John Shelby Spong
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Quote of the Day
I no longer see God as a supernatural being able and ready to come to my aid, but as the source of life flowing through the universe, present in every living cell, every plant, every animal, but coming to self-consciousness only in human beings. If God is experienced as the source of life, then the only way to worship God is by living fully and, the more fully I live, the more this God, this source of life, becomes visible. I now see God as the source of love that is also in every living thing. Love is the power that enhances life and it is present in plants that turn their leaves to the sun, in the birds that feed their young in the nest, in the cat that licks the fur of its kittens, but this instinctual life-giving power comes to self-consciousness only in human beings. If God is experienced as the source of love, then the only way I can worship God is by loving wastefully, and the more wastefully I love, the more I make God visible.
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When you realize God basically agrees with you, you can bet you have made up God.
Most of the time people see God as a sort of tempermental aunt. If you are nice to her she will give you things; make her cranky and she can be nasty.
Bishop Spong may be one of the most thoughtful theologians alive today. He most certainly is one of the most articulate.
the last line is especially lovely
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