tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976218738728184149.post737568714869501822..comments2023-03-18T05:50:08.180-07:00Comments on The Amish Hippie: On Ashes, Mortality, and a Cheshire MoonJillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09124488411521521249noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976218738728184149.post-23645249958429037142013-02-27T14:54:05.495-08:002013-02-27T14:54:05.495-08:00This is such a great thought, Joanna. I think tha...This is such a great thought, Joanna. I think that I have used religion sometimes in a very superstitious way--almost "magical thinking," really. It's a tangled web of thinking that has fed my obsessives fears rather than alleviating them. I am going to copy this quote into my journal. Thank you!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09124488411521521249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4976218738728184149.post-51709415126132247592013-02-25T16:33:25.155-08:002013-02-25T16:33:25.155-08:00This post made me think of something I read recent...This post made me think of something I read recently in _The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything_: "The maxim of 'illusory religion' is as follows: 'Fear not; trust in God and He will see that none of the things you fear will happen to you.' 'Real religion,' says [John] Macmurray, has a different maxim: 'Fear not; the things you are afraid of are quite likely to happen to you, but they are nothing to be afraid of.'"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com