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Zagreus, Glad that these quotes of mine have been of some help! Once again, for me it is the encouragement to be totally honest with oneself and ones feelings and fears that trust in Amida brings. For me, Amida is another name for the nameless, that can take whatever name, the will that works...

Silas, Like many, at the time I felt "convicted by sin" and "under judgement". I asked Christ to enter my heart, seeking forgiveness. At the time I felt "saved" and witnessed as such. But as I have implied, following this I have moved on towards what I have found, and experience as, a more...

Silas, I did "fall at the feet of Jesus" and , as far as I know, "received forgivness" many moons ago. To be honest I admire what I perceive as your own commitment and contrast this with what can often seem "lukewarm" in both myself and others. I read your posts with interest and often think...

flow, Under the "double destiny" idea associated with the doctrine of predestination of the Christian Faith, I would say that would not be the case. One would only remain in "comfort and security" so long as one did not "back-slide" - or whatever - at which point surely you would begin to...

They would seem to have, yet the actual Christian doctrine of predestination - at least as explained by Silas* - does not seem, paradoxically, to exclude the concept of "free-will"................which I believe would be excluded by a strict determinism. i.e. see the post by Silas - (which I...

As promised (or was it "threatened":D ) on another thread...........here are Merton's views concerning "proselytizing/evangelising" I hate proselytizing. This awful buisness of making others just like oneself so that one is thereby "justified" and under no obligation to change himself. What a...

Snoopy, No need to worry about going off topic (well, at least from my own point of view - the moderators may think differently!) My favorite threads always seem to be those that end up reading more like a Monty Python script than anything else. I remember way back, on another forum, a thread...

InLove, Like you, I can relate - in part - to the words because of personal experience. With my own mother, it was alzheimers. However, I can only look back in retrospect, as I knew nothing of Pure Land teachings when I cared for her. The following is by the same lady. Once again, I...