The lifeboat theory was a great analogy. The story about Donald sitting in a restaurant and listenig to people explain to their friends why they are making correct/good decisions and then some people in the restaurant would be questioning someone elses decisions about "whatever". This was all very interesting and on the mark for me. I do all this myself but I really notice it in other people too. Like when someone talks about why someone elses decision is crazy and I don't necessarily agree. Those instances are glaring because that's when I ask WHY? Why do we do it? In those cases I'm wondering why people are being so petty about small stuff... why I'm like that sometime... Anyway, I've always wondered why we, as people, do that. Insecurity for one. But a desire to be worth more, to compare because something is missing, that there's an incompletion in us that didn't used to be... Miller's thoughts on a missing relationship seems to fit... just make more sense when explaining all the decisions people make, it was like a lightbulb. Listening to conversations with this lifeboat analogy in tow is curious.
I also liked his comments on why the disciples followed and sacrificed their lives for Jesus. And when I say I liked it, I mean I never really understood it the way he interpreted it. It must have been the way Miller stated it. I always thought of the disciples as being incredibly faithful, loyal, and commited. Because of that I never thought I could ever do anything like that for God... like be willing to get torn to shreds by lions in a colliseum or get boiled in oil. But, the fact that they did because they loved Jesus, and Hey! the son of GOD loves you and you KNOW it cause you were THERE. Well... I suppose that made it alot easier. If Jesus came down to physically, tangibly, hang out with me I don't know how cold I'd have to be to not be changed forever. Talk about the 12 most blessed men on the face of the earth!
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So what did you think of the book? Like the lifeboat theory?
The lifeboat theory was a great analogy. The story about Donald sitting in a restaurant and listenig to people explain to their friends why they are making correct/good decisions and then some people in the restaurant would be questioning someone elses decisions about "whatever". This was all very interesting and on the mark for me. I do all this myself but I really notice it in other people too. Like when someone talks about why someone elses decision is crazy and I don't necessarily agree. Those instances are glaring because that's when I ask WHY? Why do we do it? In those cases I'm wondering why people are being so petty about small stuff... why I'm like that sometime... Anyway, I've always wondered why we, as people, do that. Insecurity for one. But a desire to be worth more, to compare because something is missing, that there's an incompletion in us that didn't used to be... Miller's thoughts on a missing relationship seems to fit... just make more sense when explaining all the decisions people make, it was like a lightbulb. Listening to conversations with this lifeboat analogy in tow is curious.
I also liked his comments on why the disciples followed and sacrificed their lives for Jesus. And when I say I liked it, I mean I never really understood it the way he interpreted it. It must have been the way Miller stated it. I always thought of the disciples as being incredibly faithful, loyal, and commited. Because of that I never thought I could ever do anything like that for God... like be willing to get torn to shreds by lions in a colliseum or get boiled in oil. But, the fact that they did because they loved Jesus, and Hey! the son of GOD loves you and you KNOW it cause you were THERE. Well... I suppose that made it alot easier. If Jesus came down to physically, tangibly, hang out with me I don't know how cold I'd have to be to not be changed forever. Talk about the 12 most blessed men on the face of the earth!
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