Posted by Dinah on September 16, 2011, at 8:24:23
In reply to Re: Lou's request-mnwomn » Lou Pilder, posted by floatingbridge on September 16, 2011, at 0:36:18
I'm glad you enjoyed Rabbi Kushner! I credit him with the regenesis of my faith.
> Sometimes people can read Genisis and criticize Eve and from there, begin to disrespect all women in general. That's the first answer that comes to mind, and it's a small example. Kushner's entire book is about how he interprets their story in a positive light that he finds brings healing to his congregation. I'm not finished with it, but I can reccommend it as good reading to address your questions better than I can.
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> I am not sure I understand part C, or if I do, I can really address what I see as a profound question. You are asking what is the suffering from? Maybe from a deep sense of being unworthy of God's love, and a deep shame humanity caused God to reject us? Isolation and being unloved or feeling like an outcast can be intolerable for human beings. Humans seem to need connection.At first when I read this book I rejected everything he had to say as contrary to all I know. I was surprised to be so disappointed in a writer I loved. But without even picking the book up again, the ideas percolated in my brain until they became part of my faith experience - as natural as if they'd been there all along. He tends to have that effect on me.
> A poet once wrote that something "hurts me the way the world hurts God."
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> Does the world hurt God? Some people think so. I don't know. Do you think so?I think it must. Well, it must if God is what I conceive God to be. I'm always willing to admit the possibility of error. :)
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