A desirable and unobtrusive god

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After finishing Honest to God, I sat back and thought some interesting things. I realized that this Enlightenment era writing reminded of the god that most religious and damningly fundamentalist people wish to have. A god that is not going to disrupt life or actually be their Lord, but merely this spiritual safety blanket they run to when things get rough. No frills, no mystery, no awe, just a created god that will serve our needs. Who doesn't want that? While he does call for a devotion to Christ, what kind of demotion can truly be given to such a false god that Robinson has created? I greatly appreciate this book, but I do not really like the whole message given. Seems like the title almost says, "Honest to God, I don't like who you are, so I'm gonna change that for the other upset people who want to be edgy and push out what the uncool theologians think". Fun.

Obviously When I say, "Who doesn't want that?", I'm appealing to the fact that so many people treat "faith" and "religiosity" as something to just check off a box in life, and there is less and less of that



P.S. I commented on Sophia's and Will's posts but it said I'm not a team member anymore RIP

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  1. Sophia ColbertApril 16, 2018 at 11:28 PM

    I think there are some good points that Robinson brings up about Christianity being a simple religious ritual. Legalism is never a good thing. Christianity should never be just a set of rules, it should be a relationship with God that makes us want to worship Him and love others.

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