tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post114001212203293945..comments2023-08-20T04:40:04.843-05:00Comments on Stephen M (Ethesis): Stephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00219023897626648057noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1142036359394177192006-03-10T18:19:00.000-06:002006-03-10T18:19:00.000-06:00That was a thoughtful piece and well worth the tim...That was a thoughtful piece and well worth the time to read.<BR/><BR/>Nice.James Landrithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03642322025478735744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1142036259633666722006-03-10T18:17:00.000-06:002006-03-10T18:17:00.000-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.James Landrithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03642322025478735744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1140475808356461162006-02-20T16:50:00.000-06:002006-02-20T16:50:00.000-06:00lchan, thanks for the kind words.Christian, the ti...lchan, thanks for the kind words.<BR/><BR/>Christian, the title is intended to be ironic. I intend for it to have many, many meanings. The notion of "what God wants" is the kind of thing that grants a level of moral clarity than I'm trying to avoid altogether in the post without adopting relativism as a moral framework. I hope that the title reflects that.<BR/><BR/>Also, at the <A HREF="http://Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1140455976842375452006-02-20T11:19:00.000-06:002006-02-20T11:19:00.000-06:00DKL, nice post. What I take away from it is that y...DKL, nice post. What I take away from it is that your title is ironic: God <I>doesn't</I> really get what he wants, and our claims that he does are not so much reverence for God's greatness as hubris on our part. Like us, maybe more than us if believe Enoch, God suffers and weeps.Christian Y. Cardallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06343561849439394638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1140411811824038542006-02-19T23:03:00.000-06:002006-02-19T23:03:00.000-06:00Great post, DKL. You need your own blog.Great post, DKL. You need your own blog.lochanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18215653832995730501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1140337161691015272006-02-19T02:19:00.000-06:002006-02-19T02:19:00.000-06:00Thank you, Jim. It's nice to be posting (thanks, S...Thank you, Jim. It's nice to be posting (thanks, Stephen!), and it's nice to be read. Thanks for the comment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1140140670520653212006-02-16T19:44:00.000-06:002006-02-16T19:44:00.000-06:00Like others, I'm glad to see you posting, David, e...Like others, I'm glad to see you posting, David, especially with such a thoughtful post. Thanks.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11093597589318942694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1140139249598181042006-02-16T19:20:00.000-06:002006-02-16T19:20:00.000-06:00annegb, thanks for the kind words. I'm really glad...<B>annegb</B>, thanks for the kind words. I'm really glad you like the post.<BR/><BR/><B>Bookslinger</B>, given my views on Old Testament authorship, I see the prophecies about the travails of the Jews as being contemporary accounts of their bad treatment; e.g., at the hands of Babylonians in the major prophets and at the hands of post-Alexandrian monarchs in Daniel. Thus, I don't see any Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1140077748538121672006-02-16T02:15:00.000-06:002006-02-16T02:15:00.000-06:00Wow.And that last sentence of yours, Stephen . . ....Wow.<BR/><BR/>And that last sentence of yours, Stephen . . . the DEPTH of that, the infinite and eternalness of it, the MEANING . . . <BR/><BR/>From God playing hockey puck with us tonight, to God weeping over us, is quite the range of thought for me tonight.<BR/><BR/>Not trying to be facetious, but driving home from Stansbury park, and I-80 west was the new practice arena for the US. Olympic Sarebearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09208596053319110470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1140059706630918992006-02-15T21:15:00.000-06:002006-02-15T21:15:00.000-06:00That is a powerful message! I remember my high sc...That is a powerful message! I remember my high school history teaching saying that we know about a historical event as time passes than we do after the incident. I think that I learned this first hand when during the first Gulf War everyone was bragging how near perfect perficion all of our artillery was. Later, in History of Mass Communication, I learned that much that was exaggerated at the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1140053692697263912006-02-15T19:34:00.000-06:002006-02-15T19:34:00.000-06:00Kundos, DKL.As I understand you, this is about "Go...Kundos, DKL.<BR/><BR/>As I understand you, this is about "God" getting what he wants because god is an excuse/justification for people getting what they want/deserve. No?<BR/><BR/>Now you have this comment from Bookslinger...<BR/><BR/><B>Bookslinger</B>, think about what you're saying...this is what I'm hearing: God punished the Jews...For not hearing/accepting Mormon missionaries.<BR/><BR/>Is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1140035259565946562006-02-15T14:27:00.000-06:002006-02-15T14:27:00.000-06:00My Jewish grandfather's family (dad's dad) came fr...My Jewish grandfather's family (dad's dad) came from Poland shortly before WW I, when my grandfather was a boy. <BR/><BR/>My father was born in 1931 in the US. <BR/><BR/>My grandfather's siblings all came over, but not all his cousins, nor all of his father's siblings.<BR/><BR/>My grandmother was born here, but her parents came over from Lithuania, one of the 3 Baltic status (Estonia and LatviaBookslingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077778974473538408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5861130.post-1140021023756845782006-02-15T10:30:00.000-06:002006-02-15T10:30:00.000-06:00Wow. I'm speechless. I'm going to ponder this on...Wow. I'm speechless. I'm going to ponder this one, and print it out. But I have nothing to add. This is just pure wisdom.<BR/><BR/>Stephen, thanks for recruiting David. It's to all our benefit.annegbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15037271914260019842noreply@blogger.com