The most essential practice of peace is non-attachment
to your own views – clinging too tightly to our own beliefs/
ideology causes violence/war on the one hand
but on the other hand you have to believe in something
or your life is meaningless – you have to hold your beliefs
tightly/loosely – to be committed/open
and in our culture the number one blasphemy
is to question anyone’s views on autonomy – their right
to do their own thing without consideration of others –
their separation from others and God –
and the faith of the modern mind is based on this:
science can and should be allowed to do anything
no matter how horrendous – we have created
nuclear weapons – therefore we are morally obligated to use them
but one of the best things – if your faith brings you into conflict
with science/history/culture/philosophy
is that this conflict can stimulate new and deeper theology
the quantum theologian has already learned
that extinction (crucifixion) and transformation (resurrection)
are central coordinates of cosmic and planetary evolution –
in Romans 8:22 the Apostle Paul wrote
“the whole creation has been groaning together
in the pains of childbirth until now” –
birth/transformation and extinction are the two great possibilities
facing us right now and should be our primary focus
our primary focus is too often misplaced:
we focus only on: “Am I full or hungry? Am I sick or healthy?
Am I rich or poor?” Good questions but
if we leave God out of the equation
we will not be fully full/healthy/rich:
“You say ‘I am rich, and have become wealthy,
and have need of nothing’ but you do not know
that in God’s eyes ‘you are wretched/miserable/
poor/blind/naked’” (Revelation 3:17)
our true food/health/wealth is to do the will of God
who made us – only when we get this
will we be headed towards a world
that is interspiritually unified by both
the corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
Intelligent Christian Spirituality 