tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043273283783489008.post6201674417014970906..comments2024-02-29T02:54:19.767-05:00Comments on Babbling Books: Gospel Of MarkBrian Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043273283783489008.post-4634932743145740432012-03-25T13:02:12.981-04:002012-03-25T13:02:12.981-04:00Thanks for your feedback Laura. I totally agree th...Thanks for your feedback Laura. I totally agree that all the things that you mentioned war, environmental destruction, human exploitation to generate and protect private profits, would be greatly diminished if folks just followed the philosophy of the Gospels. Though in my view of an "ideal world," such philosophy would be modified a little to allow moderate capitalism and personal ambition.<br /><br />PS - It seems that the inability to follow posts via email is n issue on Blogger. It looks like I can set up the option via a feed ,but it may take me a day or two to set it up. Thank you for letting me know about this.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043273283783489008.post-62540574880987981282012-03-25T01:37:55.535-04:002012-03-25T01:37:55.535-04:00P.S. Is there an option to subscibe to follow-up c...P.S. Is there an option to subscibe to follow-up comments available? I don't see it here in the popup.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043273283783489008.post-29850793050576258862012-03-25T01:34:18.043-04:002012-03-25T01:34:18.043-04:00Hi Brian! Yes, there is much in the Bible that wou...Hi Brian! Yes, there is much in the Bible that would come as a surprise to many who consider themselves "Bible-believing Christians." But even those of us who take Jesus at his word also go away grieved about our many possessions. I wouldn't worry about the economy, though. As Father Emmanuel McCarthy (worth checking out) has said with regard to pacifism and wars, there will always be plenty of people to keep the economy going. But even if there was a mass conversion to the way of Jesus, it's hard to say tht would be a bad thing. We wouldn't just sit around singing Hosannas, the profit motive would be replaced by the love motive, and there would still be plenty to do. But undoubtedly there would be less war, environmental destruction, and human exploitation to generate and protect private profits. That might not be such a bad world...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043273283783489008.post-40572421346591347542012-03-06T19:26:00.235-05:002012-03-06T19:26:00.235-05:00I agree most religious people that I associate are...I agree most religious people that I associate are moderate and acknowledge that they follow the parts of their religion that they agree with and reject what they do not. I actually find this commendable.<br /><br />It is funny that you mentioned the Bible Studies. Driving home today I inadvertently tuned to a Christian Radio station. I listened for a while. Most of my fellow non — believers would be appalled. However the commentator was quoting passages from St Paul. While I did not agree with many of her conclusions I found her take interesting. I also thought to myself, "At least someone in the media is discussing and analyzing great literature!"Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4043273283783489008.post-34765234670691661182012-03-06T16:34:25.357-05:002012-03-06T16:34:25.357-05:00That's an interesting take, Brian.
I was fo...That's an interesting take, Brian. <br /><br />I was forced to take Scripture Studies while I attended a Catholic school, and it didn't leave me with a great love of the Synoptic Gospels. Even so, I did join up with a Bible Study group in later life (very disappointing as lacking objectivity.)<br /><br />The upshot of a lot of this is that the tendency to follow the parts of a religious text that you like, and gloss over the rest, is by no means a practice peculiar to extremism. I don't think that there is anything wrong in doing so providing that it is acknowledged, and that everyone is entitled to partake of the same freedom.Sarah (Rat in the Book Pile)http://www.ratinthebookpile.comnoreply@blogger.com