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| Sally Quinn on Sarah Palin's Rogue Christianity | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 18 2009, 07:53 AM (1,409 Views) | |
| Beacon Chris | Nov 18 2009, 07:47 PM Post #51 |
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Not really, Jeff. I think the new testament could also be called the "living" testament. For certain Christians the term "new" could also be described as "current" Your statement is interesting, though. Are you a Christian? |
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| Beacon Chris | Nov 18 2009, 07:55 PM Post #52 |
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By the way, why does Sally Quinn feel entitled to define Sarah Palin's Christianity? She certainly doesn't define mine. Palin's entitled to her own faith just like anyone else. |
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| Mikhailoh | Nov 18 2009, 07:58 PM Post #53 |
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| Beacon Chris | Nov 18 2009, 07:59 PM Post #54 |
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Very well put, Larry. Very articulate. Although, I find it a wee bit disturbing (perhaps more distracting) to look at your avatar while trying to carry on a discussion about Jesus! |
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| Beacon Chris | Nov 18 2009, 08:01 PM Post #55 |
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Can you believe that cover? Cruel and nasty. |
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| Larry | Nov 18 2009, 08:53 PM Post #56 |
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Quirt, do *you* know the difference between Judaism and Christianity? |
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| Larry | Nov 18 2009, 08:55 PM Post #57 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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Just keeping a little bit of heaven handy.....
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| QuirtEvans | Nov 19 2009, 03:28 AM Post #58 |
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I do. Did you know that the Old Testament is part of the Christian Bible? |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Dewey | Nov 19 2009, 03:48 AM Post #59 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Dewey | Nov 19 2009, 04:02 AM Post #60 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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21 For surely you have heard about him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus. 22 You were taught to put away your former way of life, your old self, corrupt and deluded by its lusts, 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, 24 and to clothe yourselves with the new self, created according to the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. 25 So then, putting away falsehood, let all of us speak the truth to our neighbors, for we are members of one another. 26 Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, 27 and do not make room for the devil. 28 Thieves must give up stealing; rather let them labor and work honestly with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy. 29 Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with which you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. 31 Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander, together with all malice, 32 and be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ has forgiven you. (Eph 4:21-32 NRS) ===== 37 While he was speaking, a Pharisee invited him to dine with him; so he went in and took his place at the table. 38 The Pharisee was amazed to see that he did not first wash before dinner. 39 Then the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 40 You fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also? 41 So give for alms those things that are within; and see, everything will be clean for you. 42 "But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and herbs of all kinds, and neglect justice and the love of God; it is these you ought to have practiced, without neglecting the others. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love to have the seat of honor in the synagogues and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it." 45 One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, when you say these things, you insult us too." 46 And he said, "Woe also to you lawyers! For you load people with burdens hard to bear, and you yourselves do not lift a finger to ease them. 47 Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed. 48 So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; for they killed them, and you build their tombs. 49 Therefore also the Wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,' 50 so that this generation may be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world, 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation. 52 Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering." 53 When he went outside, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile toward him and to cross-examine him about many things, 54 lying in wait for him, to catch him in something he might say. (Luk 11:37-54 NRS) ===== 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love. 7 You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth? 8 Such persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. 9 A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough. 10 I am confident about you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty. 11 But my friends, why am I still being persecuted if I am still preaching circumcision? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. 12 I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves! (Gal 5:6-12 NRS) It would seem there's a time and place for righteous anger within the faith. I don't know anything about Palin's book, but I'd say that within the scriptural passages above, there's enough to chew on for any Christian, and especially for any Christian who would be a politician - Democrat, Republican, or otherwise - or in any other position of power. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| JBryan | Nov 19 2009, 04:24 AM Post #61 |
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I am the grey one
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It's the first word that comes to my mind. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| QuirtEvans | Nov 19 2009, 04:39 AM Post #62 |
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You surely know scripture better than I do ... but your statement is not incompatible with the one above. To me, you reconcile the two by saying, if you feel anger, express it when you feel it, but get it out of your system. Which is precisely what I said to Jolly above ... Jesus demonstrates that you can be angry in the moment, but if you're still angry about it a year letter and harboring a grudge, you're letting it fester, and that's probably not what Jesus meant. |
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| Dewey | Nov 19 2009, 05:02 AM Post #63 |
