tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post6325323388755584162..comments2023-05-27T04:26:16.242-07:00Comments on Dreaming Without Memory in Strangled Sleep: The Root of All Evil: Don't Bite Too HardMonicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924031206519469554noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-17127478183848472852007-05-05T20:04:00.000-07:002007-05-05T20:04:00.000-07:00I may be joining in too late...First, I doubt we c...I may be joining in too late...<BR/><BR/>First, I doubt we can find such a thing as religion "itself." We may be able to identify Theravada Buddhism as practiced in Thailand, Eastern Orthodox Christianity as practiced in Russia, and we might even be able to identify certain modes of consciousness that bear marks of Otto's "mysterium tremendus et fascinans." But "religion itself"? Where? My Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26622588.post-27203278181275163382007-05-02T15:58:00.000-07:002007-05-02T15:58:00.000-07:00Monica, that is an awesome post. I love the last ...Monica, that is an awesome post. I love the last sentence.<BR/><BR/>Consider this, in defense of the idea of Christianity's "openness": <BR/><BR/>I agree that many "Christian" people seem to want to hear your conversion narrative, and seem quite willing to tell you the "minimum requirements" of institutional Christianity. But those are <I>people</I>. If you aren't worried about their stamp of Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03820693522030084335noreply@blogger.com