The Quest For Eden

The Jesuits have a principle called "the principle of indifference ." I like to think this can also be applied to "winning" at be wrong or right. When we can choose to be aware that there is a good chance that NO ONE has all the answers, we can be indifferent about being assured that we are "right." I used to quip to my choir students, "If everyone around you is singing something different than you, you're either lost or you're the leader."  There is a third possibility. It is possible that all are lost; or at least NOT fully correct. There is a good chance that of all the variations of Faith in God, not one holds all the keys to explaining God and the Universe.  In my choir example, this is why a choir director will group students into sections that include at least one member with: Strong sense of rhythm. Strong sense of pitch. Strong sense of tone. Strong sense of blend. Seldom will a director have a choir member who ...

It is hard to think that you may have been wrong about something . It is harder to conclude that you may have been wrong most of your life. It is nearly impossible to consider that large groups of people may have been wrong for centuries. It is hard until you understand that we thought all of the evidence of the natural world once supported beliefs like: The world is flat. The sun moves around the earth. Disease is caused by humours. Planets and stars are beings in the sky. Everything is made of three components. That said, reread your religious texts from the perspective that the evidence they present is accurate but past perspectives have been tainted by emotion and presuppositions. I have been rereading my Bible with the presupposition that God is a loving Father... And that He does not demand sacrifice.