[January 2000 journal entry]
The ‘from below’ perspective I am discovering builds on a two-fold foundation – i.e.,
- an indiscriminately and unreservedly critical methodology for thinking and
- a resolve to take seriously the truly tragic realities of human suffering.
One result has been the realization that the ‘God’ language within the ‘religious’ sphere could not remain weight bearing for me. I could not claim the experience implied or assumed by such ‘God’ language. I do regard a ‘noumenal’ dimension beyond the human ‘spirit’ to be a reasonable derivative of what is weight bearing for me.