[February 2005 journal entry]
A ‘non-religious’ approach to spirituality and ethics builds off of and reinforces inner independence. I agree with the association Dietrich -- in his December 1942 ‘After Ten Years’ essay -- proposed between foolishness and the surrender of self-reliance to displays of power and promises of security/control from political or religious figures/institutions. Churches toward the fundamentalist/evangelical end of the theological spectrum either demand the surrender (subjection) of one’s inner independence or accept such surrender (often with celebration). Churches toward the liberal end of the theological spectrum are less comfortable with and may resist such surrender.
