September 15

"What we need is to make a renewed attempt to worship the objective God, not our forefathers' doctrines about him" (148). Hartshorne

I like the idea of worshiping the objective God and not doctrines about God. I think it for the most part true worship is being in a relationship with God. I don't feel like you can be in a relationship with the doctrine so in order to bridge the gap between doctrines true worship we have to go beyond the doctrine itself. I believe this is called the experience. I think you can experience the objective God and truly worship him when you truly experience them. To give the definition of experiencing God is hard to do and maybe relative to each person. But I think bridging the gap between doctrine and the true experience will relationship with God's truly worshiping the objective God. I think a lot of mature Christians and people that understand the relationship with God are truly doing this, are truly worshiping the objective God in a real way. I think tradition and doctrines are what guide people into understanding and bettering their relationship with God. I think human experience is similar in a lot of ways and has been similar through out history. I think people in biblical times experience a lot of the same hardships and desires and sufferings that we do still today, so writing doctrines based on these experiences and understanding of God, give us a better understanding of how to truly understand this relationship with God.