Thanks for responding. We are not that far apart on JP - neither of us being a devoted follower (in attitude or consumption of his material), both of us having seen some things from him which make a lot of sense, and neither of us resonating well with the Judeo-Christian facets of his approach. (I think he's Christian rather than Jewish,…
Thanks for responding. We are not that far apart on JP - neither of us being a devoted follower (in attitude or consumption of his material), both of us having seen some things from him which make a lot of sense, and neither of us resonating well with the Judeo-Christian facets of his approach. (I think he's Christian rather than Jewish, tho).
As I said, I do find his intellectual approach to Christian themes more interesting than the Christians of my own youth. His thesis is "this is valuable wisdom to hear and consider" rather than "the bible says so and you can't question it". But I'm still not a Christian (nor really an anti-Christian).
I thought he was Jewish by birth but I might be wrong - I did a quick Google but didn't find anything. I didn't look too hard. I seem to recall he's gone down the path, at least in the past, of supporting Biblical attitudes about women. But I don't follow him that closely.
Thanks for responding. We are not that far apart on JP - neither of us being a devoted follower (in attitude or consumption of his material), both of us having seen some things from him which make a lot of sense, and neither of us resonating well with the Judeo-Christian facets of his approach. (I think he's Christian rather than Jewish, tho).
As I said, I do find his intellectual approach to Christian themes more interesting than the Christians of my own youth. His thesis is "this is valuable wisdom to hear and consider" rather than "the bible says so and you can't question it". But I'm still not a Christian (nor really an anti-Christian).
I thought he was Jewish by birth but I might be wrong - I did a quick Google but didn't find anything. I didn't look too hard. I seem to recall he's gone down the path, at least in the past, of supporting Biblical attitudes about women. But I don't follow him that closely.