tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post114427016836793455..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: Richard Niebuhr on Christ and CultureHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144434186895193292006-04-07T14:23:00.000-04:002006-04-07T14:23:00.000-04:00"Real Genius" with Val Kilmer.The "naughty boy" bi..."Real Genius" with Val Kilmer.<BR/><BR/>The "naughty boy" bit is from Monty Python's "Life of Brian."James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144378342894004612006-04-06T22:52:00.000-04:002006-04-06T22:52:00.000-04:00I love that movie, which one was it?I love that movie, which one was it?Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144347250289282052006-04-06T14:14:00.000-04:002006-04-06T14:14:00.000-04:00Former, yes, but the title was during. But it was ...Former, yes, but the title was <I>during</I>. But it was all in jest, anyways. I'm a pretty good guy, but I get all weirded out when people fall to the ground and kiss my feet. I'm not the messiah; I'm just a naughty boy.<BR/><BR/>"I had the weirdest dream last night."<BR/><BR/>"Was it the one where you're standing atop a pyramid in sort of Sun God robes and a thousand naked women are screaming and throwing little pickles at you?"<BR/><BR/>"N-No!"<BR/><BR/>"Why am I the only one who has that dream?"James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144347139345225702006-04-06T14:12:00.000-04:002006-04-06T14:12:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144330325307078892006-04-06T09:32:00.000-04:002006-04-06T09:32:00.000-04:00I had a girlfriend who referred to me as "The Jim....<I>I had a girlfriend who referred to me as "The Jim." Does this mean I'm a religious figure?</I><BR/><BR/>"Christ" isn't Jesus' last name, it's a title. It's the Anglicization of the Greek word "Christos" which means (as does the Hebrew word "Messias") "the annointed one." It's like royalty: you can call her "Queen Elizabeth" to her face, but if referring to her in the third person you'd say "the Queen."<BR/><BR/>"The Jim" is more like "The Donald" -- which I always interpreted as a dig, implying that "The Donald" thinks he's God or royalty or a national treasure. You did say a former girlfriend, right?Kathy Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851875819094837357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144293144908031412006-04-05T23:12:00.000-04:002006-04-05T23:12:00.000-04:00I think that Rodney Stark and many others have pre...I think that Rodney Stark and many others have pretty convincingly demonstrated that Western Civ as we know it today couldn't have emerged without bloody Rome being baptized in the waters of Christianity, which emerges from Mother Judaism. I can't recall the author who said that every time we see an ambulance tearing up the already awful traffic of rush hour just to attempt rescue of a single soul in danger, we see something that would never have happened without the historical intrusion of the Christian faith.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144292471469768232006-04-05T23:01:00.000-04:002006-04-05T23:01:00.000-04:00What one must ask is whether Western civilization ...What one must ask is whether Western civilization got here despite or because of Christianity.<BR/><BR/>My reading of history finds the Magna Carta, the politico-philosophical origin of the concept of the inherent Dignity of Man, originating in the Dark Ages, and the Enlightenment more founded in the quite Christian Renaissance and Age of Reason than what came after.<BR/><BR/>I could be wrong. But I doubt it. :-)Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144286253201724402006-04-05T21:17:00.000-04:002006-04-05T21:17:00.000-04:00Don't sweat it, JFE. This is really not in league...Don't sweat it, JFE. This is really not in league with some of your less savory swats at religion. What you have to realize is the Christian majority is basically a non-reality. There has been a Christendom, but I'm not sure there has ever been a true Christian majority made up of the people for whom the faith is truly "real" reality.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144275880519398332006-04-05T18:24:00.000-04:002006-04-05T18:24:00.000-04:00Crap. I just realized that someone might take that...Crap. I just realized that someone might take that last sentence as a dig at Christ, which really wasn't the intent.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144275831719836212006-04-05T18:23:00.000-04:002006-04-05T18:23:00.000-04:00I know, I know, the whole "Christian majority pers...I know, I know, the whole "Christian majority persecution complex" thing brings out the worst in me. No one likes a martyr.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1144274894748833782006-04-05T18:08:00.000-04:002006-04-05T18:08:00.000-04:00"The Christ..."I had a girlfriend who referred to ..."The Christ..."<BR/><BR/>I had a girlfriend who referred to me as "The Jim." Does this mean I'm a religious figure?James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.com