No time limit
Okinrus
As to the actual topic post ... there's no real time limit. "Fifteen minutes" is just a colloquial expression.
Did it occur to you anywhere in there, or is it just more important to keep asserting that Robinson is wrong?
Because here's a little tip: Robinson is wrong. Any human being who takes a whack at it is wrong. Biblical faith is impossible to perfect.
Acknowledging the degree of presumption in deigning to attempt to affect your prayers ... I would ask you to include in reflective prayer considerations of the laws which Jesus specifically addressed in order to "fulfill", and the basis of that fulfillment taking place. The portions of The Law which found controversy in Jesus' ministry tended to address exclusion, oppression, and dignity. To heal the lepers, to bless the meek and promise them the Earth ... to save the Magdalene and spare the sinners the rightful Justice of God's condemnation. And why would that love and compassion diminish over time? God's love and Christ's redemption are eternal, and shall not wane. Is Christ present among us? Did Christ abandon the Castro when AIDS tore through the San Francisco gay community, or was He there to comfort the sinners in their hour of need? When did Christ abandon whom? I know that the Jesuits at my high school violated Leviticus (21.16-ff). But Leviticus was put aside for that Law which is greater. Did Jesus fulfill merely the Hebrew Law through atonement or sacrifice? Or did Jesus fulfill God's law by offering a loving redemption, in effect wiping clean transgressions against the Law? Would Jesus cast the first stone?
Comment on priests/celibacy
As I was taught at a Jesuit school, in addition to claiming the priests' property at their death for lack of heir there was also a controversy of the church awarding lands and hush money to the families of the priests' illegitimate children.
:m:,
Tiassa
Okinrus
As to the actual topic post ... there's no real time limit. "Fifteen minutes" is just a colloquial expression.
I'm curious if it has occurred to you that you have asserted the following: The truth or falsity of the basis of my judgment of what is correct does not affect the fact that my judgment is correct.There are interpretations that are plainly wrong and this is one of them. The truth or falsity of my interpretation does not affect the fact that Robinson is wrong.
Did it occur to you anywhere in there, or is it just more important to keep asserting that Robinson is wrong?
Because here's a little tip: Robinson is wrong. Any human being who takes a whack at it is wrong. Biblical faith is impossible to perfect.
Acknowledging the degree of presumption in deigning to attempt to affect your prayers ... I would ask you to include in reflective prayer considerations of the laws which Jesus specifically addressed in order to "fulfill", and the basis of that fulfillment taking place. The portions of The Law which found controversy in Jesus' ministry tended to address exclusion, oppression, and dignity. To heal the lepers, to bless the meek and promise them the Earth ... to save the Magdalene and spare the sinners the rightful Justice of God's condemnation. And why would that love and compassion diminish over time? God's love and Christ's redemption are eternal, and shall not wane. Is Christ present among us? Did Christ abandon the Castro when AIDS tore through the San Francisco gay community, or was He there to comfort the sinners in their hour of need? When did Christ abandon whom? I know that the Jesuits at my high school violated Leviticus (21.16-ff). But Leviticus was put aside for that Law which is greater. Did Jesus fulfill merely the Hebrew Law through atonement or sacrifice? Or did Jesus fulfill God's law by offering a loving redemption, in effect wiping clean transgressions against the Law? Would Jesus cast the first stone?
Comment on priests/celibacy
As I was taught at a Jesuit school, in addition to claiming the priests' property at their death for lack of heir there was also a controversy of the church awarding lands and hush money to the families of the priests' illegitimate children.
:m:,
Tiassa