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"Perception is Reality"
We do the best we can, given our information. Truth is that all of us, because of our family and life histories, have different information. Our 'story' filters our perception. Consider that the May 4, 2010 Christian Century (pg.9) had the following:  As I said...........perception is reality. May God give us 'eyes to see, and ears to hear.' |
"I'm worried that the virtue of moral indignation is becoming the vice of moralism. Moralism is historically one of America's great defects. Moralism is intolerant of ambiguity, perceiving reality in extreme terms of good and evil and regarding more sophisticated judgments as soft and unworthy. The temptation to become moralistic is strong, for it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems. It is emotionally satisfying to seek culprits rather than flaws in the system...But God also knows that what is emotionally satisfying can also be spiritually devastating."
William Sloane Coffin |
