Over the years,
I’ve come across a few acquaintances who pride themselves on their discerning
minds. Unfortunately, when I’ve been caught in the crosshairs of their
“discernment,” it has felt like an inquisition, and I have reacted less than
wonderfully. My prayer for me at that time has been, “Just don’t be as nasty as
you want to be.” I have sometimes succeeded.
In my ever-so-humble opinion, I find they don’t want
answers, they want certain answers. They will question, not until they
understand what is being said, but until they approve of what is being said. By
the time they approve, what was being said has been altered, changed,
redirected…lost, in a word…simply in order to stop the inquisition.
It is that same-old-same-old need to be right. According to
Fr. Richard Rohr, “This need to be right reached its nadir in what we today
call fundamentalism, common in almost all religions, and in most political
discourse today.”
There it is. “Fundamentalism” is a red flag to me, and
anything that leads to “most political discourse today” is a big red flag to
me.
I remind me: This problem has already been solved…let it
stand up on its own two feet and prove it.
God has its work cut out for me.
Thank you.
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