand me the degree." He responded with this completely irrelevant analogy of Jesus dying on the cross. It was then that I decided not to delve deeper into this conversation and settled to merely entertain his thoughts.
Later in the conversation I decided to show these old men that I am more than what my grandmother speaks of me. I tried to get a light philosophical "collective inquiry" going but Mr. Bishop once again dominated the conversation with his irrelevant spiritual analogies. This was becoming very bothersome so I left and to sit peacefully in my car.
What I've noticed is that most Christians are humdrum scholars as a defense mechanism. (Disclaimer: I have not encountered all Christians so most of thoughts of Christians can very much so be unfair and erroneous.) What I've observed is that these zealous scholars often times try to intertwine their logic and spirituality in hopes for a deeper truth. This subliminal practice of asceticism only negates their original purpose; while they often try to find a deeper truth within the realm of the convergence between intellect and spirituality, they often reject possible threats to their logic with more converged intellect and spirituality. It comes off as irrelevant in most cases becuase these responses to threats are usually prepared or carried of the teachings of another Christian scholar.
I'm sure these Christians are harmless and inadvertent magpies. However, if Christians didn't use this defense mechanism so often, then maybe they would be more apt to involve in communion. (In this case, let's look at communion as the exchange between two diff parties.) In the Path to Enlightenment the Dalai Lama explains the idea of "emptying your cup" to get the unabated teachings from all experiences. He expressed how one should rid of premeditated perceptions, aversions, and thoughts when attempting to learn something to understand the situation better from different sides of various cases. Christians could be so much more powerful if they tried the same. When in search of a deeper truth through collective inquiry, it's best to listen deeply without premeditated positions before thinking of ways to combat the thoughts proposed to the discussion.
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Mr. Kalos, I understand your frustrations with "Christians" or people that may call themselves Christian. But you must understand that they live their lives in a constant battle to not be of this world and live for what they believe is in another. So when they give you spiritual analogies it is only because that is what is comfortable for them, just like a philosophical analogy would be comfortable for you. Now to comment on your thoughts about them "emptying their cups", for a real Christians to do that is absurd because they are given strinct instruction to stand firm in the faith. If they empty out there knowledge (things they know or believe to be true) it allows room for controversy, which later will lead them away from the faith. I dont mean to be harsh with my words but I just want to put in a way that you can understand the severity of their actions.
Thank you MR. King for clearing that up for me. Maybe its becuase of my cultural capital that I deem these irrelevant analogies to be weaknesses. Maybe I should dig deeper to see it from their perspective so I can erradicate the notion of it being a weakness in the first place. However I must ask if you meant to convey that faith encourages ignorance. Im sure God wants his servants to be "soldiers in the army of the lord" but Im not convinced that the soldiers can effectively defend their camp if they train in oblivion to the new methods of war that thier opponents are using.
Mr. Kalos, no faith does not encourage ignorance. I have always that it is very beneficial to study the opponent and his methods. Why he believes a certain way, what is right or wrong according to my playbook. But to ask someone one my team to forget the plays that he was taught in order to understand another offense does nothing but cause confusion and will want him to demant a trade. I use this analogy so that you might better understand. I do understand that it is hard for those outside of the organization to understand the methods and schemes used, but that is how it is with any fraternity. I was confused as well before i crossed and i still struggle now because i have a mind that "wonders". But remember this, not everyone that claims to be in this fraternity is really in it, for the founder and head have said "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven". (Matthew 7:21 NIV) Many so called members don't even know this. So you be the judge.
True enough. I agree that everyone who is part of the team is not a serious ball player. Great exaplanation.
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