@Aqua-Letifer said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
@Jolly said in The most Jollyesque video of all time:
So, that's where I think our friend may be wrong. He'd make a good Greek Orthodox, though.
Well, a little background on this guy: he's a wrangler. Not a cowboy who dabbles in the off-season, he's full-time. So he travels. All the time, everywhere. Which means he doesn't go to the same church every day. His view of denominations is very different.
I can't speak to the theology. But from a practical standpoint of how humans work, I think he's got the right idea. We're thinking, social creatures. We need a handful of buckets to be filled to live a fulfilling life. This is a sloppily defined list but I hope it gets my idea across. It's roughly something like:
family and friends. Some kind of in-person community.
an honest way to provide for ourselves and our family. ("Honest" meaning that the work you do is somehow constructive.)
a way to apply ourselves with our head and hands. This could be working on old cars, gardening, whatever.
spiritual growth, and some way to participate in our past, and cultural history and observances.
The fewer those buckets are filled, the more unfulfilled we're going to be.
In other words, I don't know about its theological grounding, but in practice I think his basic concept is irrefutably correct.
It's theologically grounded. He mentions the Bible fairly often in his porch talks. Check out the books on his shelves. I think he is classically self-educated.
I understand his concept and agree with quite a bit of self-worth being tied to the nature of work, family and societal relationships. I'm just saying I disagree with his trichotomist thinking on body, soul and spirit.
