In Touch with the Transcendant

There seems to be a deep incompatibility between those who believe that you can have a personal relationship with God, and those who think you can't. But ask either side to explain it, and the perceived gap lessens dramatically.

In the Bible, those directly confronted with the supernatural are first instructed, quite appropriately it would seem, "Fear not!". Nice gesture, but rather absurd given the situation(s). You know, throngs of operatic angels. You're going to give birth to God. Your dead kid isn't. The appearance of Jesus with flaming eyes and a sword for a tongue. I gotta say, a little "Fear not" just wouldn't do it for me! How many in the world expect a God like that, and live every day like they mean it? Not enough.