tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post8244949773144229185..comments2024-03-29T12:03:37.344+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The (Institutional) Church versus The DesertBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-53847084546428729622011-06-14T04:47:06.614+01:002011-06-14T04:47:06.614+01:00Individual religion is heresy or madness:
Christi...Individual religion is heresy or madness:<br /><br />Christianity has to be communal to be Christianity. One becomes a Christian by being baptised into a particular existing Christian community. If two or three cannot gather together in his name, not Christianity any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-63488917154556829662011-06-14T02:55:11.508+01:002011-06-14T02:55:11.508+01:00The desert is free from human intrusion.
There ar...The desert is free from human intrusion. <br />There are not many "temptations" in a desert. <br />Silence, reality, natural beauty... <br />Time to stop and just be. Nothing intrudes. <br />Jesus did it. It worked for him. <br />It worked for me, too. <br /><br />Ditch humanity, for a while, and one finds one needs it very much less than one might have imagined.The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.com