tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post116795149359840840..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Worse than death? IVbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-47232246910407285942008-04-08T04:49:00.000+01:002008-04-08T04:49:00.000+01:00Glad you liked it. There are many more good lectur...Glad you liked it. There are many more good lectures to listen to <A HREF="http://www.christilling.de/blog/2008/04/theology-and-nt-lectures-on-itunes.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> and <A HREF="http://cruciality.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/around-the-traps-…/" REL="nofollow">here</A> (down the bottom) and <A HREF="http://www.ntwrightpage.com/" REL="nofollow">here</A>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-66530853522445846382008-04-08T04:06:00.000+01:002008-04-08T04:06:00.000+01:00Hey Byron,I finally listen to this talk and enjoye...Hey Byron,<BR/><BR/>I finally listen to this talk and enjoyed it. Once I got over his odd voice and laugh he was saying some cool things. Thanks again for recommending it to me.<BR/>I working through a series of church history lectures at the moment from Covenant Seminary in St. Louis by a guy named Dr. David Calhoun.<BR/>Hope you guys are well.<BR/><BR/>Petepeter jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06660654539637341429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-91151994781298179332007-01-24T23:03:00.000+00:002007-01-24T23:03:00.000+00:00Pete great point - Woody Allen expresses the obses...Pete great point - Woody Allen expresses the obsession end of the spectrum, and his willingness to raise the issue (and lack of answer) are what makes his films both so attractive and so tragic. Here are some favourite quotes:<br /><br />"I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens"<br /><br />"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-77528390434988769172007-01-24T22:03:00.000+00:002007-01-24T22:03:00.000+00:00For a good example of someone obsessed with death,...For a good example of someone obsessed with death, watch any Woody Allen movie.peter jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06660654539637341429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-37653367086552858872007-01-24T05:57:00.000+00:002007-01-24T05:57:00.000+00:00Aaron - thanks. Here's a link for those interested...Aaron - thanks. <a href="http://aaronghiloni.blogspot.com/2006/04/review-mrs-hunters-happy-death.html">Here's</a> a link for those interested.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-63710732919964069492007-01-24T05:54:00.000+00:002007-01-24T05:54:00.000+00:00Drew - if you liked that little paragraph, you sho...Drew - if you liked that little paragraph, you should check out the Hauerwas podcast from which it was gleaned.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-84356409526271471802007-01-24T05:45:00.000+00:002007-01-24T05:45:00.000+00:00John - thanks for the great Augustine quote. Very ...John - thanks for the great Augustine quote. Very apt.<br /><br />And I loved this: <i>the stark difference between wanting to live forever and believing in the resurrection.</i> It seems to me that it is death as defeated but not (yet) destroyed that makes the difference.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-48395840936847730482007-01-24T01:13:00.000+00:002007-01-24T01:13:00.000+00:00There is a Wesleyian tradition of a "happy death."...There is a Wesleyian tradition of a "happy death." I've blogged a bit about it and the book Mrs. Hunter's Happy Death.::aaron g::https://www.blogger.com/profile/03849988327077565616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-54925512266781737642007-01-23T22:13:00.000+00:002007-01-23T22:13:00.000+00:00Great post Byron. Stirring, encouraging, embolden...Great post Byron. Stirring, encouraging, emboldening. <br /><br /><i>the doctor takes the role of priest and research our hope in the face of death.</i><br /><br />This is an important critique of technology - technology as a kind of repression of religion, that fails <i>precisely</i> at the points that it is most anxious to work it's magic, and yet engendering ever more effort in that direction.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148452877425621293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-11411491490470271962007-01-23T21:11:00.000+00:002007-01-23T21:11:00.000+00:00You said: "we are not to let the task of staying a...You said: "we are not to let the task of staying alive take centre stage."<br /><br />I have been thinking alot about this lately, especially in response to last semester's course on Ecclesiastes. I hope to post more on this in the future.<br /><br />For now, I am reminded of a quote (one GIANT sentence) from Augustine that i came across in De Trin. recently:<br /><br />"Because [people] avoidedJohn P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15932170293301607563noreply@blogger.com