tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post1418834936735029223..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: On blessing enemies and burning booksbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-66792752315957279762010-09-11T22:57:59.706+01:002010-09-11T22:57:59.706+01:00Giving flowers, not ashes. (H/t Sam again from her...<a href="http://www.rgj.com/article/20100911/NEWS/9110318/1321/news" rel="nofollow">Giving flowers, not ashes</a>. (H/t Sam again from <a href="http://elizaphanian.blogspot.com/2010/09/blogging-koran-on-911.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>)byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-67860223265024652772010-09-10T21:07:15.798+01:002010-09-10T21:07:15.798+01:00CNN: US military burned Bibles in Afghanistan. (H/...CNN: <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/us.military.bibles.burned/index.html" rel="nofollow">US military burned Bibles in Afghanistan</a>. (H/T Sam from FB)byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-5660604432847016072010-09-10T18:58:41.111+01:002010-09-10T18:58:41.111+01:00Byron - I think your summary is just about right: ...Byron - I think your summary is just about right: the liberal arguments are bad ones, but there are good theological grounds for rejecting it.Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-22647405897433652642010-09-10T15:57:03.448+01:002010-09-10T15:57:03.448+01:00Sam has a new post listing and considering various...<a href="http://elizaphanian.blogspot.com/2010/09/bit-more-on-koran-burning.html" rel="nofollow">Sam has a new post</a> listing and considering various arguments. My summary is that liberalism's reasons for rejecting this action are faulty, but pointing this out doesn't make it ok as there are much better properly Christian reasons for rejecting it.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-72659211807863749162010-09-09T23:07:22.013+01:002010-09-09T23:07:22.013+01:00Poorhouse Dad - Thanks for commenting. However, I&...Poorhouse Dad - Thanks for commenting. However, I'm not sure whether you are recommending the logic in Jones' comments about the "Ground Zero Mosque" (<a href="http://nothing-new-under-the-sun.blogspot.com/2010/08/ground-zero-mosque.html" rel="nofollow">which is not at ground zero and is not a mosque</a>). This statement makes him appear even more confused given that the byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-89127962140988508632010-09-09T22:59:38.165+01:002010-09-09T22:59:38.165+01:00An alternative form of protest.<a href="http://exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com/2010/09/read-quran-day-alternative-to-burning.html" rel="nofollow">An alternative form of protest</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-89906970200364650972010-09-09T21:56:53.712+01:002010-09-09T21:56:53.712+01:00The parallels mentioned have other faults. The Kor...The parallels mentioned have other faults. The Korans belong to Jones. The Buddha statues and the shrine at Mecca belong to others.<br /><br />That brings me to a fault in Jones' misapplication of Acts 19. The disciples at Ephesus burned their own property as an act of repentance, as rejection of their old, powerless, corrupt, evil religions. I would like, therefore, to sarcastically Poorhouse Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02393746026136007596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-51239483183504715832010-09-09T17:49:22.440+01:002010-09-09T17:49:22.440+01:00I should add - it was that toppling of idolatry sy...I should add - it was that toppling of idolatry symbolism that was the principal purpose and achievement of Al Qaeda on 9/11.Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-71079695916949108052010-09-09T17:48:50.158+01:002010-09-09T17:48:50.158+01:00Well - we are now living on a single earth (one ho...Well - we are now living on a single earth (one household)...<br /><br />The statues are not a direct parallel because they are unique; paperback copies of a massively distributed text are not.<br /><br />Actually, destruction of the Qaba _might_ be legitimate, if a whole host of massively improbable factors were also present. Destroying the twin towers - as an act against idolatry - is Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-71110318467680857772010-09-09T17:02:58.423+01:002010-09-09T17:02:58.423+01:00I discussed this in my (lost) comment on your blog...I discussed this in my (lost) comment on your blog. :-(<br /><br />In short, Jesus' action in the temple was directed towards God's people by a prophet; it was critique from within (unlike Jones). And, if N. T. Wright's arguments are to be taken seriously, Jesus was enacting a parable of judgement upon the Temple for colluding in idolatrous nationalism and militarism (the very byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-65430094590832808632010-09-09T17:02:11.673+01:002010-09-09T17:02:11.673+01:00@Sam: Those tables were in "His Father's...@Sam: Those tables were in "His Father's house," Jesus didn't go around tipping over tables in pagan temples. obligedDaniel Imburgianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-75068459690821884382010-09-09T16:35:49.388+01:002010-09-09T16:35:49.388+01:00Byron, I hear you (though I don't think the st...Byron, I hear you (though I don't think the statues are an exact parallel), but I want to know how the turning over of tables in the Temple precincts escapes censure on this understanding.Sam Charles Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088870675715850624noreply@blogger.com