I love how David's life journey is open to us. He is such a good person and so fallible. So human. His being startled by the divinity of the beatitudes is moving. And who couldn't be happy for reconciliation? Show us the way, David!
David Brooks:" My faith journey is me not having to struggle to deal with the problems of 99.9999% of humanity. Because my faith journey and buy my book!!"
RE: MR BROOK'S ARTICLE "THE SHOCK OF FAITH" (19 December 2024) Dear David Brooks: I believe (but it’s not faith) that you have described religious faith as essentially hormonal in nature. That irresistible urge you speak of is produced in our bodies as a result of stimuli both internal and external. I am surprised that in your examples you left out the desire for sex, which of course is the strongest desire that we feel throughout our lives.
As far as shock and awe are concerned, I have had the same experience studying math and science. It happens when I come to a realization that has escaped me for years, along with the understanding of just how much more I need to learn. That’s the real draw of math and science. You can put them on the same plane as religion using your own arguments. There are many titled sources out there - more factual than the Old or New Testaments - to support this notion. Start with Carl Sagan’s.
No need for any belief in supernatural beings or wishing for an afterlife because “while in the next world there is nothing left to do”.
He divorced in 2013 and married his second wife in 2017. Sad that a marriage over 25 years in length broke down, but the fact that she moved away and cut off communication with him suggests that they made an effort rather than commit adultery.
@@michaelbrickley2443I don't make a living claiming to be a moral purist. Nor did I publicly advocate for the invasion of Iraq, so I don't have the blood of millions on my hands, as David Brooks does. He should hide himself in shame.
Your comment shows your complete misunderstanding of the Christian faith. This is not anything to be ashamed of because most people share your misunderstanding.
👍👍👍 Dunno how he’d respond but to avoid debilitating despair, especially in these challenging times (most in my 70y), having faith in anything is like embracing optimism and an act of self-preservation and altruism. Perhaps similar to David, trying hard to maintain "faith" that there’s more good than bad and the ark of history will bend toward justice & equality… then I wake-up, watch the news and think, damn! At least I no longer fear death 😀
@@michaelbrickley2443 you know nothing of God because God does not exist and there hasn't been a shred of evidence for any God that has ever been worshiped in all of antiquity. People who speak like they know the mind of God and study from that horrible book that promotes slavery, are about as arrogant as you can get. More unnecessary suffering has been caused by God and religion than for any other reason.
@@nathanbranson9149 I've never seen a shred of evidence for any of the 5,000 gods that have ever been worshiped in antiquity. Religion has caused more suffering than anything else ever, in the name of God. The amount of suffering that happens every day is proof of that. But God is mysterious? Nonsense
"The Road to Character" is a great book. Would definitely recommend it.
I love how David's life journey is open to us. He is such a good person and so fallible. So human. His being startled by the divinity of the beatitudes is moving. And who couldn't be happy for reconciliation? Show us the way, David!
Yeah! He's brilliant on the Gaza genocide. Read his infamous OpEd 'The Age of Bibi'. He's complicit in crimes against humanity, a genocide.
I do not believe but am happy for him as he goes through this life searching. All the best David.
I thought he was writing to me! Actually, I read David’s columns in The NY Times religiously. I find them to be very thought provoking.
Why? He seems elitist and out of touch to me. Not many love stories get NYT to send love letters
David Brooks:" My faith journey is me not having to struggle to deal with the problems of 99.9999% of humanity. Because my faith journey and buy my book!!"
may I learn how to forgive as God forgives
RE: MR BROOK'S ARTICLE "THE SHOCK OF FAITH" (19 December 2024)
Dear David Brooks:
I believe (but it’s not faith) that you have described religious faith as essentially hormonal in nature. That irresistible urge you speak of is produced in our bodies as a result of stimuli both internal and external. I am surprised that in your examples you left out the desire for sex, which of course is the strongest desire that we feel throughout our lives.
As far as shock and awe are concerned, I have had the same experience studying math and science. It happens when I come to a realization that has escaped me for years, along with the understanding of just how much more I need to learn. That’s the real draw of math and science. You can put them on the same plane as religion using your own arguments. There are many titled sources out there - more factual than the Old or New Testaments - to support this notion. Start with Carl Sagan’s.
No need for any belief in supernatural beings or wishing for an afterlife because “while in the next world there is nothing left to do”.
So I guess this was filmed after he left his wife for his assistant
He divorced in 2013 and married his second wife in 2017. Sad that a marriage over 25 years in length broke down, but the fact that she moved away and cut off communication with him suggests that they made an effort rather than commit adultery.
Because you find moral failings beneath you?
@@michaelbrickley2443I don't make a living claiming to be a moral purist. Nor did I publicly advocate for the invasion of Iraq, so I don't have the blood of millions on my hands, as David Brooks does. He should hide himself in shame.
Your comment shows your complete misunderstanding of the Christian faith. This is not anything to be ashamed of because most people share your misunderstanding.
He talks about faith, but faith in what?
He's an atheist but he adheres to jewish religious rituals because he feels it helps him maintain a higher standard of personal conduct.
He's a Christian, a convert. He attends Sunday worship and takes Holy Communion.
👍👍👍 Dunno how he’d respond but to avoid debilitating despair, especially in these challenging times (most in my 70y), having faith in anything is like embracing optimism and an act of self-preservation and altruism.
Perhaps similar to David, trying hard to maintain "faith" that there’s more good than bad and the ark of history will bend toward justice & equality… then I wake-up, watch the news and think, damn! At least I no longer fear death 😀
He’s off the hook as far as age gap relationships - She’s not that young where it might make a difference.
Put your faith in yourself, your family and friends. There is no God to ever help you
God exalts the humble & hides from the arrogant
@@michaelbrickley2443 you know nothing of God because God does not exist and there hasn't been a shred of evidence for any God that has ever been worshiped in all of antiquity. People who speak like they know the mind of God and study from that horrible book that promotes slavery, are about as arrogant as you can get. More unnecessary suffering has been caused by God and religion than for any other reason.
I've found that it is a good idea to put your faith in family, friends, strangers, co-workers and God.
God is there, so are people.
@@nathanbranson9149 I've never seen a shred of evidence for any of the 5,000 gods that have ever been worshiped in antiquity. Religion has caused more suffering than anything else ever, in the name of God. The amount of suffering that happens every day is proof of that. But God is mysterious? Nonsense
@@nathanbranson9149 amen. Put God first