tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post114839855911881201..comments2023-08-11T10:04:41.498-05:00Comments on Sandalstraps' Sanctuary: Moses and the Burning Bush: Existential Questions from the Divine-Human EncounterSandalstrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1155659082834398282006-08-15T11:24:00.000-05:002006-08-15T11:24:00.000-05:00DavidD,Neither you nor anyone else gets to speak d...DavidD,<BR/><BR/>Neither you nor anyone else gets to speak definitively for God. Neither you nor anyone else gets to presume to know what my spiritual community is doing on social issues. <BR/><BR/>I do not deny that you have experienced something which has profoundly impacted your life, nor do I deny that you think that your experience is of God. I cannot definitively say whether you have Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1155658056424998552006-08-15T11:07:00.000-05:002006-08-15T11:07:00.000-05:00"This means, in part, that you - in the context of..."This means, in part, that you - in the context of your unique relationship with God - can decide that whatever you are doing has God's stamp of approval."<BR/><BR/>You don't understand how much of an insult this is, do you? I remember discussing with a conservative on a message board about the power of praying "not my will, but Yours". He had almost the exact same comeback you have made here, DavidDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416775522057787866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1155643299157593002006-08-15T07:01:00.000-05:002006-08-15T07:01:00.000-05:00DavidD,I hear you, but I'm afraid you may be missi...DavidD,<BR/><BR/>I hear you, but I'm afraid you may be missing my point. The question you bring to the scripture in question is:<BR/><BR/>Did this happen?<BR/><BR/>The question I bring is:<BR/><BR/>What does this mean?<BR/><BR/>The question you ask has very little to do with why this myth has endured for so long and spoken to so many people, and frankly I think that you're looking for the wrong Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1155606893153378732006-08-14T20:54:00.000-05:002006-08-14T20:54:00.000-05:00I actually meant to write Gen. 1:11-25, where I ha...I actually meant to write Gen. 1:11-25, where I have my greatest confidence that Genesis is wrong involving an order of creation that doesn't match the fossil record. Flowering trees were a late development. Not all sea creatures and birds preceded land animals, regardless of how old someone thinks life is.<BR/><BR/>At the same time, I let it go at Gen. 1:1 because one could object there, too, DavidDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416775522057787866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1155518221859307632006-08-13T20:17:00.000-05:002006-08-13T20:17:00.000-05:00DavidD,Thanks for your comment - I was particularl...DavidD,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment - I was particularly amused with the meaningless sports phrases. I wonder if the athletes who give such evasive answers are being as coy as God sometimes seems to be.<BR/><BR/>I also wonder what you mean by Genesis 1:1 being wrong. The JPS translation reads:<BR/><BR/><EM>When God began to create heaven and earth -</EM>,<BR/><BR/>a statement which is hardlySandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1154847599069300792006-08-06T01:59:00.000-05:002006-08-06T01:59:00.000-05:00"It is what it is" was declared sports quote of th..."It is what it is" was declared sports quote of the year by USA Today in 2004. There have been various comments about that phrase, some trying to help it along by saying it is the same as, "The thing speaks for itself," others missing the point entirely.<BR/><BR/>I have to think God smiles some at something so much like, "I am that I am," becoming a cultural icon. Of course it could be this part DavidDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416775522057787866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1150145767782012712006-06-12T15:56:00.000-05:002006-06-12T15:56:00.000-05:00Chris,sincere thanks for mentioning me in your pos...Chris,<BR/><BR/>sincere thanks for mentioning me in your post. <BR/><BR/>I read Kung's <I>Does God Exist</I> many years ago and was impressed, probably I was bothered by his biblical non-literalism (so this is a liberal, I thought) but I remember he takes on Feuerbach and Freud and others.<BR/><BR/>The thing enticing about Wright, of course, is his mix of erudition and orthodoxy. But I have Tenaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825416797769424875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1149855394071164462006-06-09T07:16:00.000-05:002006-06-09T07:16:00.000-05:00Troy,First, to your comment about the volume of Wr...Troy,<BR/><BR/>First, to your comment about the volume of Wright: I felt the same way when I got Hans Kung's <EM>Christianity: Essense, History and Future</EM>, a massive and very thorough tome, which looks at history and theology side-by-side, as in the church those two are always linked. Our history drives our theology, and our theology directs the course of our history.<BR/><BR/>I made a bold Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1149818642813696912006-06-08T21:04:00.000-05:002006-06-08T21:04:00.000-05:00Chris,this is very good, pastoral, homiletic, and ...Chris,<BR/><BR/>this is very good, pastoral, homiletic, and appreciated. As I read, all the questions regarding reading and interpretation come to my mind: what is the origin of this story? what may be the mythic, non-historical elements? does it derive from any similar accounts?<BR/><BR/>All the rational baggage, in short.<BR/><BR/>When Moses says he's not the man for the job, 'who am I?' he Tenaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825416797769424875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-1149013049943800622006-05-30T13:17:00.000-05:002006-05-30T13:17:00.000-05:00I'm back at work, so I got the chance to read this...I'm back at work, so I got the chance to read this. I'm so damned motivated! All I can say is amen.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05348006121457980087noreply@blogger.com