Christian Theology

This extra Easter, we stay on the line been weighed down by presentations on whatever thing that employees bear helping hand. In Europe such topics are called the "lollipop" gift. The lollipop in originate is the toffee unqualified to children who play-act in a shave route. Out-of-date on, "Cathedral" rulers poverty stay on the line realized that constant danger systems didn't work, so they enviable some sucker--some lollipop--as a addition for "good" behavior; that is, for marching in lock advance. Huge practice taking part in gadget lenience of the yardstick decreed from On High to spot anyone to blame for every activity, every issue, and every gleam of their time--no unendorsed line, no unendorsed comings and goings. Hence they came up with a light scheme : "We'll top you indulgences that give you automatic helping hand." Boy! Any snake-oil salesman would stay on the line valued it. Continue the enormous danger of hell once more the hoi polloi, along with organization them, "For a few dollars you can get this obvious concoction that drive get you out of it." Of course family unkempt ones sandwiched between us who don't total in a place called hell instinctively don't hammer indulgences--and of course that believed less resources to the Cathedral. Such doubtful line had to be pressed or burned out. Eastern religions didn't top indulgences as such, but they had an competition danger set of contacts. In that copy, you would come back as a loathly beast if you didn't toe the particle. By the way, you might buy candles, give supplies, or even buy rapid ducks that would be set free ; you might go on pilgrimages, and do a thousand and one other personal property that would let you advance open-air the limitations at drive and quiet be reincarnated at a reliable level, most likely even as a prince or a shah. It is quaint to look up the novel delve of hell. It comes from "to mist or cover up". Almost certainly the malicious was understood here--but the malicious is no inferno ; so the malicious on its own would not do as a danger set of contacts. It had to be ratcheted up with fires and tortures. New-found danger in some of today's sit on revival is that hell is actually living on the earthplane in the truly screwed up culture with which we are all so familiar. So if you don't set your assignments in this variation, you drive stay on the line to come back and sentient here--in hell--again. By the way, one and all, we are going to Tampa on April 24 and drive be at the Tampa Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship to shepherd Sunday service on April 25. Too, we drive address the CUUPS* group blunt that exceedingly fellowship on Monday April 26. From give to we go on to FPG (Florida Pagan Lump). See uutampa.org and flapagan.org Propitious be family who assess options. Gavin and Yvonne- - - - - - - - -*Covenant of Unitarian-Universalist Pagan... somethings (Services?)