tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post115621327608877242..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Eschatology and the One Ringbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156806765637653592006-08-29T00:12:00.000+01:002006-08-29T00:12:00.000+01:00I think Drew probably meant coin.I most definitely...<I>I think Drew probably meant coin.</I><BR/><BR/>I <I>most definitely</I> meant die!Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156388070141507942006-08-24T03:54:00.000+01:002006-08-24T03:54:00.000+01:00Yes indeed, for the One Ring is conceptually linke...Yes indeed, for the One Ring is conceptually linked to the Tower of Babel: an oppressive distorting destruction of difference under absolute power. So any reference to anything functioning as the One Ring will carry negative overtones. The language of empire is neither rejected nor affirmed by the gospel. It is subverted and even inverted. The centre is not where all are gathered and bound in byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156340699710456222006-08-23T14:44:00.000+01:002006-08-23T14:44:00.000+01:00Your rhyme reminds me of Karl Barth's humorous rem...Your rhyme reminds me of Karl Barth's humorous remark (in <I>CD</I> IV/3, 912) about modern theology's "pan-eschatological dream" -- paradoxically, Barth said, when <I>everything</I> becomes eschatology, the one thing to disappear is the <I>future</I>! <BR/><BR/>Although I'm fairly Pannenbergian myself when it comes to (pan-)eschatology, I've always thought Barth's remark was wonderfully Ben Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156334379842681902006-08-23T12:59:00.000+01:002006-08-23T12:59:00.000+01:00David, I agree of course. Christology is the real ...David, I agree of course. Christology is the real heart,* linking more directly to Trinity, atonement, incarnation, eschatology, ecclesiology, revelation (and all the rest). It was the posted quote by Sibboleth (and the LOTR ref at the end) that inspired my response.<BR/><BR/>Frank: Yeah, I too have dice of various denominations (can dice be ecumenical?), but thought I'd take Drew's comments a byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156333336064991312006-08-23T12:42:00.000+01:002006-08-23T12:42:00.000+01:00I have dice with 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20 and 30 sides....I have dice with 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20 and 30 sides. So yes Byron it can be an 8-sided die. But I think Drew probably meant coin.One of Freedomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479227411431959461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156309501943318012006-08-23T06:05:00.000+01:002006-08-23T06:05:00.000+01:00There could be a market for a board-game involving...There could be a market for a board-game involving such a die.<BR/>Maybe it could be called "Inquisition" kind of like snakes and ladders, but depending on what you roll you either ascend up the church hierarchy or down to the rack.Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02031551405442888131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156308116864701172006-08-23T05:41:00.000+01:002006-08-23T05:41:00.000+01:00The theology die:history/eschatologytrinity/incarn...The theology die:<BR/>history/eschatology<BR/>trinity/incarnation<BR/>grace/peace<BR/>cross/resurrection<BR/>?<BR/><BR/>Can it be an eight-sided die?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156299199247451802006-08-23T03:13:00.000+01:002006-08-23T03:13:00.000+01:00But history/eschatology - two sides of the same di...<I>But history/eschatology - two sides of the same die... </I><BR/><BR/>What are on the other four sides of the die? :)Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02031551405442888131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1156287920193135442006-08-23T00:05:00.000+01:002006-08-23T00:05:00.000+01:00see, I always thought it was history.But history/e...see, I always thought it was history.<BR/><BR/>But history/eschatology - two sides of the same die...Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.com