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by Richard Rohr (Author)
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  • Paperback: 182 pages
  • Publisher: St Anthony Messenger Press (1 Mar 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0867164859
  • ISBN-13: 978-0867164855
  • Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm
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1.0 out of 5 stars what a tangled web Rohr is weaving, 28 Dec 2008
Rohr is stating the obvious: life on earth and in the universe is a chaotic process. Or rather it is complex and random.
But he is wrong that humans are in"darkness" in our present times. It is the opposite.
The deconstruction of existence to its scientific fundamentals, without veneers or overlays, is allowing us to view reality uncontaminated by superimposed "god" ideas.
This is the true truth in an untainted "light" which has allowed material progress and democratization. Most people don't like it because it is tough to live without so-called vital illusions - or, let's say, delusions. It requires much mental strength to throw away the trainer wheels on the bicycle; but it means there is no more inner conflict; no more doubt.
Resurrecting old god-thinking is an impossible feat. It is too late for that - as it's now clear (to me anyway) that all deities ever invented by humans never existed.
Yes, the Christian god might be an attractive notion compared to others - but nonetheless non-existent - like the rest.
Which is why Rohr & others get themselves in such a terrible tangle; agonising over "this valley of tears..etc..." with a patronising God looking down on the whole thing. Which is the old Catholic way of convincing people - don't worry about the mess - there's a better reality in another "realm". Yes. But that realm (for me) is in the mind and in mental self-enrichment. Not a belief in extinct deities.
Rohr is clearly uncomfortable in his own skin as he basically knows there is no God. Perhaps if he admitted it - he'd be happier in his humanitarian works. That's the unintended irony at the nub of most of these self-help books. Without the God-angle there is no further conflict. Everything is self-consistent and explainable.
The nature of reality is far more amazing than fictitious deities. Rohr desperately jumps around all over the place trying to grab bits and pieces of Christian or "God-values" like panaceas. It's a bit like putting sticking plasters on a broken leg.
What i think he is trying to propose by the term "reconstruction" is not personal; but reconstruction of any type of belief in anything. There is indeed a spiritual void. But trying to give the old gods a make-over is not the way forward. As Nietszche correctly observed - it/they are dead.
There are some obvious fallacious statements in the book eg: P. 75 "the movement of God in history". This is bad semantics. What i think he means is "the impact of people who claim a supernatural deity has interfered with the history of the cosmos, solar system, planet earth, homo sapiens etc...".
Clearly there is no proven evidence of any such "movement" by any god or non-human intelligent entity at any point in history. Quite to the contrary: there's overwhelming evidence that everything in history follows random scientific patterns; without any `hidden hand' whatsoever.
So it's no good trying to squeeze human experience into artificial "god-type" straightjackets. This type of linguistics and vocabulary has little or no meaning in real terms.
Also the book seems like one long digression. The only practical chapter in the book is Chapter 7 where he describes something real i.e. ancedotes about the life of Saint Francis of Assissi.
I am sure the book has some therapeutic value to `charismatic Catholics", but it is alien to me. It shows that there is a group of people who still don't "get it" and are being led into even worse intellectual tangles by such people as Rohr.

I hope you don't think that's a harsh judgement. No doubt he thinks he has the best of intentions. He is out of synch with the real polemics of the 21st century. Many of his issues still have one foot back in the medieval times. If St. Francis were alive today he would be in the Socialist Workers party and probably not a Catholic or Christian.
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