tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827610763514427490.post5419269484643177356..comments2020-02-19T02:44:59.427-05:00Comments on One Short Sleep Past: What do Religion and Federalism have in common?Rev. Joseph W. Taber IVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12747868378809072597noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827610763514427490.post-13271727341729410412013-05-06T12:33:12.382-04:002013-05-06T12:33:12.382-04:00Thanks Mike! That's a really cool connection! ...Thanks Mike! That's a really cool connection! Do you think that we, as brothers, are also keepers? At least to some extent?Rev. Joseph W. Taber IVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12747868378809072597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827610763514427490.post-90162027658662529632013-05-06T10:23:19.478-04:002013-05-06T10:23:19.478-04:00Back in the 1960s when politics were vastly differ...Back in the 1960s when politics were vastly different, William F. Buckley debated William Sloan Coffin on a show called Firing Line. It was a model for intelligent, respectful debate that we seem to have lost in this country in favor of yammering heads on cable news and talk radio.<br />One of Coffin's lines from that exchange speaks to your last few words:<br />"Am I my brother's keeper?"<br />"No, I am my brother's brother."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827610763514427490.post-27174400168672006592013-04-25T01:31:35.120-04:002013-04-25T01:31:35.120-04:00Pope Francis is a big deal, historically and theol...Pope Francis is a big deal, historically and theologically. Not that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI was an empty suit, he was also a significant figure. Pope Francis, however, is the first Jesuit and is a changing the way people view the whole of the Christian Church, not just the portion which he oversees.<br /><br />God should be the focal point of all Christian thought and behavior. Christians, as fallen people still working out their salvation with fear and trembling, will not get everything correct all the time, but are discerning the will of God through the presence of the Spirit.<br /><br />To get back to the point of the original post, we cannot enact the will of the spirit on an individual level. That is not the manner in which God has chosen to act in the past. God calls us to be together and to move forward in faith and love.Rev. Joseph W. Taber IVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12747868378809072597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827610763514427490.post-63804656875797356522013-04-24T15:21:07.877-04:002013-04-24T15:21:07.877-04:00I distrust the government ever since they have kic...I distrust the government ever since they have kicked God out of it. If we continue to live under the impression that we are all gods and can do whatever we want, then like Rome, this country will fail. Americans are under the dream that this country won't fail and will continue to sleep. Once we put God back where He belongs, then I can trust this government again.<br /><br />As for the Catholic Church, God is and always has been in the focal point. Front and center. Granted there might have been some back sliding, the Crusades, but has gotten back on the right path. If the Catholic Church can apologize for any wrong doing when a corrupt pope was in rule, then why can't this country? <br /><br />Pope Francis, I believe, is doing a great job of "irrigation". He listens to the Holy Spirit and let's that guide Him. It will take some time for the brown spots to turn green again, aka. Priest sex scandals, but in time they will become an Irish green. :-) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827610763514427490.post-76976043869606365242013-04-24T11:07:49.398-04:002013-04-24T11:07:49.398-04:00Thanks for your comment Chris, I really like havin...Thanks for your comment Chris, I really like having a Roman Catholic perspective in my life.<br /><br />I think it's interesting that you firmly support an established church while expressing distrust in the federal government. Care to say more about that?<br /><br />Also, is it the church's responsibility to provide the "irrigation" to which you referred? What does that look like in the 21st century?<br /><br />Thanks again for the feedback!Rev. Joseph W. Taber IVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12747868378809072597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827610763514427490.post-33559746791259132262013-04-24T10:52:54.700-04:002013-04-24T10:52:54.700-04:00I believe we do need an established body. Without...I believe we do need an established body. Without it, as we have seen, there are splinters of the Church. I don't believe Christ would have wanted many bodies of Christ. There is only One body of Christ, the Catholic Church. This doesn't mean that you have to be a Roman Catholic to be a member of the body of Christ. All Roman Catholics are Catholic but not all Catholics are Roman Catholic. We have to also remember there is no such thing as a perfect church. To think this is absurd. Its like the idea the grass is greener on the other side. It never is...unless it has an irrigation system in. :p. I feel all Christians need to gather together, for if we continue in the discourse of separation, the government will become the new "Church", forcing its own teachings instead those of God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com