[Craic] my gospel reflection. for this time

Tue Feb 1 15:56:21 PST 2022

Thanks Alan

I don't really agree with the omnipotence of God either. I don't know 
why I put that in.  But then one might ask; in the final analysis, are 
love and creativity omnipotent?

Love the proverb.

I think i might quote that one in a facebook conversation.

Art

On 1/29/22 11:58 a.m., Allan Baker via craic wrote:
> Hi Art;
>
> I like your reflection on this Sunday’s lectionary passages.
> I heard you re-phrasing some of the content in this morning’s 
> discussion about people on the margins.
>
> I’m n to sure that I would agree with the statement about the 
> omnipotence of God. That’s another matter though.
>
> As for your reference to Bonhoeffer’s Theory of Stupidity, the Book of 
> Proverbs contain many aphorisms about people who are referred to as 
> “fools”.
> One of my favourites is 18:2
> “A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
> But only in expressing his opinion.” (RSV)
>
> Stay hopeful;
> Allan
>
>
>> On Jan 29, 2022, at 12:36 PM, Arthur Blomme via craic 
>> <craic at lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> Below is my reflection for this Sunday.  I think that it speaks to a 
>> reality beyond left and right. Following it is a short video essay on 
>> Bonhoeffer.
>>
>> Art Blomme
>>
>> **
>>
>> *Jesus Encounters Mob Madness***
>>
>> In this Sunday’s gospel Jesus encounters the same mob madness that 
>> precipitated his crucifixion. Luke continues the story from last 
>> Sunday where the people of Nazareth are “amazed at Jesus’ gracious 
>> word. His message is from Isaiah. “Give sight to the blind” … 
>> liberation and acceptance to the marginalized and “good news to the 
>> poor”. In essence it is a proclamation of universal inclusivity or 
>> catholicity.All peoples are the chosen people of God.
>>
>> The Nazarenes spoke highly of him recognizing him as a member of 
>> their tribe.When Jesus exposes their ethnocentrism or tribal ideology 
>> their adulation turns to rage.With the Jews as with many ethnic 
>> groups, they believe in their moral superiority.They are the chosen 
>> people of God.They create their identity against the backdrop of fear 
>> for the other.When Jesus provides scriptural evidence that the widow 
>> an outsider from Siden is chosen and another outsider Nasman from 
>> Syria is chosen the crowd gathered turns furious and they attempt to 
>> throw Jesus over the cliff.
>>
>> Luke identifies a characteristic of human society that has occurred 
>> repeatedly in the history of our civilization with the burning of 
>> witches and heretics, the gassing at Auschwitz, other genocides and 
>> war after war in modern and ancient  history. Society protects its 
>> delusion of moral superiority by destroying the messenger. Karl Jung 
>> says of this phenomenon; “It is not empire nor earthquakes, not 
>> microbes, not cancer, but man himself, who is man’s greatest danger 
>> to man; for the simple reason that there are no adequate protections 
>> against psycho epidemics which are definitely more devastating than 
>> the worst natural catastrophes.
>>
>> Luke identifies this social madness as the great enemy of the 
>> catholic kingdom of God.It is the darkness residing in our hearts 
>> that can erupt in a fit of emotional violence that can exceed the 
>> level of vigilance- to which we are capable of as individuals.
>>
>> The God of love and creation is all powerful.The antidote for this 
>> madness lies in the Paul’s first epistle to the Corinthians.“Love is 
>> patient. Love is kind… It does not rejoice over wrongdoing but 
>> rejoices with the truth… when I was a child I used to talk as a 
>> child, think as a child reason as a child when I became a man, I put 
>> aside childish things”. To be an adult is to discard our need to feel 
>> morally superior to the other.
>>
>> Arthur Blomme
>> Jan 27 2022
>>
>>
>>
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc> 
>>
>> 5:59 Now playing
>> Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity 
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc>
>> Sprouts <https://www.youtube.com/c/SproutsVideos>1.5M views
>> Dietrich Bonhoeffer argued that stupid people are more dangerous than 
>> evil ones. This is because while we can protest against or fight evil 
>> people, against stupid ones we are defenseless —...
>>
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