tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198246.post6943862223261180361..comments2023-05-07T06:29:21.434-04:00Comments on big steps + little feat: Fear is a Renewable Resourcepete vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02489398325160874093noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198246.post-87993809034720198892011-10-19T23:31:50.353-04:002011-10-19T23:31:50.353-04:00let's hope solet's hope sopete vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489398325160874093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198246.post-41727617244835226332008-02-23T11:12:00.000-05:002008-02-23T11:12:00.000-05:00So, love DOES win?!?So, love DOES win?!?LVDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427109416965110499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198246.post-6801120949039405452008-02-22T13:58:00.000-05:002008-02-22T13:58:00.000-05:00That's a big challenge - how do we redeem this des...That's a big challenge - how do we redeem this destructive facet of human nature?<BR/><BR/>By doing no thing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in all things considering others better than ourselves. That would do the trick.<BR/><BR/>Hearts and minds must be released, but how? I have no definite answer, only the intuition that education and communication offer opportunity for self-understanding and change. <BR/><BR/>The stimulus of change may be the collective efforts of individuals providing an example of patient, humble, caring way of life. A long effort achieved not by troops and sanctions but by honest self-sacrifice and love for all (even those that seek to destroy us).<BR/><BR/>It's frightening to think how this SEEMS to be at odds with basic survival in the world. Perhaps it requires a measure of faith to let go of our fear and only live the way we are meant to, not the way we seemingly have to.pete vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489398325160874093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17198246.post-21676247885436894122008-02-21T13:43:00.000-05:002008-02-21T13:43:00.000-05:00Your comments on "us vs. them" are something that ...Your comments on "us vs. them" are something that I have become increasingly aware of recently. According to Rene Girard, a French philosopher that I read out in Oregon, human socieity is based on "us vs. them," which is also what you seem to be saying. We can't get anywhere without scapegoating someone else or "othering" a group of people different from ourselves. Girard goes on to say that this is the root of all violence. <BR/><BR/>Anyways, I found it to be particularly interesting when he applied this to the biblical text. hmmm...Cain/Abel, Jacob/Esau, Isaac/Ishmael, Sarah/Hagar, etc. etc. etc.<BR/><BR/>Since I'm using Calvin College's internet service, I'm obliged to question -- how do we redeem this? what can be done?LVDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14427109416965110499noreply@blogger.com