Comments on: Am I a nontheist…? (Part III)

By: Weeds (Part III) « The Empty Path

Weeds (Part III) « The Empty Path — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:32:18 +0000

[...] affirm yet fear to deny what I was brought up to believe. That fear is part of the syntax of the “native religion” I was given as I first began to fit religious experience into images and concepts and words. [...]

By: Adolescence and finiteness « The Empty Path

Adolescence and finiteness « The Empty Path — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:36:47 +0000

[...] to read another sermon from Frederick Buechner’s Secrets in the Dark (see also here and here). This one is called “Adolescence and the Stewardship of Pain” [...]

By: Weeds (Part II) « The Empty Path

Weeds (Part II) « The Empty Path — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:00:46 +0000

[...] cannot make such choices. Those like myself who were born into Christianity have it as our “native language,” whether or not we still consider ourselves to be Christians. Those not so born have had [...]

By: Am I a nontheist…? (Part II) « The Empty Path

Am I a nontheist…? (Part II) « The Empty Path — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:49:24 +0000

[...] October 11, 2007 in “Christian” language, Nontheism, consciousness, reason, self, storytelling Part I: Languages of belief Part II: Survival faith and practice Part III: “Someone should start laughing” [...]

By: Melancholia & thisness: where does joy abide? « The Empty Path

Melancholia & thisness: where does joy abide? « The Empty Path — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:23:03 +0000

[...] I confessed in my “Am I a nontheist…?” series, it is easiest for me to use my “native religious language” to describe [...]