Comments for Fallen Into Knowledge

Comment on Reviving this Blog? by d. w. horstkoetter

d. w. horstkoetter — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:02:16 +0000

Wooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh. I think you just blew my mind.

Comment on Quenching the Spirit by iDurias

iDurias — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:08:35 +0000

This is super interesting to think about.

Comment on Music Meme by bjorn

bjorn — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:53:43 +0000

I made a big mistake not buying in the bleak midwinter when I was in college…..the album seems to have vanished off the face of the planet. Any idea how I can get ahold of a copy?

Comment on Confession by Craig Roylance

Craig Roylance — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:54:44 +0000

I stumbled upon your blog. Great stuff! Hope all’s well in PDX.
Confession in community- what a powerful healer.

Comment on Summer Thunder Storm by Kush

Kush — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:42:34 +0000

Where was this picture taken. It is beautiful. Reminds me of home.

Comment on Toward a Political Theology of the Neighbor by d. w. horstkoetter

d. w. horstkoetter — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:13:21 +0000

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.

Comment on Music Meme by david horstkoetter

david horstkoetter — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:06:23 +0000

Nono nooo noo, no. You misunderstood me. I figured you knew more about musical bands than I. Don’t worry, especially after this list, I know you don’t have refined music tastes. Then again theres quite a bit of overlap, or very easily could’ve been overlap in the lists, so who am I to speak?

Comment on The Scariest Monster is the One You Can’t See by John

John — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:06:54 +0000

The REAL master signifier is hell deep fear.
Fear of the presumed other with which you are always at war, despite or contrary to all of your self-serving god-ideas and theologies, or more accurately towers of babble/babel.

Comment on Toward a Political Theology of the Neighbor by John

John — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 03:00:58 +0000

“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.

Comment on A Different Take on Inerrancy by bobby grow

bobby grow — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:19:05 +0000

Hey Chris,

nice piece. I think the language of inerrrancy certainly is defensive . . . and its origin and context bear witness to that. I’ve come to the conclusion, that as far as articulating a “positive” Christian bibliology, inerrancy just won’t do—just as “higher criticism” won’t do. When it comes to “defensive apologetics,” I have no problem using the language of inerrancy. So we probably agree on this.