tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post6240435884587558173..comments2023-10-25T08:44:46.963-07:00Comments on Two Friars and A Fool: We are made a community of equals in ChristAric Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15241157655075444268noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post-86671668126429693692010-12-20T11:57:05.428-08:002010-12-20T11:57:05.428-08:00Aric,
On my blog, you asked me to email you, but ...Aric,<br /> On my blog, you asked me to email you, but I no longer use email. I pretend that all email has been destroyed and no longer exists as long as I keep ignoring it.<br /><br />You may call me at 502-749-3346.Michael Westmoreland-Whitehttp://pilgrimpathways.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post-10906161234411097442010-12-20T09:04:25.657-08:002010-12-20T09:04:25.657-08:00I think that it comes down to scapegoating, honest...I think that it comes down to scapegoating, honestly. The pastor is put on a pedestal - so that when the church isn't bulging with new young families, there's somebody to point to. This is extra ironic, given that in Presbyterian polity, the pastor has almost no real authority - all that is with the Session.<br /><br />It's actually one of the worst aspects of Christianity, to me - people are often taught that it is sacred to wait for a savior to rescue them. It leads to a lot of waiting, and then disappointment, and blaming - in my observation, anyway.<br /><br />But that's part of what happens when, theologically, Jesus' life and ministry are all but forgotten, when the focus is on how he saves us via penal substitutionary atonement. It all happens behind the curtain, and people can learn to expect everything to happen that way.Douglas Underhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215736448645573566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7226481506470506962.post-43373053514542430132010-12-20T08:22:24.237-08:002010-12-20T08:22:24.237-08:00This is, in my opinion, the real killer argument a...This is, in my opinion, the real killer argument against anti-gay discrimination in Reformed churches.<br /><br />Unfortunately, too many of our brothers and sisters in the PCUSA have never fully embraced the Reformation and still cling to Catholic notions of clericism. (I get why a few MOWS in the PCUSA like the notion that they're better than everyone else, but I've never understood why any of the laity support that notion. Yet they do, and the irony is that the biggest support comes from a rag called the Layman.)<br /><br />"But the priesthood of all believers" means just that. If people don't get that or don't like it, I'm sure the Catholic Church would be happy to welcome them.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274395216929104919noreply@blogger.com