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I think you're right, but I also think there's more, and I was actually alluding to both your point and another - actually, a couple of others, but the primary "other" is that a believer is not called to simply shut up and take abuse silently, without putting voice to the issue, and calling out the one who is doing the wrong. To do exactly that is part of the mix, as much as not harboring a grudge once the point has been made. To me, the question would be, now that Palin has had a chance to call things as she sees them via this book - and again, I haven't even read snips of it - what will she do from this point forward? If she moves forward, great; if she allows the wrongs - both perceived and real - to dictate her living, then she's in error. The same is true for any politician who professes to be a believer, or any believer at all, for that matter. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| John D'Oh | Nov 19 2009, 05:07 AM Post #64 |
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The bottom line for me is that I really don't care whether Sarah Palin is a Christian or not - she's a bit of a silly mare. I'm not sure whether the Bible deals with being a silly mare or not. There's that story about the ten foolish virgins, but that doesn't really apply here, I suspect. Lot's wife? Again, no. Incidentally, it's a little known fact that following the debacle of Soddhom, Lot went on to open a fish and chip shop. 'Would you like salt and vinegar?..we've had a bit of a run on the salt, so help yourself!' I think if we really want to get down to brass tacks, I'll drop The Bible, and turn to that that other great resource of philosophical wisdom, Star Wars: "Who's the bigger fool -- the fool, or the fool who follows him?" - O. W. Kenobi. |
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| QuirtEvans | Nov 19 2009, 05:11 AM Post #65 |
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Wouldn't the more Christian thing to do have been to call things as she saw them a year ago, when the events transpired, rather than waiting a year to put it in a book? OK, maybe you wait until after the election ... but some of the little snips that she waited to put in the book (like Steve Schmidt allegedly cursing in front of her daughter) surely didn't merit carrying around with her for more than a year. You are free to see it differently, but in my view, she worships the gods of money and power far more than she does Jesus. |
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| Dewey | Nov 19 2009, 08:48 AM Post #66 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Before we get to the "Christian thing," we need to see the "human thing" - and we humans, Christians or otherwise, don't get over hurts immediately, and we rarely get over them easily. Hurts leave remnants that may take a long time to fully come to terms with. Sometimes the scars of those hurts will last forever. There really is no such thing as that idiotic term "closure." We never have anything like "closure" to the things that have scarred us in life; the best that any of us can hope for is to reconcile ourselves with the scars and learn how to move forward positively, in spite of, and hopefully strengthened by, the events. In that light, Palin's dumping all her "stuff" in the book is a part of that reconciling and moving on. Of course, at this point, she could go either way, dwelling on the hurts (or even worse, using them exploitatively for political manipulation) and going backward, or learning how to process them and moving forward. That will be her challenge. And I don't see the time lag between the campaign and now as particularly long. Whether you like her or hate her, you have to admit she has taken some major body blows, and that kind of thing takes a while to deal with, whether you're in a position to write a book about it or not. Like I said, the real important thing to her as a person, and particularly in terms of her faith, is how she proceeds from here.
Actually, I don't see it differently at all. In fact, I'm sure that she does. Of course, I believe that everybody, Christian or otherwise, is guilty of the exact same thing in one way or another. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| Larry | Nov 19 2009, 11:24 AM Post #67 |
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I do. Now, do you know how the two books fit into Christian teaching? Do you know that Christians do not follow Jewish Law? |
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| QuirtEvans | Nov 19 2009, 12:21 PM Post #68 |
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I know that it's part of the Bible, and that Christians are supposed to follow ALL of the Bible, not just the New Testament, and not just the parts they like. It is, after all, the word of God. 2 Timothy 3:16: All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness Matthew 5:18-19: And Jesus said,...... "Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or tittle shall nowise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven." Here's an analysis that comports with my understanding:
In other words ... where the New Testament and the Old Testament conflict, the New Testament governs. Where the Old Testament sets forth outmoded rules of behavior, those rules need no longer be followed. However, where the Old Testament set forth moral standards, those standards are still to be followed, possibly even more stringently. http://www.christianbiblereference.org/faq_OldTestamentLaw.htm All of which is irrelevant to the point under discussion here, since the part about turning the other cheek is in the New Testament. |
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| George K | Aug 31 2017, 05:08 PM Post #69 |
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Speaking of "Rogue"... Washington Post columnist Sally Quinn. And, her spells: But, Sarah Palin's the "rogue." |
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| Jolly | Aug 31 2017, 05:39 PM Post #70 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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It's the same old crap...First, hold any Christian to a standard of perfection. Second, ignore any and all faults of the accuser. It's a rigged game that the accused cannot win. |
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| John D'Oh | Sep 1 2017, 03:06 AM Post #71 |
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| George K | Sep 1 2017, 04:33 AM Post #72 |
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Rules for radicals. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| Axtremus | Sep 1 2017, 04:58 AM Post #73 |
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1. You'll be happy to know that I do not think any Christian is perfect. 2. The fault of the accusers have no bearing on whether the accusations are factually true. |
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| Mikhailoh | Sep 1 2017, 05:05 AM Post #74 |
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Don't be an ass, Ax. |
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| Jolly | Sep 1 2017, 05:06 AM Post #75 |
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Geaux Tigers!
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Can't fight genetics.
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