Buffet Believing?
A leader of a church once said that the religion to which they belonged was not to be treated like a “buffet”, where we could go through and just pick the beliefs that we liked. From one perspective I agree and from a different perspective, I disagree. Sometimes there may be people who may use a buffet approach to their own spiritual morality. They might say to themselves that they will do one thing, but excuse themselves from doing another thing. For example, they may engage in prayer or meditation, but then fail to give meaningful service to others. This kind of “buffet” approach to spirituality may leave the individual with an unnecessary high degree of spiritual emptiness. They may leave the “meal” without gaining nourishment, lacking essential components of their “spiritual nutrition”. Then wonder what the heck everyone else is talking about when they refer to "spiritual experiences" and such. Another approach to the “anti-buffet” idea is to apply it to wha...