Hijacked? From whom/what and by whom? To what or whom?
I feel closer to the spirit of life/God when I'm alone at the beach, or in the woods, or in the mountains, than I ever have felt while in a church organized and run by humans. I've never had a "religious experience" inside a church, but have experienced it frequently in those places.
Hijacked? From whom/what and by whom? To what or whom?
I feel closer to the spirit of life/God when I'm alone at the beach, or in the woods, or in the mountains, than I ever have felt while in a church organized and run by humans. I've never had a "religious experience" inside a church, but have experienced it frequently in those places.
That said, I do intellectually recognize that the power of communal prayer has a certain dynamic. Exactly how to interpret that dynamic and use it beneficially is the art.
Hijacked? From whom/what and by whom? To what or whom?
I feel closer to the spirit of life/God when I'm alone at the beach, or in the woods, or in the mountains, than I ever have felt while in a church organized and run by humans. I've never had a "religious experience" inside a church, but have experienced it frequently in those places.
That said, I do intellectually recognize that the power of communal prayer has a certain dynamic. Exactly how to interpret that dynamic and use it beneficially is the art.