Crazy For God
Submitted by Eaton on Sat, 12/15/2007 - 06:32.
[During hard financial times], once in a while I’d fantasize that I’d re-re-reconvert, go back on the 700 Club, cry, come home to Jesus…. I’d remember, if it came down to it, I’d rather be arrested for shoplifting than ever be an evangelical leader again. There was a certain basic and decent honesty about stealing porkchops that selling God had lacked.
I’ll be writing a more detailed review later, but for the time being, just go to Amazon, get a copy of this book, read it, and imagine that I’ve written a long series of posts nodding vigorously along with just about everything between the front and back covers.
Hmmm…Many of my friends have often had quite, safe moments with me when I was lucid enough to just have calrity on my whole my fall, my loss of faith, walking away from preaching et al…the question they always posed was “why?, how?”…and my answer always came back to a radical stand for truth, for deep core honesty. Once i no longr believed teh whole party line, once i could no longer say to rooms full of people “just trust Jesus and it will be alright” there was no way i could terach it for money, there was no way i could say dinner prayers with my kids and wife….I was pretty sure no one was even listeing, so how could i teach it, pray it?
Honesty - I also find more honesty in a drunck and a hooker or John then i do the average believer. i say that as no one has to guess waht they are all about, there are no iddles to sift through before you get to the real person.
I think among the many things i longed for was the radical honesty of REAL people that i simply could not find in churchianity. I know they exist in Christianity, as well as Islam, Zen, wicca etc.
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Submitted by neil (not verified) on Sun, 12/16/2007 - 05:41.I bought the book tonight…can’t put it down…also had no idea that i already am very familiar with this fella from a book and tour he wrote after his son joined the marines…
i just totally dig his viseral honesty. how refreshing.
neil
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