ah, true, that doesn’t necessarily have to lead to fire and brimstone preaching. that’s maybe a second order effect of it
v possible! it does smack of fire and brimstone preaching, of a god on high that looks down to judge and damn :/
ooooh I see what you’re saying. that is very interesting to think about. I found an analysis of the Greek, but I’m not familiar with Greek or how it was used at the time for it to meaningfully inform my understanding of it. I am curious of the connotations of “ouranois” though!
I also can’t imagine, as my understanding of heaven is shifting to that it is more like a state of mind that can be realized here and now rather than a place that must be travelled to
she’ll be straightforward and assertive yet understanding and gentle
been around the Lord’s Prayer a lot over the last couple weeks, and the words (“our Father, who art in heaven…”) didn’t readily invoke the prayer in my heart that I felt it’s meant to. I thought about what words would help me connect with the prayer and wrote a reinterpretation:
it must be tasted to be believed