tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post5151862585192083199..comments2023-07-11T05:13:06.461-06:00Comments on Morehead's Musings: Christian and Voodou Tensions Heightened in HaitiJohn W. Moreheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262542253787543738noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-12704103313813454532010-03-03T16:46:02.096-07:002010-03-03T16:46:02.096-07:00Hey John,
Thank you for writing this. In the para...Hey John,<br /><br />Thank you for writing this. In the parable of the Samaritan, he did not require anything of the Jew for his help; he merely helped him.<br /><br />The small voice that speaks in defense of his fellow man's freedom and asks for compassion in the face of disaster is not small at all.<br /><br />Snooze Hamilton<br />hedge witchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-58441136852113212712010-03-03T16:39:05.871-07:002010-03-03T16:39:05.871-07:00Good thoughts, Cat. I think Christians sometimes h...Good thoughts, Cat. I think Christians sometimes have difficulty in their zeal for truth, orthodoxy, and orthopraxy, and in this zeal they defined their boundaries between "us and them," but in the process love for God and neighbor may lose in the process.<br /><br />There is indeed a difference between the Christian reflecting on the ethics for themselves of eating food offered to idols and offering food to those Christians might see as involved with idols.<br /><br />Great thoughts.John W. Moreheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262542253787543738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-53277308669645840692010-03-03T16:19:19.523-07:002010-03-03T16:19:19.523-07:00Not to mention that there is a distinction, surely...Not to mention that there is a distinction, surely, between food offered to idols, and food offered to "idolators"?<br /><br />Though, as a non-Christian, I sometimes wonder if the deeper idolatry isn't weighing this or that verse of Revelations or Deuteronomy or Leviticus over the two "great commandments"--that we love our neighbors as ourselves, and love our God with all our hearts and souls.<br /><br />Not that I'm an authority. But...Cat C-B (and/or Peter B)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10002916434676859262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-59656000170818554112010-03-01T07:15:40.536-07:002010-03-01T07:15:40.536-07:00No, I'm not condoning the violence against any...No, I'm not condoning the violence against anyone. Good point however regarding my missing that Jesus was indeed speaking to "christians."Thesauroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305052511095551483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-36540081719664653232010-03-01T06:35:44.568-07:002010-03-01T06:35:44.568-07:00Thesauros, your views and comments illustrate the ...Thesauros, your views and comments illustrate the problem. You apparently condone violence by Christians against voodou practitioners in Haiti since you equate it with the denunciation of churches in the Book of Revelation. I would remind you of your misinterpretation in that Christ's judgment in this context falls on Christians, not practitioners of other religions. It is this kind of biblical misinterpretation and misapplication that results in the religion on religion violence in Haiti. We can and should do better in the name of Christ.John W. Moreheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262542253787543738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15264500.post-88493117063492328692010-02-28T18:47:47.574-07:002010-02-28T18:47:47.574-07:00I wonder if you could find "any context"...I wonder if you could find "any context" acceptable for Jesus in The Book of Revelation where He faults the Churches for accepting the practice of food offered to idols? Interestingly one of the communities, Sardis had been destroyed in 17 AD by an enormous earthquake. Just wondering.Thesauroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13305052511095551483noreply@blogger.com