tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post7453806208330905268..comments2023-08-11T10:04:41.498-05:00Comments on Sandalstraps' Sanctuary: Quote On Christianity and "Empire," Plus ReflectionsSandalstrapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-43714930369518643312008-02-16T17:45:00.000-05:002008-02-16T17:45:00.000-05:00Sandlestrap,Thanks for your response. I'm often f...Sandlestrap,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your response. I'm often frustrated with the religious right's focus on abortion and homosexuality as the ... well, the anti-christ of all sins, when neither is given much focus in the Bible. The former is never mentioned once, and the latter -- much more was spoken about the poor/oppressed. <BR/><BR/>As it is, if you eliminate the causes behind poverty, you'd OneSmallStephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189124855157679020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-32019905181786552562008-02-15T18:16:00.000-05:002008-02-15T18:16:00.000-05:00Chris,this is all very good, and I see you helping...Chris,<BR/><BR/>this is all very good, and I see you helping those earlier on the path than yourself, struggling with genuine difficulties. Even knowledge can be love, brother.<BR/><BR/>I have so been where onesmallstep and chuck are...and now I am just not there. I don't care what an ancient Hebrew sub-law says about the fetus...the opposition to abortion is based on a strict dualism that Tenaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825416797769424875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-59026605552518385122008-02-14T13:13:00.000-05:002008-02-14T13:13:00.000-05:00Chuck,That's a good question, and I tried to antic...Chuck,<BR/><BR/>That's a good question, and I tried to anticipate it a little bit in my comment on Paul's use of archetypal language.<BR/><BR/>While I'd love to offer my take on theological and ethical problems with the whole concept of original sin as it is often understood, this conversation is a bit more narrow. So instead I'll say, no, the theological concept of original sin does not depend Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-64139388974690644682008-02-14T11:32:00.000-05:002008-02-14T11:32:00.000-05:00What about the doctrine of Original Sin? Isn't tha...What about the doctrine of Original Sin? Isn't that at stake?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-86629626687154008202008-02-14T08:39:00.000-05:002008-02-14T08:39:00.000-05:00Chuck,Thanks as well to you for your encouragement...Chuck,<BR/><BR/>Thanks as well to you for your encouragement.<BR/><BR/>I don't know of <EM>any</EM> reputable Bible scholar who thinks that Adam and Eve existed in history. That includes conservative evangelical scholars. <BR/><BR/>Growing up a conservative evangelical, I had a good friend whose father was (and still is) a Hebrew and Old Testament professor at one of the world's leading Sandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-30070573778173025662008-02-14T08:32:00.000-05:002008-02-14T08:32:00.000-05:00Onesmallstep,Your reading of the passage is roughl...Onesmallstep,<BR/><BR/>Your reading of the passage is roughly the same as mine - though I would be quick to add that while I am a former minister and am now a theology student (in my last year of a Masters of Arts in Religion program aiming to go from here to PhD studies) I am by no means an expert on anything, much less Biblical languages. Whenever I comment on Biblical languages, it should comeSandalstrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16303641009581382217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-6168844071600241142008-02-13T23:18:00.000-05:002008-02-13T23:18:00.000-05:00Neither have I been able to get up for conversatio...<I>Neither have I been able to get up for conversations concerning the role and authority of scripture, or principles of Biblical interpretation...</I><BR/><BR/>I really wish you wrote more on this topic. As a former evangelical who now doubts the literal Adam and Eve, I find myself in a very uncomfortable place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18491098.post-88484000100982732892008-02-13T21:25:00.000-05:002008-02-13T21:25:00.000-05:00**While I have yet another post on abortion and sc...**While I have yet another post on abortion and scripture (an exegesis of Exodus 21:12-27, focusing on verse 22) outlined and ready to go, I can't bring myself to write it, much less post it.**<BR/><BR/>I would be interested in a post on this verse, because from what I've read, the Hebrew states that if there's a struggle and the struggle results in the fetus dying, there's a monetary fine. Yet OneSmallStephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189124855157679020noreply@blogger.com