tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post115829003944505606..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Religious atheism: life after deathbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1159177877958969962006-09-25T10:51:00.000+01:002006-09-25T10:51:00.000+01:00Sometimes the obvious can be the most confusing. B...Sometimes the obvious can be the most confusing. But not in this case, I guess... another ten points. Did you check the <A HREF="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3407/2982/320/IMG_4540.0.jpg" REL="nofollow">hint</A>, which made it even more obvious? I had been feeling that few people were making guesses, so I'm glad <A HREF="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2006/09/byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1159176576080784852006-09-25T10:29:00.000+01:002006-09-25T10:29:00.000+01:00Venice. An obvious guess, given it looks like I'm ...Venice. An obvious guess, given it looks like I'm looking at a canal. But I fear that it's not like Byron to put an obvious pic in such a competition.Martin Kemphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908454108625787731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1158462962156135232006-09-17T04:16:00.000+01:002006-09-17T04:16:00.000+01:00Thanks Ray - another great quote. I agree that it'...Thanks Ray - another great quote. I agree that it's quite possible to hold a ultimate eschatology that doesn't despite the penultimate, and all the more impression for Bonhoeffer to do so at such a time of critical pressure. I imagine it would have been easy in such circumstances to write off the present out of resentment and take refuge in dreams of the future. Something I'm very interested in byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1158422616921437622006-09-16T17:03:00.000+01:002006-09-16T17:03:00.000+01:00Byron: The quotatation from Bonhoeffer is in his c...Byron: The quotatation from Bonhoeffer is in his commentary on Ps. 119:99 "I live as an alien (stranger) in the land." He refers both to Abraham and the 'pilgrim' journey of the people in Egypt and even in the promised land. He quotes 1 Chron 29:15, "For we are aliens and transients before ou, as were all our ancestors, Our days on earth are like a shadow.. . " I rather think that Bonhoeffer Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1158363625254376982006-09-16T00:40:00.000+01:002006-09-16T00:40:00.000+01:00I'll include a future post on this theme.I'll include a future post on this theme.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1158362915440206932006-09-16T00:28:00.000+01:002006-09-16T00:28:00.000+01:00Ray: thanks for the quote - I hadn't seen it befor...Ray: thanks for the quote - I hadn't seen it before -apology accepted!<BR/><BR/>Bonhoeffer reminds us of the very real possibility of living in a dreamworld, being so caught up in our imaginings of the promised future that we fail to respect our present situation.<BR/><BR/>However, I wonder whether the theme of being a sojourner is related more to Abraham's experience than Israel in Egypt. byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1158332147144064822006-09-15T15:55:00.000+01:002006-09-15T15:55:00.000+01:00Sorry, Byron, have a friend whose name is Brian. H...Sorry, Byron, have a friend whose name is Brian. Hope I now have two friends!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1158331761593668092006-09-15T15:49:00.000+01:002006-09-15T15:49:00.000+01:00Brian: Reminds me of what Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrot...Brian: Reminds me of what Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote: “The earth, which nourishes me, has a right to my work and my strength. I have no right to despise the earth on which I live. I owe it loyalty and gratitude. It is my lot to be a stranger and a sojourner, but this cannot become a reason for evading God’s call so that I dream away my early life with thoughts of heaven. There is a very godless Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-1158326527787857352006-09-15T14:22:00.000+01:002006-09-15T14:22:00.000+01:00Ahhhhhh Moltmann. What a poet! Great way to keep y...Ahhhhhh Moltmann. What a poet! Great way to keep your bearings in this series!One of Freedomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479227411431959461noreply@blogger.com