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Originally Posted by halx
However, being easily pleased can add up to a lot of easy satisfaction and a LOT of dissonance.
I'd like for you to recount to me a time in which your faith was fulfilled. I'd like to know what was extraordinary about it, what you expected from it, and how it made you feel. Was it an instance or was it a period of time? Was anyone there to experience it with you? What kind of state of mind were you in during it all?
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just saw this...much more productive. thank you.
you're right about easily fufilled faith...and there's a great deal of conversation with in Christianity about that problem.
one moment, selected because it was the most recent.
watching a documentary about the strike at the Brookside Mine...showing a group of miner's wives stand in the picket line, even after being shot at, and standing up to any and all authorities that try to pull them away. it was a pivitol moment for appalachia and labor in general...and they had the courage to protect their families from the abuse the mining companies were giving. low wages meant the kids went with out education. poor saftey standards left widows and orphans.
i had a feeling of profound resonance, knowing that this kinds of courage was Godly in nature. i can't say i expected anything out of it...i simply wanted to reflect in that moment, and the solidarity i was experiencing.
period of time was not long...the clip we watched was about 2 minutes, and i reflected for a few more.
there were other people in the room...i didn't ask if they were moved. i assume so, in different ways. one is an agnostic union organizer...i'm sure he had a reaction. my friend giving the presentation is quaker, and has talked about union organizing and her faith many times.
state of mind? reflective is the best word i can come up with...i was beign both drawn inwards to a calling to exhibit such justice in my own life, and outwardly in empathy to those who have suffered to show and create justice.