tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post3788836581774870642..comments2023-07-21T10:01:32.456+01:00Comments on T Childs Christianity Blog: Just an Ordinary BlokeT-Childshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-70895048238208753552012-11-12T16:34:18.564+00:002012-11-12T16:34:18.564+00:00I'll take a guess Daz; The Housemartins LP?! I...I'll take a guess Daz; The Housemartins LP?! I think I'm right; aren't I?!<br /><br />I guess I'm just half a hipster and half square, Daddy-O!T-Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-2140546518018908912012-11-11T12:10:14.173+00:002012-11-11T12:10:14.173+00:00Try London 0 Hull 4 and you're there.
Quite s...Try London 0 Hull 4 and you're there.<br /><br />Quite surprised a hipster like yourself didn't work that out!!Daz Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935407418226324575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-77549457011867478482012-11-09T16:10:00.679+00:002012-11-09T16:10:00.679+00:00'The big problem with organised religion is th...'The big problem with organised religion is that unlike the man upstairs, those flawed human beings who put themselves in charge are inclined to respect people more not because of their merits as a human being, but because of their wealth, status, qualifications, whatever.' That, quite frankly, sums up what I was talking about Daz. Organised religion at worst is just a reflection of the social system we live under; it's about the socially important, the rather wealthy and so on. You get right to the heart of the matter Daz.<br /><br />You got me on the final score Daz! I even googled it and no luck! ;~)T-Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-67766824503591078912012-11-07T20:44:30.101+00:002012-11-07T20:44:30.101+00:00Nicely done, Tim.
The big problem with organised ...Nicely done, Tim.<br /><br />The big problem with organised religion is that unlike the man upstairs, those flawed human beings who put themselves in charge are inclined to respect people more not because of their merits as a human being, but because of their wealth, status, qualifications, whatever.<br /><br />While God will appreciate that I only have 50p to drop in the collection plate (maybe I shouldn't have bought that second bottle of wine), the man dropping £50 in, perhaps for show, is going to be treated with a great deal more courtesy by an organisation that needs money, and people with it, more than it needs my belief in something higher.<br /><br />Final score - Organised Relgion 0 Jesus Christ 4 (and I'll be dead impressed if you know where I got that from).<br /><br />ATB<br /><br />DazDaz Pearcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07935407418226324575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-82438885460419829092012-11-03T23:04:19.196+00:002012-11-03T23:04:19.196+00:00You wrote: 'It is unfortunate that social stat...You wrote: 'It is unfortunate that social status plays a major role in church life, particularly in Britain. I saw that myself in the local church I use to attend, where there was a strong correlation between roles of leadership or responsibility and the graduate.' I think it's really vitally important that we do not judge people, we don't think we have a right to condemn them because they appear this way or appear that way. We have all made snap judgements before today and when I have done I have always been wrong.<br /><br />One of the big problems in English society can be this tendency to worship people of higher status; I don't do it and you don't do it, but often society puts so-called high-born people on a pedestal. Respect has to be mutual not one way. There is far too much emphasis on 'breeding' and not enough on who can do the job regardless of what background they come from.T-Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-3597916390976138002012-11-03T22:59:49.970+00:002012-11-03T22:59:49.970+00:00The only thing I have is honesty really. You wrote...The only thing I have is honesty really. You wrote: 'I think what makes a true christian is not 'ritual' but 'relationship'' How true Brenda, how true. It's obvious to people who have read my blog for a while that I have a thing about this, and maybe in my own way I have a bit of an obsession about it.<br /><br />It is true that English society can be very hierarchical and it seems more important who you know rather than what you know and how talented and intelligent you might be; sad but true. The notion of superiority can infect everything, and you can get Christians who are 'superior' as well, missing the whole point of the Bible and the whole point of human existence too. T-Childshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14973808285834438472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-53658947805459908582012-11-03T21:12:39.913+00:002012-11-03T21:12:39.913+00:00Tim,
That is a very interesting blog you wrote, an...Tim,<br />That is a very interesting blog you wrote, and as Brenda commented above, full of honesty.<br />It is unfortunate that social status plays a major role in church life, particularly in Britain. I saw that myself in the local church I use to attend, where there was a strong correlation between roles of leadership or responsibility and the graduate. And even in the church I go to at present, the undergraduates who also attend are looked upon with some form of special favour by the elders. <br />But as you say, we look upon God and his love and salvation given to all believers, regardless of his background. At times I am glad that God is not an Englishman!!!<br />It is worth looking with consideration at the first chapter of 1 Corinthians, and one can read that God chooses the unlearned, the ignorant, one of a humble background etc, to confound the wise, the educated, the powerful and so on. Furthermore, it was Jesus himself who said how difficult it was for the rich man to enter the Kingdom of God, likening the task made easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.<br />However, that hadn't stopped the Church of England looking to the post-grads at Oxbridge for future leadership. But what I have seen, I have never seen the Archbishop bring ordinary folk to salvation in Christ, let alone the nation.<br />And as Isaiah once wrote, it will be a little child that leads them, rather than the Archbishop holding a doctorate.<br />A well presented post.Frank E. Blasihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12218732913319387677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2872289811002419028.post-20068938301618663842012-11-03T19:33:02.669+00:002012-11-03T19:33:02.669+00:00Hi Tim,
I love, once again, your honesty here, and...Hi Tim,<br />I love, once again, your honesty here, and I think that is important along with humility as far as being a christian is concerned.<br />I think what makes a true christian is not 'ritual' but 'relationship', and I think this is portrayed in the parable of the pharisee and the publican in Luke chapter 18 where 'Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men-robbers, evildoers, adulterers or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get. But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.'Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16165344093549650260noreply@blogger.com