Simply written allowing me to get a good grasp on the values and focuses of Prostestanism that I haven't really understood before. I think where your head is at makes sense and I think its cool you want to talk more with your dad about it.
The older I get there more I come to respect my own father and realise I am similar to him in many ways. I was raised up non-religious so didn't experience this Protestant work ethic. However my dad and his mum always need to be busy doing things, and are people who throughout most my life like to fill their time, a trait which I very much have inherited.
As always, I love your brain and clever writing, Max.
I recognised a lot of these values in my own upbringing. I wouldn’t have named these as Protestant values but this is undoubtably their origin. It felt soothing to see them outlined and assessed with such clarity. I think I’ve implicitly assessed them in a similar way but you’ve turned something fuzzy in my head to something much more crisp. Thanks!
It’s ironic how Catholic guilt always gets such a bad rap when, as you say here, Protestantism has its own (maybe much more pernicious, much less acknowledged) dynamics producing guilt.
I don’t think you actually touched more spiritual aspects of Protestantism. I don’t know actually what these are but presumably there are more spiritual things that Protestants do (?) some kinds of prayer (?) Maybe your dad will speak more to this.
Thank you, Max, for your crisp and deep thoughts. I read all the posts in the blog, and this one became an intellectual harakiri for me.
I am a buddhist and it is interesting to look at other religions and traditions, therefore I have been thinking about your reflections during this week, comparing some approaches.
I love Buddhism and call it the most democratic religion or the philosophy of life that allows being spiritual and finding the right balance, to my mind.
This philosophy gives me a recipe of my own happiness based on a piecemeal approach to everything and everyone taking what seems sensible only, as you described well talking about yours.
According to Buddhism, almost everything is a pain: starting from our birth, then our life and finally our death. If we look at this statement from other side, we can save time in our way to own nirvana accepting and appreciating every single good or bad moment in our life instead of disappointment of permanent suffering. Buddhists say that God is inside us, thus we don’t need to go to a datsan/ church just to pray (can do it everywhere), so just live in accordance with own conscience and be happy I would sum up.
Have a good new week.
Looking forward to reading new interesting posts here.
Simply written allowing me to get a good grasp on the values and focuses of Prostestanism that I haven't really understood before. I think where your head is at makes sense and I think its cool you want to talk more with your dad about it.
The older I get there more I come to respect my own father and realise I am similar to him in many ways. I was raised up non-religious so didn't experience this Protestant work ethic. However my dad and his mum always need to be busy doing things, and are people who throughout most my life like to fill their time, a trait which I very much have inherited.
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As always, I love your brain and clever writing, Max.
I recognised a lot of these values in my own upbringing. I wouldn’t have named these as Protestant values but this is undoubtably their origin. It felt soothing to see them outlined and assessed with such clarity. I think I’ve implicitly assessed them in a similar way but you’ve turned something fuzzy in my head to something much more crisp. Thanks!
It’s ironic how Catholic guilt always gets such a bad rap when, as you say here, Protestantism has its own (maybe much more pernicious, much less acknowledged) dynamics producing guilt.
I don’t think you actually touched more spiritual aspects of Protestantism. I don’t know actually what these are but presumably there are more spiritual things that Protestants do (?) some kinds of prayer (?) Maybe your dad will speak more to this.
Thank you, Max, for your crisp and deep thoughts. I read all the posts in the blog, and this one became an intellectual harakiri for me.
I am a buddhist and it is interesting to look at other religions and traditions, therefore I have been thinking about your reflections during this week, comparing some approaches.
I love Buddhism and call it the most democratic religion or the philosophy of life that allows being spiritual and finding the right balance, to my mind.
This philosophy gives me a recipe of my own happiness based on a piecemeal approach to everything and everyone taking what seems sensible only, as you described well talking about yours.
According to Buddhism, almost everything is a pain: starting from our birth, then our life and finally our death. If we look at this statement from other side, we can save time in our way to own nirvana accepting and appreciating every single good or bad moment in our life instead of disappointment of permanent suffering. Buddhists say that God is inside us, thus we don’t need to go to a datsan/ church just to pray (can do it everywhere), so just live in accordance with own conscience and be happy I would sum up.
Have a good new week.
Looking forward to reading new interesting posts here.