STUDIES IN THEOLOGY - Supplemental ("removal" aspect)

STUDIES IN THEOLOGY;

Popular Christianity -11/09/2006

Study Notes And Journal Entries,

(supplementary entry)

An Observation

By

David A. Archer

02/15/1968

(r.f.p.p.s.h.)

SUPPLEMENTARY; Social Fringe Developments

I could find loads of other places to address this momentary thought, but it is that this current direction pertaining to "theology" seems best at the moment, given that much of what I am to address here, is very much pertaining to "theological beliefs" as well.

If a person looks to certain areas of various cultural developments, as I have pointed out in earlier notes and as well within my composition titled Proximity Gestation - a person can see developments in accordance with a larger motion similar at least to that which I have observed and described to the best of my ability currently. One of these areas that proves to be quite informative as per a natural progression, is the Asian countries.

There are several variations on similar belief structures which have developed in many of said countries. This as well has proved to demonstrate another human tendency - being the removal of these "fringe area" developments for what ever reasons - most times perceived political reasons. The more recent being the removal of the sect in China that had begun practicing a newer version in combination, of other meditation disciplines.

That "newer" version could very much represent the developed "fringe area" of others within this example in relation to human "progress."

This demonstrates to me a deeper tendency in the human species which leans toward thwarting this natural progression instead of working with it.... molding it so to speak as it manifests within that larger motion. In some ways it is akin to throwing out a slab of marble because you began to see something in it that could be brought out as a representative form so to speak..but such is my own opinion.

In many respects, as a species, it seems that we are cheating ourselves of advance in such instances. Cheating ourselves of actual "progress" of and within the idea of being human. Such actions as thwarting and removing the more conducive and efficient examples is, within my perspective, related much to the tendency we seem to be inadvertently pursuing of promoting the further development of the "human animal" instead of tending to the advance of various aspects of the "human."

Those efforts to thwart I see as entirely of human origin for what ever reasons, albeit an area of human consideration which seems to have missed something of the larger motion and consistency. Perhaps as result of the tendencies in gravitating toward the influences of over saturated consistency - which we have developed in the most recent past?

This as well, again in my own opinion, being as result of that amplified focus and the tendency toward attempts to combat the naturally occurring corruptions innate within existence. Again, for what ever reasons such attempts are set forward to the extreme and within the pomp that they most commonly are.