Welcome to lj! Or should I say "welcome back"? Either way, it's good to read your thoughts. And as one of those who has disenfranchised myself the term "Christian", I thought I would reply (well, for other reasons too, but they didn't sound as good).
I've always appreciated the Eastern Orthodox Church, as they seem to be the one promenant sect of Christianity that did not give over to Western thought and abandon any similance of their Jewish roots and circular thought as it seems the western church has. Though coming from a Jewish perspective, I still take issue with their more mystical interpretations of the Messiah, but I identify with their insight into the interconnectedness of creation. The view of Jesus that you mention here reminds me of a cross between NT Wright's studies on Jesus, and the writings of Rabbi Lawrence Kushner on Jewish Spirituality.
Keep up the posts. You got the wheels in my head turning. You reminded me of why I created my blog apart from my lj. (btw... not many people know that you can subscribe to
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I've always appreciated the Eastern Orthodox Church, as they seem to be the one promenant sect of Christianity that did not give over to Western thought and abandon any similance of their Jewish roots and circular thought as it seems the western church has. Though coming from a Jewish perspective, I still take issue with their more mystical interpretations of the Messiah, but I identify with their insight into the interconnectedness of creation. The view of Jesus that you mention here reminds me of a cross between NT Wright's studies on Jesus, and the writings of Rabbi Lawrence Kushner on Jewish Spirituality.
Keep up the posts. You got the wheels in my head turning. You reminded me of why I created my blog apart from my lj. (btw... not many people know that you can subscribe to ( ... )
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