tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20411941.post5153820167494542677..comments2023-05-13T06:42:12.683-07:00Comments on Swerve and Vanish: Christianity without GodAnn Gelderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17038716736258362411noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20411941.post-70701946996203871102009-03-02T14:05:00.000-08:002009-03-02T14:05:00.000-08:00I now know at least two orthodox Jews who claim no...I now know at least two orthodox Jews who claim not to believe in God. This still strikes me as completely bizarre -- why would you pray three times a day and deprive yourself of great food unless you thought some big scary ghost was watching your every move? -- but then again, Judaism has always been much more about practice than belief, so maybe it makes sense. Still, give me that cool Kierkegaardian protestantism, with its "all faith, no action, no messing with everyone else's life" mentality any day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245532452020022302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20411941.post-22361728091670459012009-02-28T13:44:00.000-08:002009-02-28T13:44:00.000-08:00I've often thought of myself as just this sort of ...I've often thought of myself as just this sort of "Christian" - maybe it's my Lutheran upbringing. But growing up in the church, I always embraced the principle of "love your neighbor as you love yourself" and found the "Love the Lord your God with your whole heart, mind, and soul" part much more difficult to swallow. At least I couldn't give God my mind's allegiance, and increasingly that part of Christianity seemed irrelevant to me so long as I tried to live by the other principle.Elizabeth Wahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287166217481613268noreply@blogger.com