If you are Harvard And seek spiritual guidance, a small church may not be a bad idea.
Put your eyes higher and find a pastor.
Really, there is no reason not to aim at the top.
The chief pastor, Greg Epstein, can provide advice, plus a unique point not commonly seen in commoners: he doesn’t believe in God.
According to reports Boston Globe, More than 40 religious leaders from more than 20 different faiths recently voted to decide who might preside over this group.
The earl passed unanimously.
And now, a 44-year-old longtime Harvard leader Humanitarian priest Is a spiritual person #1.
According to Greg, voting means winning on a popular arena:
“This is a milestone tolerate. “
Greg also praised that we really need more things-agree or disagree:
“This means that people who have serious disagreements on important matters can also cooperate seriously. True love and mutual respect are greater than disagreements.”
This person is both an atheist and a humanitarian.
If you want to know what this means, here is the earth:
[H]e Believe that human beings can have morals and ethics without religious guidance. He said that unlike the beliefs of some atheists, the core of his belief is a firm belief in the community.
It applies to a series of strange events: you are in the community, you feel that you are missing something, you go to the pastor.
He sent you back to the community.
Part priest, part goalkeeper.
His position seems to be to tell people that his position is meaningless.
Greg’s author New York Times Bestseller The beauty without God: how a billion people without religious belief believe.
According to the World Wide Web, “[H]e quickly emphasized the “benefits” of no religion, rather than the fact that there is no God. “
Greg became the school pastor in 2004 and served under Thomas Ferick, Harvard’s first humanist pastor.
Now that he has been appointed as a key figure, he will promote cooperation between different faiths.
But why would people of faith elect representatives without it?
Perhaps this is why atheists can be connected.
Greg said this New York Times:
“More and more people no longer agree with any religious traditions, but still really need dialogue and support around the meaning of being a good person and living a moral life.”
To be clear, he was not always atheistic—Greg was raised as a Jewish man.
In the end, he realized that “we are each other’s answers.”
Therefore, we do not have to “look up to God”.
Christian Science Pastor Margit Hammerstrand told The Times that Greg’s directorship may not be a traditional choice, but it does work:
“Perhaps in a more conservative university atmosphere, there may be questions like,’What are they doing at Harvard to make a humanist chair the pastor?’ But in this environment, it works. Gray Grid is known for his desire to keep communication channels between different faiths open.”
As the Times reported, some students thought that atheists might unite everyone.
Charlotte Nickerson, an engineering major, explained as follows:
“Greg’s leadership has nothing to do with theology. It’s about cooperation between people of different faiths and bringing together people who don’t usually think they have religious beliefs.”
US Yes Living in an unfamiliar era.
In various ways, we are told that what used to mean one idea now means another idea.
Sometimes, they even mean the opposite.
Given the climate, I cannot see why the least spiritual person should not be chosen as the most spiritual person.
Greg is not only a pastor, he also invests in Social justice.
From his 2015 interview CNN:
“If it’s hard to be an atheist in the U.S., it’s even harder for non-white men privilege in this society.
“We must also be related to the lives of women and people of color. There are tens of millions of people in this country who are really suffering, and they need us to fight for them. I worry when we spend too much energy on the degree of oppression of atheists. , We will reduce our relevance to their lives.
“When we participate in community building, a large number of women will appear. At the Humanities Center (Non-Religious Community Contact Group), we focus on Anti-racism Training and social justice work to help us achieve diversity. “
Well, whether he is a believer or not, he does sound very religious.
-Alex
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