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Summary Of Utterly Humble By Mystery By Richard Rohr

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Richard Rohr’s essay, Utterly Humbled by Mystery, speaks of his uncertainty and finding comfort in mystery as it pertains to God and Christianity. Throughout his essay he inspires people to follow his lead and accept his claim that religion is founded on people accepting the unknown and mystery that evolves around God. Inspiration can be discovered by learning to understand the mysteries Rohr speaks of. Rohr’s message about his beliefs pertaining to God and the mystery that evolves around God is a powerful message. Rohr warns against “quid pro quo universe.” God is perceived as an all-knowing God, he knows things the human mind could never comprehend. I believe the all-knowing God and the mysteries evolving around him is one of the mysteries that Rohr refers to in his essay. People/Christians have sinned, because we have human limitation and we could never predict God’s purpose. …show more content…

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