Saturday, May 5, 2012

The Name of God...



This is a good one. It makes sense. When Bill Moyers interviewed Joseph Campbell on “The Power of Myth”, Campbell compared religion to being in a club (Campbell himself was a Catholic). He pointed out that there was great value for many in joining the club and believing in the club experience, and possibly having an epiphany by doing so. You need to try to believe in your club, be it Catholic or Baptist, Moose or Mason. Campbell pointed out that there are many roads to the same place. We get into trouble when people leave no room for differences of opinion and insist that their club is the only way, not just for themselves, but for everyone else as well. Humans fight endless wars over the name of God or for the individual right to not give god any name at all...


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