tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134723288757688995.post5818102110201841510..comments2023-08-11T08:43:45.182-06:00Comments on Following the Voice within: Like a neutered dog...I just don't get it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134723288757688995.post-41252541355653569392010-10-12T13:56:43.525-06:002010-10-12T13:56:43.525-06:00My dear Reverend Professor, your hood and gown are...My dear Reverend Professor, your hood and gown are showing. :) <br /><br />I am guessing that the term Leviticite applies to a person who attempts to selectively impose the Old Testament law (in especial, the dictates of Leviticus) upon others without having the common decency of applying the whole of the law upon themselves first. The inconsistency of the whole thing is baffling, especially as there's no manner of reconciliation. <br /><br />This seems nearly as antithetical as having a complex, legalistic structure in Christianity considering Christ was all about removing the complex, legalistic structure in Judaism.<br /><br />It...the whole thing makes my head hurt and my heart ache. That so many well-intentioned and good people have been misled, so many sheep herded down this path of judgment and division, fear and hatred. I just wish there was a way to...never mind. That's above my pay-grade.<br /><br />Well, I'm not pleased with your conclusion but I find it informative and, as always, I appreciate your insights. <br /><br />PaxTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200045196217644013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134723288757688995.post-54964639535016292952010-10-12T12:11:40.457-06:002010-10-12T12:11:40.457-06:00Why are they full of hatred and distain? Because t...Why are they full of hatred and distain? Because they aren't Christians. They follow the Leviticite Gospel into which the light of Christ doesn't shine.Doorman-Priesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06407399232593479871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134723288757688995.post-4203064865791925132010-10-12T12:06:39.963-06:002010-10-12T12:06:39.963-06:00Rev. Tom,
Thank you for the kind words and encour...Rev. Tom,<br /><br />Thank you for the kind words and encouragement. It seems so frequently that I'm the only one to see such things and, as I'm sailing without a map, there is a lot of second-guessing my own observations as I make my own way. It is nice to know that I'm not <i>entirely</i> mental, then. :)<br /><br />I feel compelled to mention that I have combed through your multiple blogs and find great value in your insights. I don't believe that the path of the contemplative is my way (at least, not now), but your observations and musings are enlightening, instructive and have done much to spur on my own development.<br /><br />Thank you, for everything.<br /><br />PaxTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200045196217644013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6134723288757688995.post-5853229177368771672010-10-12T07:13:39.597-06:002010-10-12T07:13:39.597-06:00Yours are the thoughts and reflections of a kind a...Yours are the thoughts and reflections of a kind and decent person amidst a world of mad-people. Christ taught the truth; but (for the most part) humankind has never been able to accept it. Fear drives people to desperation and religious fear drives them to embrace desperate theology. So, today in America, we have "false" Christians who profess to accept Christ with their lips, but deny Him in their hearts and in their actions. This is true for simplest Fundamentalist believer to the so-called Princes of the Church. <br /><br />Well, you know all of this, of course. I am not telling you anything new. Your open-ended questions simply encouraged me to answer. Your heart is in the right place. Keep it there. Blessings.St.Mary's-by-the-Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13765543176188958065noreply@blogger.com