Maybe what I'm saying is that I think there can be value in exclusivity, and in a culture that makes some people uncomfortable.
This is resonating with me. I think you have articulated one of the things that I still struggle with regarding religion. Because no matter how ecumenical, how open-minded, how committed to noble acts of social justice a religious body is, at some point, it draws a line around itself and says, "We love you, but you are not us." Does that make sense? This is what we believe and it makes us different from you.
I struggle with that.
Part of it is my training in humanities and part of it is my inability to "prove" that any one religious system is "correct," leading me to sadly, be pretty equally skeptical about them all.
I think you've raised a really valuable question, though. What is the value in exclusivity and is it necessary to a certain extent?
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Date: 2009-10-22 04:30 pm (UTC)This is resonating with me. I think you have articulated one of the things that I still struggle with regarding religion. Because no matter how ecumenical, how open-minded, how committed to noble acts of social justice a religious body is, at some point, it draws a line around itself and says, "We love you, but you are not us." Does that make sense? This is what we believe and it makes us different from you.
I struggle with that.
Part of it is my training in humanities and part of it is my inability to "prove" that any one religious system is "correct," leading me to sadly, be pretty equally skeptical about them all.
I think you've raised a really valuable question, though. What is the value in exclusivity and is it necessary to a certain extent?