The caterpillar to butterfly transition concept is good because it feels scary. And also real. I read someone else pointing out that deconstructing your faith isn’t the endpoint. If you stop at deconstruction, you just end with goo, and that’s not viable. But deconstruction to reconstruction is how you end up with faith.
Thank you for the excellent insights. Not only do I see variations in my own faith growth, you've also given me insight and hope for dear family members.
There was someone on Substack last week who wrote a post complaining about Hugh B. Brown's famous Currant bush talk. This kind of reminds me of that. It is something interesting to think about. Prophets could've used gerbils in his analogies. Or butterflies. But, they use trees. Or, seeds. Or, both. I have to assume that the reason for that is it's the best analogy for spiritual development?
The caterpillar to butterfly transition concept is good because it feels scary. And also real. I read someone else pointing out that deconstructing your faith isn’t the endpoint. If you stop at deconstruction, you just end with goo, and that’s not viable. But deconstruction to reconstruction is how you end up with faith.
Excellent. Growth is not linear!
I would love to understand why we're so afraid of not knowing. It seems like there is very little we actually know.
Thank you for the excellent insights. Not only do I see variations in my own faith growth, you've also given me insight and hope for dear family members.
There was someone on Substack last week who wrote a post complaining about Hugh B. Brown's famous Currant bush talk. This kind of reminds me of that. It is something interesting to think about. Prophets could've used gerbils in his analogies. Or butterflies. But, they use trees. Or, seeds. Or, both. I have to assume that the reason for that is it's the best analogy for spiritual development?
This is SO helpful to me as someone married to a wonderful tortoise and constantly mystified by it!