Comments on: Google not God http://www.morethancake.org/2007/06/google-not-god.html ...nourished by the bread of life Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:26:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: J. R. Miller http://www.morethancake.org/2007/06/google-not-god.html/comment-page-1#comment-36 J. R. Miller Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:58:00 +0000 http://www.elnews.net/mtkblog/?p=79#comment-36 Keith wrote "<i>But it's not clear from the post that she was seeking forgiveness as much as validation that she can have it all.</i>"<br/>And this takes us back in the direction of Nietzsche's statement quoted at the top of the blog. When we kill God, we must then invent and create our own rituals and truths so that we can get the forgiveness we seek. Keith wrote “But it’s not clear from the post that she was seeking forgiveness as much as validation that she can have it all.“
And this takes us back in the direction of Nietzsche’s statement quoted at the top of the blog. When we kill God, we must then invent and create our own rituals and truths so that we can get the forgiveness we seek.

]]> By: WCBalmer http://www.morethancake.org/2007/06/google-not-god.html/comment-page-1#comment-35 WCBalmer Wed, 13 Jun 2007 05:13:00 +0000 http://www.elnews.net/mtkblog/?p=79#comment-35 "But it's not clear from the post that she was seeking forgiveness as much as validation that she can have it all."<br/><br/>Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? <br/>Rom 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?<br/><br/>What else can one say ! “But it’s not clear from the post that she was seeking forgiveness as much as validation that she can have it all.”

Rom 6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
Rom 6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

What else can one say !

]]> By: Keith McIlwain http://www.morethancake.org/2007/06/google-not-god.html/comment-page-1#comment-34 Keith McIlwain Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:51:00 +0000 http://www.elnews.net/mtkblog/?p=79#comment-34 I agree with wcbalmer, in part. Yes, someone in the Christian community should have told her that Jesus loves her, regardless of any behaviors in which she was/is engaged. Yes, someone should have told her that forgiveness is available for those who earnestly desire it, regardless of sins committed.<br/><br/>But it's not clear from the post that she was seeking forgiveness as much as validation that she can have it all. Someone can love Jesus and be forgiven but never mature beyond that point (see Amy Grant's "Fat Baby").<br/><br/>Being a <i>disciple</i> of Jesus means laying everything you have and are before him and acknowledging his Lordship. This young lady - loved to astounding degrees by Jesus and by the Church - can know real transformation and peace <i>far beyond</i> "simple" forgiveness.<br/><br/>In short, it seems to me that while she is honestly seeking Jesus as Savior, she may not be ready yet to proclaim him as Lord. I agree with wcbalmer, in part. Yes, someone in the Christian community should have told her that Jesus loves her, regardless of any behaviors in which she was/is engaged. Yes, someone should have told her that forgiveness is available for those who earnestly desire it, regardless of sins committed.

But it’s not clear from the post that she was seeking forgiveness as much as validation that she can have it all. Someone can love Jesus and be forgiven but never mature beyond that point (see Amy Grant’s “Fat Baby”).

Being a disciple of Jesus means laying everything you have and are before him and acknowledging his Lordship. This young lady – loved to astounding degrees by Jesus and by the Church – can know real transformation and peace far beyond “simple” forgiveness.

In short, it seems to me that while she is honestly seeking Jesus as Savior, she may not be ready yet to proclaim him as Lord.

]]> By: WCBalmer http://www.morethancake.org/2007/06/google-not-god.html/comment-page-1#comment-33 WCBalmer Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:55:00 +0000 http://www.elnews.net/mtkblog/?p=79#comment-33 Isn't Google the way they spell God in Wales? Have you ever tried to read their street signs. They take all the little used letter-tiles from Scrabble - - toss them on the game board and PRESTO! you live on lonvaxxzzgvnm street.<br/><br/>I think the saddest observation . . . Christianity's ambassadors are not sufficiently equipped to edify fellow believers. Perhaps the reason this young woman sought hope in Google is she saw no hope in the church today. Only condemnation from hyper fundamentalists like the TBN crowd. <br/>Didn't any one tell her that God loves her and sent His Son to die for the sins of the entire world; and, those who believe it are forgiven? Male or female, young or old, black or white, gay or straight - - - Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.<br/><br/>It is sad that no one in the religious system told her so. Isn’t Google the way they spell God in Wales? Have you ever tried to read their street signs. They take all the little used letter-tiles from Scrabble – - toss them on the game board and PRESTO! you live on lonvaxxzzgvnm street.

I think the saddest observation . . . Christianity’s ambassadors are not sufficiently equipped to edify fellow believers. Perhaps the reason this young woman sought hope in Google is she saw no hope in the church today. Only condemnation from hyper fundamentalists like the TBN crowd.
Didn’t any one tell her that God loves her and sent His Son to die for the sins of the entire world; and, those who believe it are forgiven? Male or female, young or old, black or white, gay or straight – - – Rom 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

It is sad that no one in the religious system told her so.

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