tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160415.post2539078871748265178..comments2024-03-15T08:55:29.800-04:00Comments on The Musical Priest: Literal or Literalist? Yes, Catholics DO take the Bible Literally!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01087811856300842855noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160415.post-6815086946770909972013-03-30T21:25:29.330-04:002013-03-30T21:25:29.330-04:00What I have to say can best be witnessed on
http:/...What I have to say can best be witnessed on<br />http://sunraytony.wordpresss.comsunraypics@gmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160415.post-48008939635695233612013-02-28T18:47:19.585-05:002013-02-28T18:47:19.585-05:00Thanks for this article explaining what you unders...Thanks for this article explaining what you understand to be the Catholic tradition of interpreting the Bible.<br /><br />You mentioned that the Bible draws you more deeply into the drama of salvation history. Can you explain what the other sources of faith and tradition are? Could you also explain why what Jesus did only abolishes your original sin and not your actual sin?Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06434775430614782632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160415.post-56948685298845148132013-01-27T13:01:44.526-05:002013-01-27T13:01:44.526-05:00So the article is basically saying that Catholics ...So the article is basically saying that Catholics do not take the Bible literally. <br /><br />Despite the writers claim that Catholics tale the Bible literally he clearly is saying that they don't take it literally and must interpret it correctly.<br /><br />And yet, the writer is trying to say that interpreting the Bible correctly means taking it literally.<br /><br />The author is playing extremely manipulative word games in order to not be 'wrong'.<br /><br />The author is an A55. Not surprising as the author is a priestAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160415.post-60858394791140717562012-03-15T13:30:08.413-04:002012-03-15T13:30:08.413-04:00Darwin's last line in his book about the Creat...Darwin's last line in his book about the Creator is not in some editions because it was not in his first publication. He later added the Creator line. I don't know if that is what he believed or he added the line to appease critics.christinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160415.post-70839045017315725132010-07-27T07:43:59.230-04:002010-07-27T07:43:59.230-04:00Anonymous,
I posted a response to your question a...Anonymous,<br /><br />I posted a response to your question as a wholly new post dated July 27th. <br /><br />RyanAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01087811856300842855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160415.post-43546027686237890182010-07-26T10:28:37.347-04:002010-07-26T10:28:37.347-04:00This is a repost...not sure if it went through the...This is a repost...not sure if it went through the first time.<br /><br />God, as the author of all that exists, is how I myself understand God. But where I have difficulty, a fact that became apparent during a conversation with an atheist, is simply, if God is not concerned with the "how', what then does God do in the real world? If God does not meddle with physical constants, the continuity of cause and effect, putting it rather bluntly, why would we even pray? I pray for grace, for myself and others. But beyond that, in terms of God's involvement with the concrete, I could not say what God does with any conviction, and so had no clear answer for my acquaintance. Any comments would be very welcome.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160415.post-2786108689236917772010-02-10T12:31:03.511-05:002010-02-10T12:31:03.511-05:00Thanks for this helpful distinction.
One small po...Thanks for this helpful distinction.<br /><br />One small point - I was sorry to see you class title includes the term "Hebrew Scriptures". This is NOT the Catholic Old Testament, which contains more than Hebrew texts. I know there are reasons for not calling it the OT, but Hebrew Scriptures doesn't do the job as far as Catholics are concerned.<br /><br />Thanks for the blog.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18020121755946966556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160415.post-38004205199554521512010-02-03T11:43:48.229-05:002010-02-03T11:43:48.229-05:00Your comments concerning literal and literalist ap...Your comments concerning literal and literalist approaches to the Bible lead me to wonder whether you might write a post on literal and user- friendly/vernacular translation of the text of the Mass.<br />You might even be moved to sign the petition asking for more time and reflection on the matter. See http://www.whatifwejustsaidwait.org/<br />Both of us are in regular contact with young people and know how limited their learned vocabulary is. I don't think I need to make the case for a new look at the proposed translation; reading the examples we have been given speaks for itself.<br />Jesuits and Ignatian people are at the service of the Church. I don't think it is well served by this new text.Anne-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02416602136915447265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160415.post-57253161277933102582010-01-31T08:42:43.050-05:002010-01-31T08:42:43.050-05:00Human Ape,
I often tell my students that we are h...Human Ape,<br /><br />I often tell my students that we are held captive by rather deranged concepts of God. <br /><br />If you had to put out a "Help Wanted" ad advertising for a new God, what would it say? Most people would want a God who "answers prayers, is loving, protects people, etc." These are all, of course, good things! <br /><br />But people tend to forget one crucial thing. What does God do? What is the essential task for God? God makes things 'to be'. That's it. I, alas, cannot make a bottle of beer 'to be' so I'm out of the running for God. But that's what God does: God makes things 'to be'. Philosophically, such a God acts to explain why there is "something, rather than nothing." Or, in another way of putting it, God answers the question of "WHY" there is a world at all while science wrestles with "HOW" the world is (You could look at Wittgenstein's Tractatus for a similar sentiment).<br /><br />Finally, don't forget the final line of Darwin's "The Origin of Species"<br /><br />"There is grandeur in this view of life; with its several powers having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whistle this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most wonderful and most beautiful have been, and are being evolved." <br /><br />(Fascinating note: depending on the edition, some sources omit the "the Creator" reference).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01087811856300842855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8160415.post-28831842807778292082010-01-31T06:12:01.316-05:002010-01-31T06:12:01.316-05:00You believe in a god who never had anything to do....You believe in a god who never had anything to do.<br /><br /><a href="http://darwin-killed-god.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://darwin-killed-god.blogspot.com/</a>Human Apehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11936967193312505472noreply@blogger.com