11-07-2010, 10:31 PM
Aside from Psalms, Proverbs, and Isaiah, I have great difficulty reading the Old Testament.
Books/authors you feel obligated to like, but don't?
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11-07-2010, 10:31 PM
Aside from Psalms, Proverbs, and Isaiah, I have great difficulty reading the Old Testament.
11-07-2010, 10:33 PM
11-08-2010, 06:41 PM
(11-07-2010, 10:31 PM)Pax et Bonum Wrote: Aside from Psalms, Proverbs, and Isaiah, I have great difficulty reading the Old Testament.What of Baruch and Jonas? Besides the ones you mentioned, I have the same difficulty as well. Parts of Isaias and of Ecclesiaticus, on a rare occasion, yet they are still very difficult, boring, and droll to my senses-----and mind. 'Tis the truth.
11-08-2010, 06:45 PM
Good thing we're not protestants!
Some of the stories are so hard to believe (Samson & Delilah for example) that I'd rather not read them anyway - rather not have my faith tested!
11-08-2010, 06:53 PM
(11-06-2010, 10:18 PM)Walty Wrote: I've never met someone who doesn't like The Great Gatsby. :hello!: I'm reaching the conclusion that I don't like St. Paul. Not that I don't like his teaching. Just I don't like his style. And I think that if I knew him in real life, I'd think he was ridiculous-- and not in the the "be ridiculous for Christ (which is admirable)" way, but in the "really Paul? Do you have to be such a tool?" kind of way.
11-08-2010, 07:06 PM
Is that a very appropriate thing to say about one of the two greatest of Christ's apostles? :confused:
11-08-2010, 07:10 PM
(11-08-2010, 06:53 PM)WhollyRoaminCatholic Wrote:(11-06-2010, 10:18 PM)Walty Wrote: I've never met someone who doesn't like The Great Gatsby. What makes St Paul the Apostle to the gentiles a tool and what is wrong with his style? Just curious.
11-08-2010, 07:18 PM
(11-08-2010, 07:10 PM)Baskerville Wrote:(11-08-2010, 06:53 PM)WhollyRoaminCatholic Wrote: I'm reaching the conclusion that I don't like St. Paul. Not that I don't like his teaching. Just I don't like his style. And I think that if I knew him in real life, I'd think he was ridiculous-- and not in the the "be ridiculous for Christ (which is admirable)" way, but in the "really Paul? Do you have to be such a tool?" kind of way. He reminds me of a roommate I had in college. So melodramatic, over the top, and occasionally unreasonable. I'm not saying that I disagree with the theology. Just his attitude. It's hard for me to be more specific. Do you ever get a voice in your head from an author that you can't shake? I have that with Paul. He just sounds like an annoying, bothersome guy who is hard to take seriously. Like the kind of guy that smokes cigars-- an impulsive blowhard who thinks he's more sophisticated than he really is.
11-08-2010, 07:19 PM
11-08-2010, 07:43 PM
(11-07-2010, 08:00 AM)Servus_Maria Wrote: I was disappointed with "The Abolition of Man" by C.S Lewis. It was kind of like "you can't have morality without a God (true) and we don't want to entertain the prospect of a world without objective morality so to avoid that depressing situation we'll commit to theism". It wasn't really the answer to moral relativism that I was looking for. Just because a situation is depressing and shocking (moral relativism) doesn't mean it's not true. I disagree. I don't think he was necessarily trying to prove theism outright, but to show that any sort of morality necessarily means a God. You can't prove theism to everyone in this way, but there are a lot of folks who cannot commit to a worldview which says that there are absolutely no right and wrong. Those are the folks which Lewis can (and I'm sure does) win to theism with this book. |
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