There is no man who does not have his own god or gods as the object of his highest desire and trust, or as the basis of his deepest loyalty and commitment. There is no one who is not to this extent also a theologian. ~Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology
Whatever be our relation to the official monotheism of our religious institutions, the private faith by which we live is likely to be a multifarious thing with many objects of devotion and worship…. Now to have faith and to have a god is one and the same thing…. And this being, whatever it be, is properly termed our god. ~H. Richard Niebuhr, "Faith in Gods and in God," Radical Monotheism
O to be faithful to "the God." Namaste.
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If you know the original source of Barth quote, I would appreciate having it. There are times when I wanted to share precisely this.
Evangelical Theology: An Introduction, by Karl Barth, pg. 3
~jpc
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