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Theistic Agnosticism - The honesty to admit we don't know everything

SteVen

SteVen

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This term came up this morning in a discussion over coffee. I thought it worth discussing further.

Being raised in the church, I was held in a bubble of "we have all the answers."
Now that I am an adult, I realize the reason for that. We DIDN'T have all the questions. I know, I know... (who does?)

What are the spiritual consequences for admitting that we don't know everything?

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SteVen said:
This term came up this morning in a discussion over coffee. I thought it worth discussing further.

Being raised in the church, I was held in a bubble of "we have all the answers."
Now that I am an adult, I realize the reason for that. We DIDN'T have all the questions. I know, I know... (who does?)

What are the spiritual consequences for admitting that we don't know everything?

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Bliss.

It's not that 'not knowing everything" is ignorance, and ignorance is bliss-- but it's liberating to admit that we are still open to and still in a process of discovery.
 
SteVen said:
This term came up this morning in a discussion over coffee. I thought it worth discussing further.

Being raised in the church, I was held in a bubble of "we have all the answers."
Now that I am an adult, I realize the reason for that. We DIDN'T have all the questions. I know, I know... (who does?)

What are the spiritual consequences for admitting that we don't know everything?

/
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Do you still attend a church Steven?
 
Mr E said:
Do you still attend a church Steven?
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Yes, I do. (surprisingly, I suppose)

I have attended most of my life. Raised in a Christian home.
Church attendance was a priority.

I took a few years off as a young adult, but came back as part of a deep personal search into my own spirituality.

And I always took my young family to church. If our car didn't start on a cold Minnesota winter morning,
I borrowed a car to get the family to church. (true story)

Our church services are live online, but I prefer being there. I only watch online if I am home sick.

Are you a church attender? (should do a poll topic here)

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SteVen said:
Yes, I do. (surprisingly, I suppose)

I have attended most of my life. Raised in a Christian home.
Church attendance was a priority.

I took a few years off as a young adult, but came back as part of a deep personal search into my own spirituality.

And I always took my young family to church. If our car didn't start on a cold Minnesota winter morning,
I borrowed a car to get the family to church. (true story)

Our church services are live online, but I prefer being there. I only watch online if I am home sick.

Are you a church attender? (should do a poll topic here)

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Very similarly-- I had a great upbringing in the church-- youth groups, bible college even. And I extended that tradition to my kids as well, thinking it was important. I'm no longer such a big believer in vaccinations. A little bit of the Christianity virus might prevent them from catching the real thing. ;)

But yes- we still attend. My wife likes to go in person, but we have online services available too, when we are travelling or otherwise not in attendance. --Sometimes I skip 'em.... but I do love the worship music and always get something out of the message.
 
I was raised in the Catholic church. Later, I realized that their doctrines were much broader than God's. Luckily, while in the Army, I read the Bible and it cleared my mind of the insanities. Now, I just struggle along trying to understand truth.
 
Adrift said:
I was raised in the Catholic church. Later, I realized that their doctrines were much broader than God's. Luckily, while in the Army, I read the Bible and it cleared my mind of the insanities. Now, I just struggle along trying to understand truth.
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That's a familiar and admirable struggle. We are all Jacob.

Thank you for your service.
 
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