Zone1 Henry David Thoreau did not believe in organized religion, but that God was all around and in us.

[MarathonMike]

He seemed to be a fine, peaceful man from what I have read about him. What are your thoughts on Henry David Thoreau? Were his anti-religious spiritual views wrong?

Thoreau’s Religious Views | The Walden Woods Project

Henry Thoreau lived through a time in which the Church was fracturing. When Puritans first settled New England, they adhered to the Church’s strict rules, such as fully confessing sins. However…

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[debbiedowner]

He seemed to be a fine, peaceful man from what I have read about him. What are your thoughts on Henry David Thoreau? Were his anti-religious spiritual views wrong?

Thoreau’s Religious Views | The Walden Woods Project

Henry Thoreau lived through a time in which the Church was fracturing. When Puritans first settled New England, they adhered to the Church’s strict rules, such as fully confessing sins. However…

www.walden.org

After hearing several years in a Catholic school that "God was all around us" why does anyone need organized religion? If people need someone to talk to they could see a therapist, if they want piece of mind do yoga. But there is no need for organized religion.

 

[Manonthestreet]

God is everywhere at once.
, so he was partially right

 

[Damaged Eagle]

Pantheism is a special way of viewing the universe...

HAPPY SMILE

 

[MarathonMike]

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Pantheism is a special way of viewing the universe...

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It seems a common sense way of viewing the universe imho.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

After hearing several years in a Catholic school that "God was all around us" why does anyone need organized religion? If people need someone to talk to they could see a therapist, if they want piece of mind do yoga. But there is no need for organized religion.

Maybe not organized religion, but believers do need others of the same/similar beliefs as a support system to guard against the lies of the devil. Without others, we are more prone to being led astray

 

[Votto]

After hearing several years in a Catholic school that "God was all around us" why does anyone need organized religion? If people need someone to talk to they could see a therapist, if they want piece of mind do yoga. But there is no need for organized religion.

There are power in numbers

Jesus said he had brought "his kingdom" to earth, that is, in the form of his followers.

Human beings need each other, it's just a fact of life and the more followers of Jesus the better the world becomes.

 

[BreezeWood]

Human beings need each other, it's just a fact of life and the more followers of Jesus the better the world becomes.

friends of jesus ...

that is true for what the 1st century events and what jesus represented - the repudiation of judaism false commandments et al and the liberation theology, self determination they taught to sin no more as the means for admission to the everlasting.

 

[Votto]

friends of jesus ...

that is true for what the 1st century events and what jesus represented - the repudiation of judaism false commandments et al and the liberation theology, self determination they taught to sin no more as the means for admission to the everlasting.

Well bless your heart. You do have a soft spot for Christ, as do most people

Hang on to that.

 

[rosends]

The American transcendentalists were an extension of the British Romantic movement which was against institutions and fixed codes when it came to religion. The idea was that God and nature are one and we can experience God through seeing the divine in the world around us. Take a look at Wordsworth's sonnet "The World is Too Much With Us."

 

[hobelim]

if they want piece of mind do yoga. But there is no need for organized religion.

There is a need for organized religion. When the truth, for so long unfruitful, finally comes to light there are many churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples where that truth can be dispensed for the healing of the nations.

 

[Votto]

There is a need for organized religion. When the truth, for so long unfruitful, finally comes to light there are many churches, synagogues, mosques, and temples where that truth can be dispensed for the healing of the nations.

When Christ took a whip to the Temple he did not preach to do away with the Temple, he just preached to reform it.

 

[BreezeWood]

When Christ took a whip to the Temple he did not preach to do away with the Temple, he just preached to reform it.

called the repudiation of judaism - false commandments hereditary idolatry religion of apartheid et al ....

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

He seemed to be a fine, peaceful man from what I have read about him. What are your thoughts on Henry David Thoreau? Were his anti-religious spiritual views wrong?

Thoreau’s Religious Views | The Walden Woods Project

Henry Thoreau lived through a time in which the Church was fracturing. When Puritans first settled New England, they adhered to the Church’s strict rules, such as fully confessing sins. However…

www.walden.org

Where His Brains Should Have Been, There Was Only Ivy

Primitive, mindless, and decadent Nature-worshipper. A graduate of HeirHead Harvard.

 

[MarathonMike]

Where His Brains Should Have Been, There Was Only Ivy

Primitive, mindless, and decadent Nature-worshipper. A graduate of HeirHead Harvard.

An emotional and unnecessarily insulting depiction of a fine man.

 

[Unkotare]

Where His Brains Should Have Been, There Was Only Ivy

Primitive, mindless, and decadent Nature-worshipper. A graduate of HeirHead Harvard.

Broken record again.

 

[Unkotare]

An emotional and unnecessarily insulting depiction of a fine man.

Meh. He was also a tax-dodger who annoyed the crap out of Emerson.

 

[Votto]

Broken record again.

Ignore him, he is just living a life of quite desperation like the rest of us.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Ignore him, he is just living a life of quite desperation like the rest of us.

Better than being in a loud Diaper Generation

 

[Foxfyre]

He seemed to be a fine, peaceful man from what I have read about him. What are your thoughts on Henry David Thoreau? Were his anti-religious spiritual views wrong?

Thoreau’s Religious Views | The Walden Woods Project

Henry Thoreau lived through a time in which the Church was fracturing. When Puritans first settled New England, they adhered to the Church’s strict rules, such as fully confessing sins. However…

www.walden.org

I don't question anybody's faith though I know those who don't believe in God are wrong about that.

Einstein wasn't a believer of a "God in us" but he was a believer in some sort of cosmic intelligence ordering and driving the entire universe. Just figuring the odds, he didn't think everything that is could just be via chance or even natural selection.

Then there are the believers in strict religious rules and dogma. Others who put far less importance on that than they do with a personal relationship with the living Christ.

But however one looks for God, I leave it up to God on how and when and by what means they will ultimately know Him. I am confident all who want that will get there especially if they don't expect to make the rules about when and how that will happen.