tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21396366.post115349758476674997..comments2023-10-08T05:59:35.021-05:00Comments on Organized Chaos: SnobberyKelly Meding/Kelly Meadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07058232720272908627noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21396366.post-1153668807723349172006-07-23T10:33:00.000-05:002006-07-23T10:33:00.000-05:00Wow! Thank you for that great rebuttal, Zonk. I ...Wow! Thank you for that great rebuttal, Zonk. I haven't had these sort of discussions in years. <BR/><BR/>You're right, and you reiterated my point. It's not snobbery as long as we don't think that we are better.<BR/><BR/>:-)Kelly Meding/Kelly Meadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07058232720272908627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21396366.post-1153614134087320462006-07-22T19:22:00.000-05:002006-07-22T19:22:00.000-05:00The disciples were first called Christians at Anti...The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch, Acts tells us (quick, where? :P)- but it doesn't say by <I>whom</I>. Since the moniker means 'little Christs', and was used as a descriptive term for followers of a particular teacher ('Socratites', 'Platoites', etc)the usual feeling is that they were so called by the public and I tend to agree.<BR/><BR/>Maybe.<BR/><BR/>Or maybe they called themselves that. Pride is one of the hardest weeds to eradicate in the garden of Life.<BR/><BR/>And of course there are things which all good Christians should refrain from. Aren't there? Just once we don't become better known for what we are against than what we are for.<BR/><BR/>I don't agree that this is true especially of Christians; it's true of all people. Christians, however, more easily fall under the condemnation of hypocrisy for having this problem, since we preach against it...<BR/><BR/>And we can, and must, condemn that which is evil in culture. That is not snobbery, it's preaching. Just so long as we don't thing we are <I>better</I>.<BR/><BR/>I have a friend, in the ministry, and he puts it this way: we're all sinners, so we may or may not be better than the unsaved; but we are better off...<BR/><BR/>I wonder if Aunt Bessie and Uncle Remus would recognize the Christian symbology (largely Catholic)in LOTR? Or the recurring redemptive motif in Harry Potter? Everybody dies to save Harry...which is why Snape will die to save him, too. JKR in an unguarded moment referred to Snape's character as 'redemptive'...<BR/><BR/>Don't even start with Narnia, ROFL.<BR/><BR/>Our problem, and I think you tickled it out with this essay, is that we think too much of ourselves. <BR/><BR/>I'm very tempted to ask which college :B - but I won't.<BR/><BR/>:D:D:DZonkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00723210769962393582noreply@blogger.com