Well, Rosie O'Donnell is at it again! She apparently finds her new position as a co-host for the ABC television "The View" to be a sort of therapy for herself. Most of you have probably heard about her comment against Christianity, claiming that it is just as dangerous as radical islam. Now, however, on one of the latest shows, she has decided to ridicule the newly elected Pope for allowing the sex abuse scandal that took place within the Catholic church a few years ago. Here is a link that states exactly what happened.
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(Sorry I haven't figured out the actual making of a link... I am a little technologically impared! Until then just copy and paste the url.)
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Sunday, October 01, 2006
Some thoughts...
I was talking to a friend today about a passage from 1st John. As we were talking, she mentioned that she prefers to just take the Bible for what it says and not really search for an answer. Because ultimately we won't find the answer....To a certain extent I agree that we won't necessarily ever find the answer, however, I would argue it further.
An illustration would be practicing piano. Why do people insist on practicing the piano if they are never going to become a perfect piano player? If it is impossible to become a perfect pianist, what is the point of practicing? Surely one practices in order that they might become as good as they can be. The goal is not necessarily to be the best but rather to become better. Likewise our quest and search for answers in the Bible is not so that we can have the answers written down and memorized, rather that we might understand more fully the God we serve.
I am finding that the pursuit of knowledge is not a pursuit of answers so much as a pursuit of healthiness. If one has wrong beliefs, whether out of involuntary ignorance or willfull ignorance, it is likened to being physically sick. However, it is a sickness in the soul. Logically when one is sick they take medicines to become healthy and rid themselves of their sickness. Likewise would it not be logical to at least attempt to heal one's soul through examination?
An illustration would be practicing piano. Why do people insist on practicing the piano if they are never going to become a perfect piano player? If it is impossible to become a perfect pianist, what is the point of practicing? Surely one practices in order that they might become as good as they can be. The goal is not necessarily to be the best but rather to become better. Likewise our quest and search for answers in the Bible is not so that we can have the answers written down and memorized, rather that we might understand more fully the God we serve.
I am finding that the pursuit of knowledge is not a pursuit of answers so much as a pursuit of healthiness. If one has wrong beliefs, whether out of involuntary ignorance or willfull ignorance, it is likened to being physically sick. However, it is a sickness in the soul. Logically when one is sick they take medicines to become healthy and rid themselves of their sickness. Likewise would it not be logical to at least attempt to heal one's soul through examination?
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