tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post3508790066543242704..comments2024-01-30T03:30:45.740-05:00Comments on Bad Data, Bad!: Whoa unto you, you generation of vipersbs kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-83352884677992336422013-05-16T10:12:11.023-04:002013-05-16T10:12:11.023-04:00I should have figured you wouldn't be tripped ...I should have figured you wouldn't be tripped up by that kind of mis-spelling...SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043843405366080460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-64418897492269254132013-05-15T21:08:05.352-04:002013-05-15T21:08:05.352-04:00I was kind of going for the "whoa" joke,...I was kind of going for the "whoa" joke, as in "hold up on this", but it came out a little more obtuse than I'd hoped.bs kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871717971078952304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-5259533497878233942013-05-15T20:49:14.652-04:002013-05-15T20:49:14.652-04:00Please. I'd love to see it.
Let's not fo...Please. I'd love to see it. <br /><br />Let's not forget to add a category for Roman Soldier. Dubbahdeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00075702513873912334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-6150916476425328652013-05-15T10:13:32.765-04:002013-05-15T10:13:32.765-04:00Is that "Woe unto you", or "Whoa un...Is that "Woe unto you", or "Whoa unto you"?<br /><br />However, "whoa" (which is mostly used to denote a command given by draft-animal drivers to get the animal to stop) isn't out of line here...<br /><br />And "woe" mostly shows up in older literature and translations, so we're stuck between one uncommon word and another.<br /><br />Anyway, how often did Jesus listen to people before he began teaching them? The Gospels focused on what He said/taught, rather than entire conversations. So we don't really know if point 1 of the "actions like Jesus" list is accurate.<br /><br />A couple of times, Jesus apparently knew the minds of his interlocuters well enough to address their unasked questions, often distinct from the question asked. If believers don't do that, are they less like Jesus in their behavior?SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12043843405366080460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-14513584363627485992013-05-14T22:05:17.879-04:002013-05-14T22:05:17.879-04:00Every single one of their "like Jesus" d...Every single one of their "like Jesus" descriptions is at least debatable, if not flat wrong.<br /><br />That said, of course we are more like Pharisees than like Jesus. That's rather the point of the New Testament, isn't it?<br /><br />I like my own parsing of 1st C Palestine better (of course). I have twice done an adult studies course that starts with a multiple-choice questionnaire. Being "like Jesus" isn't in the test. Each answer gives you a point toward being a Pharisee, a Sadducee, an Essene, of a Zealot. Everyone corrects his own paper, we each get to see where out main temptation lies, and the discussion begins. My scores have moved over the years, but I have fallen into each heresy at one time or another.<br /><br />There must be a way to put that quiz online...Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2514352312859447561.post-63387865150843782202013-05-14T20:31:38.844-04:002013-05-14T20:31:38.844-04:00Umm. Those questions... Umm... Acting like Jesus...Umm. Those questions... Umm... Acting like Jesus? <br /><br />Let's take a simple one: "I prefer to serve people who attend my church rather than those outside the church." Jesus did things like tell the disciples to start by going to the lost sheep of Israel. The "to the ends of the earth" charge came later. Paul wrote "So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith."<br /><br />I know about doing good to those who cannot repay, but that doesn't abrogate the other principle. I think maybe running those questions by several sets of scholars would have been an excellent idea too. A little pruning, a little grafting in, and a little more clarity would improve the list. And maybe make it more accurate. (I'd expect 100% of people seriously trying to follow Jesus to say they aren't much like Him.)jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com