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ooooh – good one!
Well I have to admit I was with him on the “wishy washy” comment. I think she was confusing the need for certainty with the need for faith. These are totally different concepts. What would I have said to him. I think I would do it differently because I’m a Christian rather than a person who seems to be trying to pick and choose from all religions (seminary, buddhism hindusim). Her “Inclusive approach to spirituality” goes against all the interfaith dialogue stuff I’ve heard. I don’t think any religion would appreciate her approach of picking and choosing but many would accept her understanding many but still being herself of a particular faith.
My response to him would have been Christian and consisted of reference to God’s GRACE giving us forgiveness of sins through the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. We don’t “achieve” atonement. We are called to confess and to forgive others and promised that we ourselves are forgiven. I think I’d have cited John 3.16 and the pssage about the sick not needing a doctor and the parable of the lost sheep.
She asks who is really certain about anything. I think it’s the wrong question. The right question for me would be who is really without sin that needs confessing, great and small?
Wow, fantastic answer, thanks Sarah. I don’t know what I would have said, and probably would have been as woolly as she was. But a woolly Christian. Does that make me a sheep?
“All we like sheep have gone astray!” Good thing we have a good shepherd eh?