tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post1962417828985294716..comments2023-11-03T04:50:42.128-05:00Comments on Confessional Gadfly: A quick thoughtRev. Eric J Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-90108003602694042062011-12-19T08:57:36.921-06:002011-12-19T08:57:36.921-06:00Hmmm... you mean an approach to law that views it ...Hmmm... you mean an approach to law that views it as a means of caring for and protecting the neighbor... hmmm... what a strange coincidence. =o)Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-4456014512229247052011-12-19T08:54:56.168-06:002011-12-19T08:54:56.168-06:00Here's a completely tangental comment: You sou...Here's a completely tangental comment: You sound like Ron Paul's civil use of the Law. You can't protect people from themselves but you can protect them from their neighbor and their neighbor's property through the use of the Law.Christopher Gillespiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06665531626315066953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-58567514428065665392011-12-18T22:29:31.377-06:002011-12-18T22:29:31.377-06:00Thinking a touch more -- I would say that we ought...Thinking a touch more -- I would say that we ought to address the "subjective" aspects under the guise of "vocation". What have *I* been called to do, what am I given to do? I'd say that's a good way to approach the subjective angle without falling into abstraction.<br /><br />Of course, I'd contend that the differences in vocations shape how individuals are to act precisely because your vocation is nothing else that defining your relation to your neighbors.<br /><br />Can you think of a single vocation that does not define or describe a relationship with a neighbor?Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-11467529171991471242011-12-18T22:23:38.287-06:002011-12-18T22:23:38.287-06:00When in the Scriptures are you taught to focus on ...When in the Scriptures are you taught to focus on yourself, apart from your neighbor. There is the command to rest, or the injunction to Timothy to take a little wine, but even that is so that one will be better prepared to serve the neighbor.<br /><br />Faith lives in the neighbor. Christian freedom is a wonderful thing. It is freedom from my own navel gazing.Rev. Eric J Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17747919365522145094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3847211149012008703.post-3448600192051545682011-12-18T19:50:00.769-06:002011-12-18T19:50:00.769-06:00But we can't wholly focus on the objective and...But we can't wholly focus on the objective and ignore the subjective aspect of the Law.Phillipnoreply@blogger.com