tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post2468829928989348370..comments2024-02-25T16:56:47.627-05:00Comments on Magdalene's Egg: The Birds Do It, the Bees Do ItFather Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-28115057492800776802010-08-25T21:59:54.542-04:002010-08-25T21:59:54.542-04:00Thanks for the interesting post. I rather like yo...Thanks for the interesting post. I rather like your description of the disturbing and problematic cultural situation. There is also here a cultural drive to make people pay for behaving badly (all too often that's literal, as in pursuit of large monetary pay outs). It strikes me to be lashing out and tearing down for it's own sake, and often as simply seeking to be vindictive. There ends up to be a grotesque level of perversity here, and the issues of legal liability play no small part in creating and sustaining it.<br /><br />That perverse system ends up destroying any idea of reconciliation, which is (or is supposed to be) at the heart of the gospel, yet our churches are caught up in that perversity. Everything gets caught up in this (false) moralism while a very real manifestation of our bondage to sin gets continued and even aided by not only the world but the church as well. Perhaps we really can't escape it in this life, but it would be an improvement to at least recognize it and shine our theological tradition onto it.Mark C. Christiansonhttp://www.restenergy.net/oddments/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-76420616837297852892010-08-25T10:50:02.288-04:002010-08-25T10:50:02.288-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-70689806874761747262010-08-25T10:50:02.004-04:002010-08-25T10:50:02.004-04:00Thank you. I was just proud of myself for coining...Thank you. I was just proud of myself for coining the word "schtupee."Father Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-71214637499237646322010-08-25T06:18:31.471-04:002010-08-25T06:18:31.471-04:00You've really got right to the heart of the re...You've really got right to the heart of the reason behind why we are in a such a seeminging moraless culture that is so willing to crucify certain people for certain moral lapses.Pastor Joellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212838423929588352noreply@blogger.com