tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078157424531850345.post6164827490978435661..comments2024-03-24T02:03:40.254-07:00Comments on Chasin' Jesus: Letter to my pastorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078157424531850345.post-86436031900296329442021-08-22T21:20:08.564-07:002021-08-22T21:20:08.564-07:00Police Brand Memorabilia and Collectibles support ...Police Brand Memorabilia and Collectibles support law enforcement, firefighters, correctional officers, dispatchers, and armed forces members. Our goal is to provide unique quality items for those brave men and women. <a href="https://policebrand.net" rel="nofollow">Police Flags</a>MD Imtiaz Ahammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02847656303680781142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078157424531850345.post-25851969263234050142014-11-09T15:54:34.242-08:002014-11-09T15:54:34.242-08:00The resemblance of the nationalist anthem to a hym...The resemblance of the nationalist anthem to a hymn is far more than coincidental, even to the praise of the "alabaster cities undimmed by human tears" -- surely a co-optation of the visionary City of God? Syncretic heresy indeed. It brings to my mind the contrarian Jewish Orthodox position that the attempt to impose a prophesied Jewish State on the world, by worldly means, is in itself a heresy; the objection is presumably theological and to do with the sacred nature of prophesy, but the immediate lesson seems to be that the State so easily becomes an idol which supplants the love of G-d. Illich too objected to atted to modern attempts to reify, quantify, and bureaucratise the loving community... Anyway Stan, it's always a pleasure to read your prose... passionate sincerity and well-read scholarship ably combined.DeAnanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830861494420303864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078157424531850345.post-35907273881519245922014-07-20T10:31:12.958-07:002014-07-20T10:31:12.958-07:00Thank you for this. To simultaneously support war ...Thank you for this. To simultaneously support war and preach peace is madness.The Cheaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05164439950131063115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078157424531850345.post-71837002340784482902014-07-07T10:13:41.381-07:002014-07-07T10:13:41.381-07:00PS---the article by Stan Hauerwas was extremely il...PS---the article by Stan Hauerwas was extremely illuminating. I had to laugh at the comment about Catholics swearing allegiance to "some guy in Rome".<br /><br />I think the thing about proving you are more American than regular Americans can apply to other agendas, too. Read a book recently called, "Brown Skin, White Masks", about expatriate Muslims here in media agitprop, in service to the agenda of the American Corporate Empire.<br /><br />I think Muslims (perhaps the more "rootsy" ones) have a profound thing to say about power, in reference to not charging interest (usury) on loans.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593195823514805943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078157424531850345.post-34274157609786911482014-07-07T09:42:58.102-07:002014-07-07T09:42:58.102-07:00Thanks for this great letter. Found it via a frien...Thanks for this great letter. Found it via a friend who shared on facebook and am sharing it now myself. Sorting out loyalties to the state and loyalties to God is always a tricky business that most lack the courage for. Have you followed John Dear at all? He is a great voice on this. I did not know about the other parade going into Jerusalem that day. So thanks also for the history lesson.Luke Stockinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265127867564688832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9078157424531850345.post-44630509628611434342014-07-07T06:29:16.267-07:002014-07-07T06:29:16.267-07:00Terribly, awfully true, Stan. I wish you luck, my...Terribly, awfully true, Stan. I wish you luck, my friend...you may need it. Your place of residence seems to have some uncomfortable resemblances to the place I grew up in. <br /><br />Went to a Quaker service 2 weeks ago here in Eugene. They worship in silence, unless moved by God to speak. Makes you think about what you are saying, if you do speak. I didn't see an American flag anywhere. They are antiwar as a matter of common belief. <br /><br />From what I was told by Chuck Fager, this is a more liberal meeting house. Still sorting it out, but want to go again. It's hard to be spiritually on your own these days.<br /><br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04593195823514805943noreply@blogger.com