[January 2000 journal entry]
Instead of considering the premises and vision of ‘democracy’ cautiously and only up to the point the ‘religious’ Traditional/Orthodox (T/O) paradigm is threatened, I am resolved to be aligned unconditionally and existentially with the premises and vision of ‘democracy’ with the realization that little (if any) of the social, economic, and political underpinnings of Jewish scripture and Christian scripture is compatible with the premises and vision of democracy.
Instead of considering modern/scientific ideas/insights cautiously and only up to the point the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm is threatened, I am resolved to be aligned unconditionally and existentially with modern and scientific interpretations of human experience as the basis for determining what can be retained from pre-modern and pre-scientific traditions.
Instead of considering the breadth/depth of human suffering cautiously and only up to the point the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm is threatened, I am resolved to be aligned unconditionally and existentially with innocent sufferers/ing without regard for the theological or spiritual risk/cost of such alignment.
Instead of considering the premises and vision of ‘democracy’ cautiously and only up to the point the ‘religious’ Traditional/Orthodox (T/O) paradigm is threatened, I am resolved to be aligned unconditionally and existentially with the premises and vision of ‘democracy’ with the realization that little (if any) of the social, economic, and political underpinnings of Jewish scripture and Christian scripture is compatible with the premises and vision of democracy.
Instead of considering modern/scientific ideas/insights cautiously and only up to the point the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm is threatened, I am resolved to be aligned unconditionally and existentially with modern and scientific interpretations of human experience as the basis for determining what can be retained from pre-modern and pre-scientific traditions.
Instead of considering the breadth/depth of human suffering cautiously and only up to the point the ‘religious’ T/O paradigm is threatened, I am resolved to be aligned unconditionally and existentially with innocent sufferers/ing without regard for the theological or spiritual risk/cost of such alignment.