At 08:30 PM 11/4/2004 -0800 Dave Land wrote: >I know what a skilled rhetorician you can be, so I suspect you've >asked your question to make a point :-).
I think the words you are looking for are "Socratic dialogue." ;-) (Not that I'm some Socrates, mind you... just using the same technique of making a point through questions.) >There's a world of difference between being Christ's hands and feet >and assuming that we are responsible for saving the world from evil. But here's the real point to my question - why are we called to be Christ's hands and feet in saving the poor from economic oppression, but not Christ's hands and feet in saving the downtrodden from political oppression? >After all, Christians believe that that has already been accomplished. Well, as Christians we believe that the world has been saved from spiritual evil, but that we still have responsibility for correcting all sorts of physical evils and injustices. > And it is exactly that -- humility -- that I find >sorely lacking in America's execution of the war on terror. I think that the experience in Iraq has been nothing, if not humbling. >Q: What kind of God does it take to leave the whole world in the > hands of a bunch of humans? > >A: One who gave us the Holy Spirit. Great line. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
