tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084552138642736569.post5084035699049230045..comments2020-07-20T00:12:33.745-06:00Comments on Elo de Norjeles: Defending God...and loving GodAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15406880249845461804noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084552138642736569.post-33351703263045895312014-04-10T09:19:24.416-06:002014-04-10T09:19:24.416-06:00I wasn't a part of the Thorn the last two year...I wasn't a part of the Thorn the last two years that I've gone, but I am finally part of it this year! :D SO EXCITED for opening night tonight. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15406880249845461804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084552138642736569.post-23525362713411299652014-01-12T09:24:45.272-07:002014-01-12T09:24:45.272-07:00Were you a part of The Thorn?! I have been in it f...Were you a part of The Thorn?! I have been in it for the last 5 years. So cool.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17811320545718015347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084552138642736569.post-31636871390906182072013-04-11T10:51:41.618-06:002013-04-11T10:51:41.618-06:00You've missed the point of the quote, Aaron. I...You've missed the point of the quote, Aaron. If people read it entirely, we'd have a lot less of the problem you're complaining about here.<br />It's not condescending, it makes it a personal reflection for a Christian: do not destroy the character of someone if you can't take the punishment for their sin. You end up with love either way: if you can't take the punishment, don't judge. And if you can, you've already put yourself in a place mentally where you can't hate them.<br />It's a double-bind for the Christian mentality, which is where Christians should be if they want to love people.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10555475796390960091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084552138642736569.post-91356413439418486962013-04-11T07:15:38.533-06:002013-04-11T07:15:38.533-06:00"Spread your cloak over those who fall into s..."Spread your cloak over those who fall into sin, each and every one, and shield them."<br /><br />This quote is really a problem. It's casting the speaker(and the reader by proxy) in the role of a paternalistic savior. Well, I don't want help, or defense, or a shield covering me. Not unless I specifically request it. <br /><br />That's the problem with this kind of idea - it's condescending. It turns everyone else into "subjects" that you have to defend. That's really dehumanizing. Especially if, for example, the person you're trying to "defend from sin" A) doesn't believe in sin, or B) doesn't have the same conception of sin as you do. Then you're trying to defend them against something that they may want to do, and they're not sinning. <br />That's why you get things like, "Love the sinner, hate the sin." People apply that to homosexual people. Well, that person doesn't agree with you that it's a sin. Therefore, you're actually hating the person by pretending that they're a sinner. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01797117859310587271noreply@blogger.com