Mystic Tourist's Blog – July 2010 Archive (3)

Catholic Burka

I recently commented on Connor Coynes NewsShare concerning the Vatican's decision to fortify the notion that being a woman is sinful. The Vatican declared that the attempted ordination of women is a "Grave Crime". It is this notion, that women can not serve God and that if a man should marry and have sexual relations with a woman he is no longer fit to serve God, that is a sin. Not a sin… Continue

Added by Mystic Tourist on July 17, 2010 at 12:05pm — No Comments

Lost My Faith

I have no confidence in faith. Unquestioning certainty that things are some fixed way seems fraught with difficulty. Problems that can never be resolved. The expectation that we should answer our questions with faith affords no confidence and seems dishonest. There my well be a useful application of faith but it is not known to me. If faith is a harbor for what is true then its failures are defeated and it is not faith at all, faith becomes a matter of semantics. I have known people of… Continue

Added by Mystic Tourist on July 10, 2010 at 10:03am — 1 Comment

Camels Needles and Gods Spare Change

I was reminded of quote that is attributed to Jesus. Of course the only thing we can be sure of is that it was written in a book and a claim was made as to origin. "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." (Matthew 19:24).

What could this possibly mean? As neither of these, will pass, it is a reference to something else.

Those who think poverty buys them favor…

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Added by Mystic Tourist on July 3, 2010 at 1:00pm — No Comments

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