tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post431636909369624201..comments2023-09-08T00:47:50.511-07:00Comments on Naked Reflections: Resignation Letter, P. 2Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02549770321948541384noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post-37930094231111014522007-02-05T15:15:00.000-08:002007-02-05T15:15:00.000-08:00An ancient and unbroken oral tradition of Christia...An ancient and unbroken oral tradition of Christian hermeticism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post-12102637411925235192007-02-05T11:30:00.000-08:002007-02-05T11:30:00.000-08:00"Yes, of course," WHAT, Cousin? :-)"Yes, of course," WHAT, Cousin? :-)Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549770321948541384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post-11166585065936918722007-02-05T11:01:00.000-08:002007-02-05T11:01:00.000-08:00Yes, of course.Yes, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post-86909268954771118032007-02-04T20:40:00.000-08:002007-02-04T20:40:00.000-08:00I think Watt's quote is lovely and provocative.
B...I think Watt's quote is lovely and provocative.<br /><br />But from where I sit it seems like Christian claims to exclusivity are incidental ornamentation and not a load bearing pillar of faith.<br /><br />I only call to mind the quote from the Gospel of John, "I am the way the truth and the light. No one comes to the Father except through me." In my recollection I don't think there is much in the synoptic gospels or in Paul that asserts exclusivity of Christianity.<br /><br />It can all be resolved by the formulation I described earlier as being suggested to me by a Benedictine Abbot: the Bible is written by people of faith for people of faith about faith. It can't be understood outside that context and it accordingly cannot be interpreted to say anything about people without Christian faith. <br /><br />Dupree, are you a member of a church?copithornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949020666425985657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post-35027515268893358992007-02-04T12:50:00.000-08:002007-02-04T12:50:00.000-08:00CD, Watts explained in another part of his letter ...CD, Watts explained in another part of his letter that another reason why he was resigning was because he couldn't (or wouldn't) act as the moral exemplar that a man in his position was expected to. Maybe this was, as you cynically suggest, the REAL reason for his resignation with the part I quoted serving only as a tidy rationalization. But rationalizations can speak vital truths even when they're rationalizations, and I think the passage I quoted spoke important truths, whether they were mere rationalizations or they expressed genuine reasons for his resignation.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549770321948541384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10032287.post-76615310311233474312007-02-04T12:14:00.000-08:002007-02-04T12:14:00.000-08:00Er, this letter is a bit self-serving, is it not, ...Er, this letter is a bit self-serving, is it not, since Watts was about to be ex-communicated for leaving his wife for one of his graduate students who babysat for Mr. and Mrs. Watts? <br /><br />And more generally, didn't Watts just want to be free to drink vodka, take drugs, attract women with his silver-tongued faux spiritual authority, and get spanked by his female students?<br /><br />Oh well, nothing like choosing a "spiritual path" compatible with your unregenerate ego. That's what the new age is all about, isn't it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com