Let me continue on with popular religiosity. The Reformers were reacting against a Church that had gone rogue in some areas. The Radical Reformers (the Anabaptists) reacted so strongly that they threw history away. A fiction was created of a … [Continue reading]
Support Oxfam
Father Orthoduck flies south for the winter. Many years ago, when he flew south to one of the Andean countries, he ran across some British missionaries who told him about Oxfam. What is Oxfam? Well, from their website: Oxfam International is a … [Continue reading]
On us and popular religiosity
When I was a missionary with the Anglican Church, we prided ourselves on having a "rational" faith. Now, rational did not mean that there were no mystical elements to what we believed. Neither did it mean that we had figured out all mysteries. … [Continue reading]
On Thanksgiving and popular religiosity
Well, yesterday Father Orthoduckâ„¢ gave a real-life example of the negative side of popular religiosity, that is, he showed how our popular religiosity with regards to ex-cons actually contradicts and goes against both our official religiosity and … [Continue reading]
On recidivism and our responsibility
Father Orthoduck recently received a note in which a person commented on the problems that an ex-con faces, and there is significant truth in what that person said. The problem is an offshoot of the popular religiosity subject which Fr. Obregón is … [Continue reading]
What is popular religiosity?
OK, so what is popular religiosity and why is it important that we know what it is? Well, first let me print a couple of quotes that will help you begin to understand it. You need not read the quotes to understand the posts that will come out … [Continue reading]
On children raised as Christians
Recently Fr. Orthohippo posted: An evangelical is slow to understand how a person could know God (including Jesus) from birth, even if they lapse and leave their faith for a time, and return later. A Catholic or Orthodox wonders how an … [Continue reading]
Why I don’t go to church – excuse 103
Father Orthoduck saw this cartoon today and thought that it expressed very nicely some people's thought pattern. This is the famous, "I don't think of God until I am in trouble" thought pattern. And, if God does not answer the prayer, then they take … [Continue reading]
What the second professor taught me
Yesterday, I wrote about the influence of one of my seminary professors on my life, and the lessons I learned from him, both about being logical and about knowing the limits of human logic. Today I want to talk about the second professor, Dr. Jerry … [Continue reading]
Good commentary on failing newspapers
Father Orthoduck found the above comic to be a most apt commentary on why newspapers fail. There are even good statistics showing the effects of the newspaper sensationalization of the news on the average person in America. For instance, ask … [Continue reading]
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