tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post2894509899192289501..comments2024-03-27T14:45:28.176-05:00Comments on Adventus: Tl;drUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-77608022316747438672015-02-25T07:02:59.434-06:002015-02-25T07:02:59.434-06:00JCF--I'm not sure how I'd classify him (at...JCF--I'm not sure how I'd classify him (atheist or anti-theist), but I was thinking of Einstein's distinction between abstract and concrete: he was (is) simply the most generous man I've ever known: generous with his time, compassionate to everyone, a jack of all trades who used his talents to build, repair, replace, and maintain the houses of those who needed the help (including me, when I lived next door to him and had, at best, a meager income). He did far more than the most generous Christians I know who drop money in a plate and call it done (while simultaneously damning the homeless on the streets as people who make "a good living" panhandling, which is why they don't "get jobs" and don't deserve our Christian compassion).<br /><br />He is not a representative of a class of such people, but it is certainly true that religion doesn't create compassion in the heart all by itself. By his actions I actually still consider him as Christian as anyone I know.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-41815487575494984512015-02-24T23:22:20.251-06:002015-02-24T23:22:20.251-06:00"I know atheists I consider more Christian th..."I know atheists I consider more Christian than Christians."<br /><br />Atheists, definitely, but anti-theists, doubtful. An anti-theist may occasionally be moved to compassion, but do they give in any organized way their time/treasure to charity, except in the RARE situation they want to make an anti-theist point ("See, we can give too, just like those idiot theists!") And at that, do they give "the widow's mite"---till it hurts? I'm in NO way boasting of myself in this respect, but the fact remains that POOR theists are some of The Most Generous People on the face of the Earth. There's a deep Truth there, that the anti-theists (and wealthier theists, for that matter) don't see.JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-89181778081889119452015-02-24T20:14:36.126-06:002015-02-24T20:14:36.126-06:00I enjoy schadenfreude a lot. Blame my Inner Light...I enjoy schadenfreude a lot. Blame my Inner Light.ntoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01068160577299501895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-18961845024522120172015-02-24T20:03:57.663-06:002015-02-24T20:03:57.663-06:00Lovely words on prayer. True confession: I someti...Lovely words on prayer. True confession: I sometimes enjoy schadenfreude. Not Christ-like, but true. June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com