@georgetakei Religion, at its best and most pure, frees people from thinking they are the center of the universe.

@jcutting If done poorly...and, yes, plenty of examples of that...but, that's humanity for you.

@dubiago @jcutting It's always the implementation. from engineering to religion! Can't be lazy, bad things happen.

@JimJoe @jcutting It's not a matter of being lazy so much as a matter of a combination of blind spots and hardened hearts.

@dubiago @jcutting that’s my definition of lazy.

@JimJoe @jcutting No. Lazy is not having blind spots and not doing a thing in spite of them--or not taking the effort to heal that hardened heart.

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Lazy is not having blind spots. Lazy is not doing a thing in spite of them. Lazy is not taking the effort to heal that hardened heart. No. I said throwing stones when someone is in a funk is lazy. So what do people do after we realize we have blind spots are set in harden ways? How did we know our heart was hardened? Life is a series of growth plateaus, so work is never a constant. We are all participants in our own growth and find gratitude. Don't throw stones, it's lazy!

@JimJoe @jcutting Impossible to not have blindspots. It's kind of a sad human thing.

@dubiago @jcutting And by interacting with others, we tend to learn about our blind spots and host the capacity to improve. And we do find more as we go. That is human too. A trait also found in other species as well.

@JimJoe @jcutting Precisely. You've just hit the nail on the head as to what it is to be Christian--at least, to me.