Beware of those who cannot tell God's will from their own.

[ItsjustMe]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Brown_Taylor

https://imgur.com/zRFIW17

[RKP5637]

1. Very wise!!! n/t

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Very wise words. Too bad that so many ignore these words, claiming that they alone, know

the words of God, and interpret them as they see fit.

The warning of 'beware of false prophets' was made for very good reasons, as we all see today, w/ so many claiming to know the word of God and what God wanted.

[Kaleva]

3. How many evangelists claimed God told them tfg was going to win?

God didn't tell them that. Their own minds told them that

[vlyons]

4. Beware of those who believe in a Bronze Age invisible sky god, who can suspend

the laws of physics, biology, science etc. They start indoctrinating children to accept on faith alone what the church authority figures say.

[Sky Jewels]

20. +1

The whole premise of this discussion is absolutely ridiculous -- that there is some powerful wizard in the ether who pulls strings on Earth.

[KPN]

5. I like that. But I'm not sure that is an actual quote by her. Can anyone here confirm.

[Ocelot II]

6. She seems to be very quotable - she's written a lot of books,

and if you're into liberal theology she's got some pretty good quotes. https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/71455.Barbara_Brown_Taylor

[KPN]

11. Hey Ocelot -- thanks. That's good stuff and exactly what I was looking for. Her quotes posted on

her FB page were all basically positive affirmations and non-controversial so I wondered if this quote was out of character for her. Her website seemed pretty much the same. But Wikipedia had high praise for her general views as a Christian about religion(s) as a whole. …. The quotes in the link you posted reminded me very much of my own Mom. I’ll have to take a look at her books. Thanks again!

[jmbar2]

14. My first exposure to her. Thanks

I like this one a lot:

"As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.”

[stopdiggin]

7. actually - no one can tell 'God's will' (from their own or

any other precept or motivation)
And therein lies the (or one of the) fundamental problem.
Please stop taking it upon yourself, to tell me (us) what 'God wants.'
Hubris of the highest order.

Thank you for your cooperation. --------- -------------

[Farmer-Rick]

12. Exactly right

No one has ever proven God talked to them and told them his "will".

We all know it's all just voices in their head that no one else is privy to.

People like to use these voices as bludgeons to force other to do their own will. When they prove to me it's a god then maybe I'll listen to their rantings.

[cayugafalls]

27. [phone] Never said better.

"People like to use these voices as bludgeons to force other to do their own will. When they prove to me it's a god then maybe I'll listen to their rantings."

I think I will take a pass on my xtian neighbors needing me to conform. I will however keep my powder dry and my, well, you get my point.

That long distance stare whenever a maga-zombie speaks of their god and some revelation they had about 'topic of the day', as if they are looking at that shadow god holding up cue cards, regurgitating whatever dribble they heard and processed during their daily upload of "xtian conservative republican talking points" after filling their brain with Reich-wing propaganda.

THAT. All I need to see...crazy is as crazy be.

[Sky Jewels]

22. Right, because there's zero evidence a god or gods actually exist.

[Higherarky]

24. On the other hand,

it's glaringly obvious that there are goddesses among us.

👍


☮️💗🎶♾️

[Sky Jewels]

32. That is true.

I know a few.

[Hekate]

28. The Goddess, on the other hand, appears to be alive....

…and magic is afoot.

[Sky Jewels]

31. Mother Nature is definitely worthy of worship.

[mitch96]

25. My fav, God Wills it..

[Ocelot II]

8. The whole quote:

“Beware those who claim to know the mind of God and who are prepared to use force, if necessary, to make others conform. Beware those who cannot tell God's will from their own. Temple police are always a bad sign. When chaplains start wearing guns and hanging out at the sheriff's office, watch out. Someone is about to have no king but Caesar.” https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/71455.Barbara_Brown_Taylor?page=2

[ItsjustMe]

9. The Perfect Mirror

https://www.religion-online.org/article/the-perfect-mirror-jn-181-1937/

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Print cards of that and hand them to MAGA

[mn9driver]

13. If talking to god helps you, that's fine.

It’s when you hear god talking back to you that there might be a problem.

[Ocelot II]

19. If you talk to God it's prayer. If God talks to you it's psychosis.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

15. Another wise woman to scare the pants off certain men.

Interesting to think of Orthidox Jews forbidding women to sit with them in the synagogue. And that Synagogues were reformed so that now there are Orthodox, Reform and Conservative.

The Rock Jesus referenced has been broken to Smithereens by the weight of so many different churches.

Still, Mormons take the cake for sheer will of faith.

P.S. Do my thoughts make me one to beware of? I'm a Pagan/Humanist who sings for her supper in the Episcopal church.

[leftyladyfrommo]

16. Be ware of anyone who thinks they know God's will. nt

[Sky Jewels]

23. I'm wary of anyone who insists there definitely is a god

because in the entire history of homo sapiens, nobody has produced a shred of evidence to support that notion.

[Timeflyer]

17. She says it much more politely than I think it when men tell women what god wants.

[Raven123]

18. To the philosopher Xenophanes has been attributed the following:

“If horse had gods they would look like horses.”

Hard to argue with that.

[Warpy]

21. Part of the problem with religion in general is the fallacy

that there is one correct way to live one's life, that deviation from that narrow path for any reason, even being born different, will lead to an eternal disaster. That leads to bullying of the faithful by the officials and bullying of everybody else by the faithful.

And of course, women are perpetual children and natural slaves who need to be disciplined by men because our path is even more narrow and constricted than theirs is.

Of course, no two religions agree completely on the rules governing a perfect life.

Then they wonder why I have such an unsympathetic view of religion.

[bronxiteforever]

26. Thank you for posting this

and educating me. A person I clearly should have heard of but I will catchup.

[Hekate]

29. KnR

[GreenWave]

30. Powerful words but those words may fall silent to deafened ears.

[iscooterliberally]

33. This reminds me of another quote.

I don't remember the exact wording, but it goes something like this: "Trust in those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it."