tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26437387.post115137370437904963..comments2023-10-19T08:49:35.405-05:00Comments on Aún Estamos Vivos: Camel's Hair, Locusts, and Wild HoneyJeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10754406706300818849noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26437387.post-1151527547300262742006-06-28T15:45:00.000-05:002006-06-28T15:45:00.000-05:00Hi Paula,Thank you. There are a couple of reasons...Hi Paula,<BR/><BR/>Thank you. There are a couple of reasons for that. The first is that it tends to highlight the extent of the polarization I've been talking about. Secondly, I've always believed that you can learn something from just about anyone. Regardless of where you stand, sometimes the other guy has a good point. Then again, maybe I'm just schizoid. >;-/<BR/><BR/>I think that the Church <I>needs</I> both its liberals and its conservatives to achieve a balance and a healthy tension. Both sides bring strengths to the table, as long as they show each other charity. If they don't, then the tension becomes unhealthy. <BR/><BR/>“…let it be presupposed that every good Christian is to be more ready to save his neighbor’s proposition than to condemn it. If he cannot save it, let him inquire how he means it; and if he means it badly, let him correct him with charity. If that is not enough, let him seek all the suitable means to bring him to mean it well, and save himself.” Ignatius Loyola, Spiritual Exercises (Presuppositions)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754406706300818849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26437387.post-1151517374678655642006-06-28T12:56:00.000-05:002006-06-28T12:56:00.000-05:00Crossan goes into that topic in depth in this audi...Crossan goes into that topic in depth in this audio interview:<BR/><BR/>http://www.gracecathedral.org/<BR/>enrichment/forum/<BR/>for_20000924.shtml<BR/><BR/>Just string all those together... Blogger is weird sometimes. It wouldn't let me post it as a hyperlink.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754406706300818849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26437387.post-1151484386969421792006-06-28T03:46:00.000-05:002006-06-28T03:46:00.000-05:00It's also interesting that Crossan used to be a vo...It's also interesting that Crossan used to be a vowed religious priest ... wonder what changed his view so.crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681674503952991492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26437387.post-1151462538733410302006-06-27T21:42:00.000-05:002006-06-27T21:42:00.000-05:00Off topic: i like the links list of your blog: wel...Off topic: i like the links list of your blog: well balanced between what is usually perceived as liberal and conservative.PVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04943143109952894018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26437387.post-1151457532656442972006-06-27T20:18:00.000-05:002006-06-27T20:18:00.000-05:00Hi Crystal,Crossan is an interesting character. I...Hi Crystal,<BR/><BR/>Crossan is an interesting character. I used to deride and ridicule him when the only thing I knew about him was that he'd made a claim somewhere that the body of Jesus may have been eaten by wild dogs... Having read him a little bit, there is some of what he writes that is very interesting, but I still suspect he's trying to project a worldview shaped by Irish history onto 1st century Judea.<BR/><BR/>Yes, the contrast between John and Jesus is interesting, and the ultimate reactions towards them turned out to be very similar nonetheless.<BR/><BR/>Sorry I haven't been able to keep up too well with all of your respective blogs... Been very busy. :-)Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754406706300818849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26437387.post-1151392711206720502006-06-27T02:18:00.000-05:002006-06-27T02:18:00.000-05:00Hi Jeff. Interesting post!I like reading about th...Hi Jeff. Interesting post!<BR/><BR/>I like reading about the historical Jesus too. I hadn't heard of Fredricksen before - I'll have to look her up. I've read some of the Jesus seminar stuff and some Crossan ... I like his anti-gnostic outlook, but disagree with his conclusion that Jesus wasn't resurrected. Sometimes I visit the blogroll guys on Mark Goodacre's weblog, but I don't always understand what they're talking about.<BR/><BR/>Also interesting how different Jesus and his cousin John were, one so ascetic and the other accused of being a glutten and drunkard.<BR/><BR/>But I'm not sure I wanted to know locusts were kosher :-)crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681674503952991492noreply@blogger.com