Comments on: “They draw near to me with their lips, but …” http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/08/14/they-draw-near-to-me-with-their-lips-but/ "Mann trakht und Gott lakht" Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:28:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Stephen M (Ethesis) http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/08/14/they-draw-near-to-me-with-their-lips-but/#comment-3984 Stephen M (Ethesis) Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:21:11 +0000 http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/08/14/they-draw-near-to-me-with-their-lips-but/#comment-3984 "<i>The people at the conference were an eclectic bunch: novelists and stay-at-home moms, entrepreneurs and cartoonists, sex addicts and alcoholics. Some were depressed, others angry, and a few had successfully moved on. But they shared a common thread: They wanted to be honest about their lack of faith and still be loved.</i>" In my experience, which is limited, people who have lost faith but want to be loved -- they find love. The people who generate distance are those who have lost faith and who want company -- an acceptance that they are right, those are the people who generate distance. Think of all the inactives who have returned to activity, the constant outreach to them. Anyway, interesting perspective that he has, skewed by his sample group. “The people at the conference were an eclectic bunch: novelists and stay-at-home moms, entrepreneurs and cartoonists, sex addicts and alcoholics. Some were depressed, others angry, and a few had successfully moved on. But they shared a common thread: They wanted to be honest about their lack of faith and still be loved.”

In my experience, which is limited, people who have lost faith but want to be loved — they find love. The people who generate distance are those who have lost faith and who want company — an acceptance that they are right, those are the people who generate distance.

Think of all the inactives who have returned to activity, the constant outreach to them.

Anyway, interesting perspective that he has, skewed by his sample group.

]]> By: Robert http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/08/14/they-draw-near-to-me-with-their-lips-but/#comment-3949 Robert Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:36:17 +0000 http://blognitivedissonance.com/2007/08/14/they-draw-near-to-me-with-their-lips-but/#comment-3949 I actually read the article in question before reading your post. I thought his loss in faith was more a reflection of the damaging view journalism takes toward faith than it was his particular experiences, though he may have had many negative ones. But I did like your point of view on it, a new perspective. I actually read the article in question before reading your post. I thought his loss in faith was more a reflection of the damaging view journalism takes toward faith than it was his particular experiences, though he may have had many negative ones.

But I did like your point of view on it, a new perspective.

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