Ritual is about the intention -- not the nuts and bolts.
Well I'm not sure what you read into my post or if I just did horribly at expressing what I meant, because I agree with you, like so much I can't even say....10000% man!!!!
So if we're on the same page YAY!
And if you thought I said something else I'd like a chance to read it over again myself and give a mind correction to my language.
Intention in ritual is actually a large part of me deciding to regularly attend services at an Anglican Church near by instead of seeking out the 'right' place.... because the right place was already inside of me whenever I engaged it.
Here's the quote:
What's laughable is the "coincidence" that "genuine Xy" is what he professes to practice. It's also laughable to think that Xy is, in any sense "pre-Roman," since Jesus was born, lived, taught, and died during the Roman occupation.
Third, it's laughable to assume that there even is a "genuine" Xy in terms of anyof the cultural expressions of it.
Ok.... so perhaps I read it a little strongly, 'laughable' sounds a little different that 'laughed at' for some reason, so thanks for explaining what you meant by the smilie, they sometimes do leave a little grey area for interpretation.
:namaste
SageTree