Unamuno Insights
Missing the Point |
Has some insights to offer |
1. Agony and suffering are the lot of sinners, not the saved | 1. Inner peace requires struggle and suffering. |
2. Jesus suffered so humans don't have to | 2. Faith cannot ever be "known", so doubt is inevitable |
3. The teachings of Jesus are just as important as his death | 3. the tension between the material and the spiritual are part of Christianity |
4. Christianity as a way of life is about ethics, not just struggle | 4. Deep love comes from deep suffering. |
5. Christianity is a social institution, not just a bunch of individuals | 5. Although there is a church, each Christian must individually have faith |
6. Christianity is supposed to offer a remedy for despair, not cause it | 6. The Eucharist is a symbolic participation in Christ's death |
7. Christianity is both a doctrine and a way of life | 7. The death and resurrection of Jesus is central to Christianity |
8. Doubt gives life to Christianity by engaging each individual | |
9. Peter's redemption comes only after he has denied Christ. |