Comments on: What do I think? http://www.craigsanatomy.com/2007/08/what-do-i-think/ I'd like to thank the interwebs. Wed, 19 May 2010 20:45:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: broken ammonia http://www.craigsanatomy.com/2007/08/what-do-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-79 broken ammonia Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:58:01 +0000 http://craigsanatomy.com/?p=60#comment-79 Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head -- Unknown If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex? -- Art Hoppe Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don't practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along. The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead -- Albert Einstein Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head — Unknown
If there is no God, who pops up the next Kleenex? — Art Hoppe

Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and bamboozle requires intelligence, vigilance, dedication and courage. But if we don’t practice these tough habits of thought, we cannot hope to solve the truly serious problems that face us and we risk becoming a nation of suckers, up for grabs by the next charlatan who comes along.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead — Albert Einstein

]]> By: Kyle Lambelet http://www.craigsanatomy.com/2007/08/what-do-i-think/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Kyle Lambelet Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:17:00 +0000 http://craigsanatomy.com/?p=60#comment-78 Thanks Craig. I'm going to keep posting on your blog until you tell me to leave and erase my crazy writings.<br/>Corporations, in the era of savage capitalism, clearly cannot be trusted to "take profit margins off the 'most important' list, and put people's needs (all people--no matter what their race, religion, or economic status) back at the top of that list." It seems to me that the US government can't be trusted either, in the era of US Global Imperialism.<br/>What then is an appropriate community/institution/power to trust to care for not its own survival but to be in a posture of giving itself away to those in need?<br/>For those who are followers of Jesus we might venture to suggest the Church. But where in the world is this Church? A church that is less concerned with its own survival than it is with giving away its resources to those who will not effectively or responsibly use them!? There is no such institution/community/power.<br/>So, what does that say about who we are?<br/>Well, for my part it tells me that I have very little "faith". Things seem pretty gloomy in the world and the Church offers little hope of being that institution/community/power that through it's life and witness animates our imaginations and shows that another world is possible.<br/>I want to believe the church can be such a body-politic...<br/>I believe, help me in my unbelief.<br/>What do you think, Craig? Thanks Craig. I’m going to keep posting on your blog until you tell me to leave and erase my crazy writings.
Corporations, in the era of savage capitalism, clearly cannot be trusted to “take profit margins off the ‘most important’ list, and put people’s needs (all people–no matter what their race, religion, or economic status) back at the top of that list.” It seems to me that the US government can’t be trusted either, in the era of US Global Imperialism.
What then is an appropriate community/institution/power to trust to care for not its own survival but to be in a posture of giving itself away to those in need?
For those who are followers of Jesus we might venture to suggest the Church. But where in the world is this Church? A church that is less concerned with its own survival than it is with giving away its resources to those who will not effectively or responsibly use them!? There is no such institution/community/power.
So, what does that say about who we are?
Well, for my part it tells me that I have very little “faith”. Things seem pretty gloomy in the world and the Church offers little hope of being that institution/community/power that through it’s life and witness animates our imaginations and shows that another world is possible.
I want to believe the church can be such a body-politic…
I believe, help me in my unbelief.
What do you think, Craig?

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