tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post882495089302139789..comments2024-03-25T11:09:41.538-04:00Comments on a minor friar blog: WordsBrother Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-3120447306454309312007-03-09T20:07:00.000-05:002007-03-09T20:07:00.000-05:00Nice to meet you, Ben. The issues you remind us of...Nice to meet you, Ben. The issues you remind us of are a dark corner of our culture indeed.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-51412689600020277542007-03-09T12:58:00.000-05:002007-03-09T12:58:00.000-05:00I think we are already at the orwelian limit when ...I think we are already at the orwelian limit when "reprodutive rights" refers to not reproducing and "planned parenthood" refers to not becoming a parent. <BR/><BR/>But the worst offender is that the slogan "making every child a wanted child" refers to killing the ones we do not want.benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08620095436148983534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-83881960681814738712007-03-09T11:49:00.000-05:002007-03-09T11:49:00.000-05:00I probably should not use Jon Sobrino SJ as an exa...I probably should not use Jon Sobrino SJ as an example... word on the street is that the Vatican is about to bar him from teaching theology and from writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-47152632201896277062007-03-08T12:29:00.000-05:002007-03-08T12:29:00.000-05:00We only use Fair Trade and yeah it is strong.We only use Fair Trade and yeah it is strong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-31303958566593013752007-03-08T11:49:00.000-05:002007-03-08T11:49:00.000-05:00I get the feeling that there is a friary somewhere...I get the feeling that there is a friary somewhere where the coffee is just a little too strong this morning.Brother Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07780326836452864455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-13227526196089955962007-03-08T11:35:00.000-05:002007-03-08T11:35:00.000-05:00I agree,"professional religious" have co-opted spi...I agree,"professional religious" have co-opted spiritual language and have made sublime spiritual realities mere abstractions. Take the oft quoted phrase, "Christ is Love," as Jon Sobrino, SJ points out, "This phrase asserts something true, but as long as there is no statement, in terms of Jesus, of what this love consists, what forms and priorities are, the love remains abstract; it may include, but also exclude or even reject, fundamental forms of Jesus' love, such as justice and loving partially for the poor."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-8112737281931489772007-03-08T11:31:00.000-05:002007-03-08T11:31:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26883902.post-48120440898319686112007-03-08T11:06:00.000-05:002007-03-08T11:06:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com