Comments on: Genesis, Burbank, and Fletch http://stormented.com/2010/03/genesis-burbank-and-fletch/ A reflection of God's activity in our lives. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:48:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aoyphtde http://stormented.com/2010/03/genesis-burbank-and-fletch/comment-page-1/#comment-3053 aoyphtde Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:41:11 +0000 http://stormented.com/?p=723#comment-3053 <strong>aoyphtde...</strong> aoyphtde... aoyphtde…

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]]> By: Dan Gill http://stormented.com/2010/03/genesis-burbank-and-fletch/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Dan Gill Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:18:16 +0000 http://stormented.com/?p=723#comment-38 Wow, this is like three blogs in one! I have no doubt that a post-exile Jew would have seen the parallels between Adam and Eve's exile and the Babylonian exile. That is an excellent way to see Genesis 1-3. However it says nothing at all about the other views of Genesis 1-3, whether about the literal 6-day creation view, or any other view. Almost all literature, if it's around long enough, is going to have parallels to other events in history. A different question is how the account was read by those who first saw it. And, depending on when it was actually written, how the story was understood by those who knew the story before it was written down. I like Wright, and he's one bright fellow, but it seems as if he really sidesteps some issues here. There really is no antagonism between science and Christianity. There is antagonism between materialism and Christianity (or any other worldview that postulates something beyond or behind the material). Darwinism and the Enlightenment are actually reactions to such a worldview, not the other way around. As for Fletch, Chevy Chase was fun, but he cannot even compare with the Fletch in Gregory McDonald's books. I think your Hollywood tour was exactly the right thing to do before the conference. What better way to point out the difference between the world as it is and the way it should be. And you know what? It's the world as it now stands that is upside down. Wow, this is like three blogs in one!

I have no doubt that a post-exile Jew would have seen the parallels between Adam and Eve’s exile and the Babylonian exile. That is an excellent way to see Genesis 1-3. However it says nothing at all about the other views of Genesis 1-3, whether about the literal 6-day creation view, or any other view. Almost all literature, if it’s around long enough, is going to have parallels to other events in history. A different question is how the account was read by those who first saw it. And, depending on when it was actually written, how the story was understood by those who knew the story before it was written down. I like Wright, and he’s one bright fellow, but it seems as if he really sidesteps some issues here.

There really is no antagonism between science and Christianity. There is antagonism between materialism and Christianity (or any other worldview that postulates something beyond or behind the material). Darwinism and the Enlightenment are actually reactions to such a worldview, not the other way around.

As for Fletch, Chevy Chase was fun, but he cannot even compare with the Fletch in Gregory McDonald’s books.

I think your Hollywood tour was exactly the right thing to do before the conference. What better way to point out the difference between the world as it is and the way it should be. And you know what? It’s the world as it now stands that is upside down.

]]> By: Jonathan Storment http://stormented.com/2010/03/genesis-burbank-and-fletch/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Jonathan Storment Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:57:19 +0000 http://stormented.com/?p=723#comment-22 Bryan, Thanks man. It's been great hanging out with you. Hope to see you on the web more often. Like on your own blog, hint hint. Phil, that is a great way of putting it. I noticed while walking around Burbank in general, I'm on the lookout for people who Jesus was never really drawn to. I'd like to be a part of that banquet. Joe, that's pretty good stuff huh? I love that thought that in Jesus the world was created again. Have you ever thought about preaching? Bryan, Thanks man. It’s been great hanging out with you. Hope to see you on the web more often. Like on your own blog, hint hint.

Phil, that is a great way of putting it. I noticed while walking around Burbank in general, I’m on the lookout for people who Jesus was never really drawn to. I’d like to be a part of that banquet.

Joe, that’s pretty good stuff huh? I love that thought that in Jesus the world was created again. Have you ever thought about preaching?

]]> By: Joe http://stormented.com/2010/03/genesis-burbank-and-fletch/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Joe Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:32:37 +0000 http://stormented.com/?p=723#comment-21 Wow, N.T. Wright saying something I fully agree with: this is uncharted territory for me. I really like that take on it, both as a theologian and a scientist. Theologically I would add on to his scheme, that in Jesus the world was created right again, and then Christians have blown it. Again and again and again. I think this sort of view could go a long way to relieving the antagonism between Science and Christianity. Wow, N.T. Wright saying something I fully agree with: this is uncharted territory for me. I really like that take on it, both as a theologian and a scientist. Theologically I would add on to his scheme, that in Jesus the world was created right again, and then Christians have blown it. Again and again and again. I think this sort of view could go a long way to relieving the antagonism between Science and Christianity.

]]> By: Phil http://stormented.com/2010/03/genesis-burbank-and-fletch/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Phil Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:24:28 +0000 http://stormented.com/?p=723#comment-20 Man, I hear you, being around those with "status" always gives us a feeling of excitement. What if we had that same excitement while we serve at a Salvation Army? What if we had the same enthusiasm while we toured Skid Row? What if when we think about holding a banquet we thought about inviting those holding cardboard box signs instead of holding oscars or espy's? Good post man! Phil Man, I hear you, being around those with “status” always gives us a feeling of excitement. What if we had that same excitement while we serve at a Salvation Army? What if we had the same enthusiasm while we toured Skid Row? What if when we think about holding a banquet we thought about inviting those holding cardboard box signs instead of holding oscars or espy’s? Good post man!

Phil

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