RE: The need to believe?
July 11, 2017 at 11:16 am
(This post was last modified: July 11, 2017 at 11:19 am by *Deidre*.)
(July 11, 2017 at 11:02 am)Khemikal Wrote:(July 11, 2017 at 10:23 am)KevinM1 Wrote: I'm not sure where I'm going with this, other than to say: having confidence in yourself, and believing that you're capable of coping on your own, isn't a sin. It's not arrogance. It's just another stage in your own personal development.
*recloaking*
As a point of esoterica...the story of jesus walking on water -attempts- to communicate this through a common and recognizable narrative tradition...but for whatever reason, fails to do so in the minds of the faithful. It becomes a paltry miracle, instead. Magic man has buoyant feet.
I think part of that passage is designed to get believers believing that with Jesus, they can do the impossible from a human pov. It's those very passages that work to erode one's own confidence even though it might not seem that way. Over time, you go from thinking that you can't do the impossible without Jesus to thinking you can't do anything without him.
