Comments on: Faith, Belief and Unrest http://revwho.com/2012/09/30/faith-belief-and-unrest/ Sermons, reflections, prayers, and meditations from Rev. Jude Geiger, a Unitarian Universalist minister serving the community of Brooklyn, New York Fri, 10 May 2013 21:41:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: revjudegeiger http://revwho.com/2012/09/30/faith-belief-and-unrest/#comment-1502 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:23:17 +0000 http://revwho.com/?p=272#comment-1502 Thank you! That is definitely another aspect of the Brain-Check that I didn’t get into, but I do agree with you. The message resonates with a partial critique of the (sometimes) militant over-correction of the Enlightenment. There are also some resonances with Eastern – especially Buddhist and Hindu critiques of over-thinking.

]]> By: Kellyann http://revwho.com/2012/09/30/faith-belief-and-unrest/#comment-1501 Sun, 30 Sep 2012 20:09:55 +0000 http://revwho.com/?p=272#comment-1501 I love, love, love this post, Jude! (Especially as a Christian with Pagan sympathies.)

Your request that we check our brains at the door, in a manner of speaking, seems to me to suggest a critique of certain aspects of the Enlightenment. We owe the Enlightenment a lot, but we also have it to thank for some pretty nasty things, too, such as the denigration of religion, which has led to some ugly new versions of anti-Judaism and anti-Islam, and the sense that “premodern” or “undeveloped” societies are simply lagging behind the West in their “progress.” But that’s beyond the scope of your sermon. :)

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