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Daily office commentary, Galatians 3:18-27; “Obviously [Christianity] was not a firsthand encounter with God. It was arranged by angelic messengers through a middleman, [Jesus].”

August 25, 2019 Benjamin Knoll

A common theme of the New Testament is the dueling contrasts of the Hebrew “law”: the dominant interpretation as embodied in Jewish culture and religion

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Discerning divine through through imperfect lenses

July 18, 2019 Benjamin Knoll

“This process will of course very likely not lead me to the Absolute Truth on any particular question, but I’m persuaded that it is more likely to lead me closer to the Truth than will accepting the version proffered me by any one authoritative source of truth individually.”

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What I value from my traditionalist religious upbringing

July 16, 2019 Benjamin Knoll

“While I developed many unhealthy pathologies growing up in a conservative religious community, I also had many opportunities and experiences that I am incredibly grateful for.”

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Perceptions of God through metaphors and stories, not “as an object at the mercy of scrutiny”

July 11, 2019 Benjamin Knoll

“A God that is revealed through metaphors, most commonly stories, tropes, narratives, etc., fits the ‘data points’ that we have from the evidence of world history.”

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Mormonism as “metaphor and sacrament” [archive]

June 23, 2019 Benjamin Knoll

ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON JANUARY 7, 2017. Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the true

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“Finding One’s Own Well From Which to Drink” [archive]

June 23, 2019 Benjamin Knoll

ORIGINALLY POSTED AT RATIONALFAITHS.COM ON JANUARY 5, 2016. “… spiritual strength requires finding one’s own well from which to drink. We should recognize, first, that

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