Why This Blog?

    This blog is designed to be a place where the mind can freely stretch. If you are accustomed to confining your mind to close quarters, then you will find this blog an uncomfortable place. It is entitled 'Methinks' because these are my musings. I am not setting forth new doctrines. Rather, I am allowing myself to ponder whether old truths have been forgotten or misunderstood, and whether we have developed our own liturgy the same way a horse cart wears a path in a quaint rural road.  
   Here, in this blog you are free to express. The only requirement is that contributions represent a true exchange of ideas, not biases, or emotional responses.
Andrew

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Coincidence

   Even here in Ukraine, primetime dramas are preceded by the disclaimer, 'Any similarity between actual names and places is only a coincedence.' Why do they put that disclaimer there? Perhaps, its because fiction often imitates real life. How many times have you read a book and wondered if the author borrowed his idea from another book that you may have read. How many times have we seen real discoveries that were strikingly similar to fiction writers? Did you know that NASA has developed technology that came straight out of the television series ‘Star Trek’?
   Let’s also remember that the story of Christ and God is a story of a hero who addresses man’s most basic spiritual need, freedom from guilt. Considering that there are thousands of versions of this story scattered across time and lands, it is not unlikely that a number of them will have similar details is it? For me it is not a total explanation, but it can account for something if a person is reasonable enough to admit it.

1 comment:

Angie said...

Well Hi there stranger! I think my hubby will love reading your blog. He is a thinker! LOL it is funny that I would find a guy that is so deep! Anyway looking forward to keeping in touch with you both!