Comments on: SAIU wins “Best Affiliate” award from SSA! http://saiu.org/2009/07/07/saiu-wins-best-affiliate-award-from-ssa/ Group of secular students, faculty, staff at Indiana University, including atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, humanists and skeptics. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob Smith http://saiu.org/2009/07/07/saiu-wins-best-affiliate-award-from-ssa/comment-page-1/#comment-3294 Rob Smith Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:42:01 +0000 http://saiu.org/?p=779#comment-3294 Great job, SAIU. As an IU-Bloomington alumnus, I am deeply appreciative and quite proud of the extremely important work you are doing. Congratuations on this well-deserved recognition. Great job, SAIU. As an IU-Bloomington alumnus, I am deeply appreciative and quite proud of the extremely important work you are doing. Congratuations on this well-deserved recognition.

]]> By: Jairo Mejia http://saiu.org/2009/07/07/saiu-wins-best-affiliate-award-from-ssa/comment-page-1/#comment-3232 Jairo Mejia Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:10:38 +0000 http://saiu.org/?p=779#comment-3232 You might be one of those who are abandoning Christianity; one for whom religious beliefs are not just irrelevant, but baseless. You might be right, at least to some extent. Some traditional beliefs are not true, and the “God” of main line traditions simply does not exist. Most people don’t dare to confront their religious beliefs, and opt for the status quo, afraid of abandoning the “certainty” of their convictions. Most have become marginalized from the institutional Church, and try to find an environment in which they may fill a vacuum in their lives. An illuminating book gives hope to you! The author accepted the challenge of finding the One who is recognized, even by Gnostics and atheists—the Existence. “Christianity Reformed From its Roots – A Life Centered in God” is perhaps a generation ahead of the current mentality, but you might find that there is something for you, too! Bishop John Shelby Spong says of this book that it “rightly points out that those who seek to defend Christianity’s past are also killing Christianity’s future.” I am attaching two reviews of the book by eminent philosophers and thinkers that might give you an idea if this book is an insightful reading for you. You might look also at excerpts of the book at this link of Amazon.com. Sincerely, Jairo Mejia, M. Psych., Santa Clara University Author - Retired Episcopal Priest Carmel Valley, California http://www.mbay.net/~jmejia/Grudzen.htm http://www.mbay.net/~jmejia/Churcher.htm You might be one of those who are abandoning Christianity; one for whom religious beliefs are not just irrelevant, but baseless. You might be right, at least to some extent. Some traditional beliefs are not true, and the “God” of main line traditions simply does not exist. Most people don’t dare to confront their religious beliefs, and opt for the status quo, afraid of abandoning the “certainty” of their convictions. Most have become marginalized from the institutional Church, and try to find an environment in which they may fill a vacuum in their lives.

An illuminating book gives hope to you! The author accepted the challenge of finding the One who is recognized, even by Gnostics and atheists—the Existence. “Christianity Reformed From its Roots – A Life Centered in God” is perhaps a generation ahead of the current mentality, but you might find that there is something for you, too!

Bishop John Shelby Spong says of this book that it “rightly points out that those who seek to defend Christianity’s past are also killing Christianity’s future.” I am attaching two reviews of the book by eminent philosophers and thinkers that might give you an idea if this book is an insightful reading for you. You might look also at excerpts of the book at this link of Amazon.com.

Sincerely,

Jairo Mejia, M. Psych., Santa Clara University
Author – Retired Episcopal Priest
Carmel Valley, California

http://www.mbay.net/~jmejia/Grudzen.htm
http://www.mbay.net/~jmejia/Churcher.htm

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