Comments on: Toward a Political Theology of the Neighbor http://www.christopherlayton.org/2008/06/10/toward-a-political-theology-of-the-neighbor/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:41:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: d. w. horstkoetter http://www.christopherlayton.org/2008/06/10/toward-a-political-theology-of-the-neighbor/#comment-2011 d. w. horstkoetter Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:13:21 +0000 http://www.christopherlayton.org/?p=425#comment-2011 John, Christianity is a bit more complex and ambiguous than you give it credit for. The world process as completely integrated, after all, is part of creation. All sentient beings (particularly human beings), while may be part other, are also a part of creation, if not made in the image of God. And God as completely other? Well there's a bad reading of Barth (assuming you've read Barth), because while God is other, God is continually in love with her creation and he continually acts in her creation's history out of a steadfast love. I don't think wrapping up theological statements in a sectarian jargon is going to help your case if you don't have an accurate reading of theology. John, Christianity is a bit more complex and ambiguous than you give it credit for.

The world process as completely integrated, after all, is part of creation. All sentient beings (particularly human beings), while may be part other, are also a part of creation, if not made in the image of God. And God as completely other? Well there’s a bad reading of Barth (assuming you’ve read Barth), because while God is other, God is continually in love with her creation and he continually acts in her creation’s history out of a steadfast love.

I don’t think wrapping up theological statements in a sectarian jargon is going to help your case if you don’t have an accurate reading of theology.

]]> By: John http://www.christopherlayton.org/2008/06/10/toward-a-political-theology-of-the-neighbor/#comment-2006 John Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:00:58 +0000 http://www.christopherlayton.org/?p=425#comment-2006 "Where there is an other fear spontaneously arises". A phrase from one of the Upanishads All others are thus your enemy and you are thus always at war with all others including Real God, The Divine Conscious Light Christianity is based on the "other" at three levels, and is thus saturated with fear and inevitable conflict. God as comletely other. God is thus your enemy and not your refuge. The world process as completely other. Hence the Western/Christian project to conquer nature. All sentient beings, including humans as other. Western his-story (in particular) is saturated with violence which has always been justified with appeals to the collective tribal or ethnic deity Also any "religion" that claims to possess the one "true" faith/way/revelaton has effectively declared war wth all other religions and cultures. And will use whatever means it can to "convert" everyone else. Both Islam & Christianity specialise in his would be would be essentially totalitarian world conquering power seeking meme. “Where there is an other fear spontaneously arises”. A phrase from one of the Upanishads

All others are thus your enemy and you are thus always at war with all others including Real God, The Divine Conscious Light

Christianity is based on the “other” at three levels, and is thus saturated with fear and inevitable conflict.

God as comletely other. God is thus your enemy and not your refuge.
The world process as completely other. Hence the Western/Christian project to conquer nature.
All sentient beings, including humans as other. Western his-story (in particular) is saturated with violence which has always been justified with appeals to the collective tribal or ethnic deity

Also any “religion” that claims to possess the one “true” faith/way/revelaton has effectively declared war wth all other religions and cultures. And will use whatever means it can to “convert” everyone else. Both Islam & Christianity specialise in his would be would be essentially totalitarian world conquering power seeking meme.

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