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AWAKENING THE SPIRITBible Study SeriesSession 05
BEYOND THE FUNDAMENTALS
March 10, 2020
FUNCTIONS OF RELIGION
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Two prongs of “religion” (that is not religious):1.Behavior which results in the most desirable consequences (like ending
suffering)A.If codified, it can be useful and can also be catastrophicB.Transformation of the individual from a person whose behavior brings
about undesirable consequences into a person whose behavior brings about the most desirable consequences
2.Explanations of encounters with the numinousA.If codified, these can be functional but can also hide realityB.Transformation of the individual from one who does not understand
the numinous to one who does. Paradigms are almost always a counterfeit of any true version of this understanding.
Two prongs of “religion” (that is not religious):1.Behavior which results in the most desirable consequences (like ending
suffering)A.If codified, it can be useful and can also be catastrophicB.Transformation of the individual from a person whose behavior brings
about undesirable consequences into a person whose behavior brings about the most desirable consequences
2.Explanations of encounters with the numinousA.If codified, these can be functional but can also hide realityB.Transformation of the individual from one who does not understand
the numinous to one who does. Paradigms are almost always a counterfeit of any true version of this understanding.
Two prongs of “religion” (that is not religious):1.Behavior which results in the most desirable consequences (like ending
suffering)A.If codified, it can be useful and can also be catastrophicB.Transformation of the individual from a person whose behavior brings
about undesirable consequences into a person whose behavior brings about the most desirable consequences
2.Explanations of encounters with the numinousA.If codified, these can be functional but can also hide realityB.Transformation of the individual from one who does not understand
the numinous to one who does. Paradigms are almost always a counterfeit of any true version of this understanding.
Two prongs of “religion” (that is not religious):1.Behavior which results in the most desirable consequences (like ending
suffering)A.If codified, it can be useful and can also be catastrophicB.Transformation of the individual from a person whose behavior brings
about undesirable consequences into a person whose behavior brings about the most desirable consequences
2.Explanations of encounters with the numinousA.If codified, these can be functional but can also hide realityB.Transformation of the individual from one who does not understand
the numinous to one who does. Paradigms are almost always a counterfeit of any true version of this understanding.
Romans 12:2 (KJV)2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.Ephesians 1:18 (KJV)18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,Ephesians 4:23 (KJV)23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;Colossians 3:10 (KJV)10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
Two prongs of “religion” (that is not religious):1.Behavior which results in the most desirable consequences (like ending
suffering)A.If codified, it can be useful and can also be catastrophicB.Transformation of the individual from a person whose behavior brings
about undesirable consequences into a person whose behavior brings about the most desirable consequences
2.Explanations of encounters with the numinousA.If codified, these can be functional but can also hide realityB.Transformation of the individual from one who does not understand
the numinous to one who does. Paradigms are almost always a counterfeit of any true version of this understanding.
Two prongs of “religion” (that is not religious):1.Behavior which results in the most desirable consequences (like ending
suffering)A.If codified, it can be useful and can also be catastrophicB.Transformation of the individual from a person whose behavior brings
about undesirable consequences into a person whose behavior brings about the most desirable consequences
2.Explanations of encounters with the numinousA.If codified, these can be functional but can also hide realityB.Transformation of the individual from one who does not understand
the numinous to one who does. Paradigms are almost always a counterfeit of any true version of this understanding.
Sources of Bias which lead a person to defect on their own sense-making and conceal their own genuine perspective• Ranking Needso Statistically affects men more than women
• In-group Belonging needso Statistically affects women more than men
Two prongs of “religion” (that is not religious):1.Behavior which results in the most desirable consequences (like ending
suffering)A.If codified, it can be useful and can also be catastrophicB.Transformation of the individual from a person whose behavior brings
about undesirable consequences into a person whose behavior brings about the most desirable consequences
2.Explanations of encounters with the numinousA.If codified, these can be functional but can also hide realityB.Transformation of the individual from one who does not understand
the numinous to one who does. Paradigms are almost always a counterfeit of any true version of this understanding.
A truly numinous encounter evokes…• Fear• Wonder • Curiosity• Awe
• Sheer horror
Codified paradigms are designed to prevent a person from having toexperience such liminality and fear and horror by providing “answers” which are typically wrong answers, but comforting, nonetheless.
But one’s sense-making engine/muscle cannot be nurtured or developed without those liminal experiences.
