The Glob Blog

Now wait a minute! Isn’t Maccabees a side issue of...

2008-08-26T12:00:09.863-05:00

Now wait a minute! Isn’t Maccabees a side issue of Purgatory, which is a side issue of the 95 theses? How far afield to you want to stray?

Quick aside on Maccabees, et al. The Jews, at the ...

2008-08-26T08:55:02.715-05:00

Quick aside on Maccabees, et al. The Jews, at the council of Jamnia held in AD 90 or so, rejected the deuterocanonical books for a variety of reasons, not the least of which they were being used by Christians to support their upstart religion.

It is my understanding that this council was held at least in part to deal with this upstart cult in their midst.

This was about 20 years

Perhaps the concept of Trinity is a way for limite...

2008-08-21T13:56:17.914-05:00

Perhaps the concept of Trinity is a way for limited man to try to understand limitless God. Can one follow Jesus and deny it? Maybe, though I have a hard time understanding it.

I propose a plain reading of the Bible affirms that Christ atones for my sin. Is His atonement not enough? Some other thoughts:

Maybe we can pray for the dead because God is not bound by time? (yes,

Regarding Trinity, Jesus does say: "Go therefore a...

2008-08-21T12:33:59.476-05:00

Regarding Trinity, Jesus does say: "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit" (Matt. 28:19).

You and I would agree that He is referring to the Trinity, but He does not say that He and God and Spirit are one. That is a conclusion drawn from the text...

The clearest reference I've seen is in 1

Here are a few passages which are used to support ...

2008-08-21T12:19:05.017-05:00

Here are a few passages which are used to support the concept of Purgatory. The first you will likely reject as being uninspired, though the basis for that claim is unclear to me.

"For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for the dead. But if he was looking to the splendid reward that is laid up for those

Regarding the authority of Scripture: yes, we will...

2008-08-21T10:40:53.952-05:00

Regarding the authority of Scripture: yes, we will eventually have that talk (talks, more likely) – maybe when I retire, so I’ll have plenty of time. It is my prayer and desire that as we both recognize Scripture as God’s word that there is much common ground, and that there is plenty of room for charity in both our understanding of truth. And finally, that I don’t sound too much like Obama in

Jesus does! (you know that, don't tease me)

2008-08-21T10:24:45.840-05:00

Jesus does! (you know that, don't tease me)

Yes, albeit weekly. I will find and forward. Doesn...

2008-08-21T08:34:42.361-05:00

Yes, albeit weekly. I will find and forward. Doesn't impact much my
debate with Martin as he believed in the concept, at least at the
time.

Of course some day you and I will have the grand debate on sola scriptura.

As you probably know we come down squarely opposite from each other on
this issue.

So I will ask in turn about the Holy Trinity. Is there

A side-track:“But God, being rich in mercy, becaus...

2008-08-20T16:08:59.524-05:00

A side-track:

“But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness

Yeah, I think so. I have been trying for a post a ...

2008-05-14T18:59:17.431-05:00

Yeah, I think so. I have been trying for a post a week covering one to three of the 95 theses. So much of what is being said is just difficult to follow. But, I have been enjoying the effort. Between Bible Class, The Glob Blog, and The Glob, it's been kind of hard to be consistent.

I haven't done this week's edition of The Glob because I was three homeworks behind and tomorrow night is

this is going to take a while, isn't it?

2008-05-14T10:50:35.249-05:00

this is going to take a while, isn't it?

exactly & amen brother!

2008-04-01T11:15:33.790-05:00

exactly & amen brother!

I know not whereof you speak antlerless one.Ok, ma...

2008-03-30T16:18:56.346-05:00

I know not whereof you speak antlerless one.

Ok, maybe I do. The ethical questions were decided on long before The Glob got involved. Just few people know which direction to go. What I should have said is that that value of the Moral Compass that is The Glob has been demonstrated. We shall always be pointing the way toward Good and away from Evil.

Hooray for GLOB!Interesting choice of words though...

2008-03-30T13:06:45.254-05:00

Hooray for GLOB!

Interesting choice of words though: some technical issues regarding stem cells have been decided (for now), but does that really mean that “the ethical questions debated in the linked post appear to have been decided in the favor of The Glob Blog”?

I humbly submit that is not the case.

"This is not easy in the media age we live in."Tha...

2008-03-27T22:25:07.809-05:00

"This is not easy in the media age we live in."

That is so painfully true. It's a weird combination of media and then they way the candidates address the media.

And the way we react to what the media says happened.

I have a related hypothesis - I am currently formulating it into a blog article. Coming soon to a web near you.

“Moral” does not necessarily equal “nice”!Presiden...

2008-03-27T07:03:57.962-05:00

“Moral” does not necessarily equal “nice”!

President Carter may (or may not) hold to a code with consistent with itself, and that code may (or not) be founded on something genuine, real. It may be possible for him and me to have “integrity” and still be at odds. This is why I’m so stuck on “knowing where he (and I) are coming from”. Integrity is a fine thing, but alone it is not enough (

I wonder, oddly, if a moral, or shall we say codif...

2008-03-27T06:11:25.801-05:00

I wonder, oddly, if a moral, or shall we say codified, president, can be effective. I remember Jimmy Carter. He seemed ineffectual to me at my tender age when he was president. But he also seemed like a genuinely nice man.

The business of protecting your nation's interests seems inescapably ugly at some point. Maybe you have to be an amoral son of a bitch (or maybe an amoral bitch?) to

I propose that everyone has a code of right and wr...

2008-03-26T14:02:29.412-05:00

I propose that everyone has a code of right and wrong, and a basis of where that vision right and wrong comes from (aka morality). Even to say “I do not have a code” is a code. This code is the basis for decision making, and so speaks to all the decisions a person makes, obvious connections or not.

It is not an accident that abortion is such a lightning rod. Once past the sound-bites

I knew you would know who Hans was, as well as the...

2008-03-25T22:36:43.222-05:00

I knew you would know who Hans was, as well as the three in one thing.

I think Abby Normal will be a guest blogger in a week or so.
FB

Not the first time three things become one (or one...

2008-03-23T18:22:14.748-05:00

Not the first time three things become one (or one becomes three).

Was that Hans the other day? I recall “abnormal brains” rather than scientific and saintly ones but maybe he was in the head at the time. Sitting out back with whiskey and cigars was a fine thing in any case.

I think I had a taco made from ennui once, it was OK I guess

Ok, changed up the comment thingy. Do you like thi...

2008-03-21T10:28:28.243-05:00

Ok, changed up the comment thingy. Do you like this better?

Interesting. What of faith?

2008-03-18T07:45:51.183-05:00

Interesting. What of faith?

Just to get us on the same page…I submit a definit...

2008-03-11T12:31:43.615-05:00

Just to get us on the same page…

I submit a definition of “love” as the decision to put another’s well being on at least equal standing with our own; and therefore define “lust” as putting our own well being (whether perceived, or real) first

Stated in the negative: I propose that “love” and “lust” are not feelings or emotions, although powerful feelings and emotions may be a

Is there a difference?

2008-03-10T16:38:15.106-05:00

Is there a difference?

erudite or r-o-dent?

2008-03-06T15:14:58.849-06:00

erudite or r-o-dent?