Comments on: Isolationism, Materialism, and the Evils of Our Age http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/07/isolationism-materialism-and-the-evils-of-our-age.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:42:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Milton Stanley http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/07/isolationism-materialism-and-the-evils-of-our-age.html#comment-226 Milton Stanley Thu, 21 Jul 2005 17:25:00 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=67#comment-226 Howdy, Dan! I wrote about your post on my blog today. Peace. Howdy, Dan! I wrote about your post on my blog today. Peace.

]]> By: Dave C. http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/07/isolationism-materialism-and-the-evils-of-our-age.html#comment-225 Dave C. Thu, 14 Jul 2005 04:24:00 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=67#comment-225 Reading this post reminded me of what I thought when I read your business series: you possibly underestimate the dangers of centralization. Take your farm tractor for instance. What would happen if 5 or 10 families relied on one tractor and then that tractor broke down? Would everyone then starve? You've mentioned Luther and the Reformation a couple of times in your comments. Can you see a connection between sola scriptura and allowing everyone man economic freedom to make his own decisions? Reading this post reminded me of what I thought when I read your business series: you possibly underestimate the dangers of centralization.

Take your farm tractor for instance. What would happen if 5 or 10 families relied on one tractor and then that tractor broke down? Would everyone then starve?

You’ve mentioned Luther and the Reformation a couple of times in your comments. Can you see a connection between sola scriptura and allowing everyone man economic freedom to make his own decisions?

]]> By: Dan Edelen http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/07/isolationism-materialism-and-the-evils-of-our-age.html#comment-224 Dan Edelen Wed, 13 Jul 2005 02:23:00 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=67#comment-224 Oengus, Yeah, sometimes when I'm looking for pics for the blog I stumble across something that just resonates. I meet to many people who are like that monkey. Or the other dog of Pavlov's, the one they shocked into submission. Oengus,

Yeah, sometimes when I’m looking for pics for the blog I stumble across something that just resonates. I meet to many people who are like that monkey. Or the other dog of Pavlov’s, the one they shocked into submission.

]]> By: Dan Edelen http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/07/isolationism-materialism-and-the-evils-of-our-age.html#comment-223 Dan Edelen Wed, 13 Jul 2005 01:58:00 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=67#comment-223 Karen, There's a lot of Catch-22 in this whole equation. Much of the problem resembles Pandora's box---how do you put back what you let out? Undoing entrenched ideas is hard. I have more respect today for Martin Luther than when I was firmly in the embrace of the Lutheran Church. He helped excise a veritable religious tumor and the patient lived! Reloaded, I do feel discouraged, I have to admit. Just today I was driving home and I found myself staring into my rearview mirror with an expression that resembled the monkey image in the post! One of the things that bugs me is that I'm 42-years old---that means I'll never fit in with the group ahead of me who didn't see the problem, and I'll be too much of a legacy individual to enjoy what may come after me. I may think I'm smart, but I wasn't smart enough. Andrew, Sometimes you jump off the cliff and fly while other times you hit the ground. I've never successfully figured out the distinctives that ensure the flying. In my case I think the only solution is to let God harden me so that hitting the ground doesn't hurt all that much. Trying to always figure why you flew or fell literally drives people insane. MC Hendrick, I'm not certain that how it all started was evil, only that we crossed a line somewhere. Wisdom in found in knowing where that line is drawn. Brad, Thanks for the nice comment and for providing the fodder. Karen,

There’s a lot of Catch-22 in this whole equation. Much of the problem resembles Pandora’s box—how do you put back what you let out? Undoing entrenched ideas is hard. I have more respect today for Martin Luther than when I was firmly in the embrace of the Lutheran Church. He helped excise a veritable religious tumor and the patient lived!

Reloaded,
I do feel discouraged, I have to admit. Just today I was driving home and I found myself staring into my rearview mirror with an expression that resembled the monkey image in the post! One of the things that bugs me is that I’m 42-years old—that means I’ll never fit in with the group ahead of me who didn’t see the problem, and I’ll be too much of a legacy individual to enjoy what may come after me. I may think I’m smart, but I wasn’t smart enough.

Andrew,
Sometimes you jump off the cliff and fly while other times you hit the ground. I’ve never successfully figured out the distinctives that ensure the flying. In my case I think the only solution is to let God harden me so that hitting the ground doesn’t hurt all that much. Trying to always figure why you flew or fell literally drives people insane.

MC Hendrick,
I’m not certain that how it all started was evil, only that we crossed a line somewhere. Wisdom in found in knowing where that line is drawn.

Brad,
Thanks for the nice comment and for providing the fodder.

]]> By: Oengus Moonbones http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/07/isolationism-materialism-and-the-evils-of-our-age.html#comment-222 Oengus Moonbones Wed, 13 Jul 2005 01:23:00 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=67#comment-222 Boy, that is one lonely looking monkey. Boy, that is one lonely looking monkey.

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