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I agree. The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church is an extraordinary, highly intelligent woman and she has some wonderful things to say about this. You might also read The Heart of Christianity by Marcus J. Borg for a lucid, compelling description of what he calls the "emerging paradigm" in Christianity. And read Anne Lamott.

The essence of Christianity is love, OP. That doesn't change whether you believe Jesus literally rose from the dead or if you believe the resurrection is a metaphor for hope and new life for all humankind.

You don't sound in the least like a mess. Check out the Episcopal Church.[/quote]

Bishop Budde made it pretty clear that she didn't believe in the resurrection -- on holy Thursday, on her blog. http://www.edow.org/bishops_blog/2013/03/28/resurrection

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She believes in the resurrection as hope and light for all. The power of it is in its personal meaning, and she embraces the mystery of it. I do the same. I greatly admire Bishop Mariann.[/quote]

I know you can't speak for Bishop Mariann (unless you ARE Bishop Mariann) but can you explain what you mean by " the resurrection as hope and light for all"?  Does it inolve physical resurrection? What hope and light does it provide.

And what do you mean by "she embraces the mystery of it"? Could you be specific?  What mystery of what?[/quote]

No, I'm not the bishop by any means. She speaks of the mystery in her blog post. [/quote]

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I'm asking you what YOU mean by embracing the mystery of it.  Above you say, "I do the same."  What is it that you do? [/quote]

Oh, I see. Sorry; I hadn't had enough coffee when I read this. What I meant is that I embrace the fact that I do not know and will never know the answers to all these questions. An example is the resurrection, and as the bishop wrote, all I know is how Jesus's followers experienced the resurrection and how I experience the resurrection. I experience it metaphorically and see it as representing hope of new life for all people, but in the end it is a mystery to me. In the broader sense I think of God as a divine reality that cannot be described in human terms, as in the apophatic tradition -- the [i]via negativa[/i].[/quote]

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