The times they are a changin'

It has to be admitted, in the light of WWI, WWII, the Cold War, starvation and poverty in the so-called third world while we experience an obesity epidemic in the ‘first world’, climate change, the global financial crisis etc – that traditional religious approaches have failed to address the most profound existential threats/events that humanity have recently confronted.

 

If we believe in ongoing revelation, and a personal relationship to the Spirit, then we must admit that either the Gods have abandoned us, or we are not listening properly. What we require, is less an emphasis on following any Prophet, and a far greater emphasis on developing one’s own relationship with the spiritual world – the heavens. Times change, and the traditional approach to spiritual matters (embodied in the Churches) has failed to address the deeply existential questions we face.

 

The times they are a-changin’. Indeed.

 

So be it.