MORE BELIEVING IN THIS WORLD
I just read an article about Tim Tebow, the Bronco’s quarterback who prays openly after every score. He is raising some issues with lots of people. Some very much on his side and others belittling his overt show of his evangelical background. Such is the world of believing. It is one of the main sources of conflict and division between people. Even if you “believe” in the “oneness” of humankind. What a paradox that is. Believing is dividing, even if it is to unite.
So, where do you come down on this “Tebow” thing? Do you think it is a good thing, a neutral thing, or a bad thing? Or do you take a position and really just react to those who are different than you? Come on, think about how you react to public displays of conviction. OK, I quit, it does not really matter does it.
I really do not care if this guy makes a dramatic display of his religion, at least it is better than making a dramatic display by killing lots of people who are not of your religion. That has been our historic way of demonstrating our faith by many religions.
We are at a time where we can tune into so many personal displays of so many various beliefs, that it will enhance the separation we have and just confound that problem, or it will show us that all this display of our “believing” is somehow not what being human is all about. I think we are on the cusp of this issue, aided by the internet and mass communication in its many forms. We have the opportunity to see beyond the separation of the worded world, and begin to see the common process of believing. Of buying into a set of rules, principles, ideologies, and all the other “isms” that have separated our humanity for centuries.
Do you care about your God? By that, I mean, do you really want to live in the harmony of that God? Or do you want to be “right” about your God? Do you want everyone else to believe in your God? Do you want your God to be right? To be the most powerful and in control? Are you afraid to just live and be with god? Not the capital “G” god, but the god that is all of us, in the moment and not fearing those who are different.
I know that strong “belief” gives strength, so they say. But have you ever asked why there is a weakness to begin with. Why do we need “strength” by way of our strong belief. Are we afraid to show up as a human being? Why do we need some outside strength? If our god is within, then just show up godly. It is your nature, or don’t you believe in God? Do you see the constant paradox of all this? Sometimes I think I am running out of ways to describe this, and then the world again hands me more stuff. tlane
