tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post8616721078852303680..comments2024-03-24T11:30:08.199-07:00Comments on Can you believe?: Transfer of powerJohan Maurerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-22128642179704784102009-01-25T16:36:00.000-08:002009-01-25T16:36:00.000-08:00Johan, thanks. It is cheap and easy to allow ones...Johan, thanks. It is cheap and easy to allow oneself (I speak from experience) the indulgence of at least thinking, "thou, fool" when hearing about the shenanigans of people in politically high places.<BR/><BR/>You are right to remind us of our Lord's warning.<BR/><BR/>Long ago I heard a recording (cannot remember the woman's name) in which the speaker spoke about "Christian sins." As an example, she said, "we look down on people who look down on people." That has stuck with me, and your post reasserts that as difficult and sometimes illogical as it seems, we are called to bless all, just as the Lord makes the rain to fall and the sun to shine on all.<BR/><BR/>Again, thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-69488771874338151232009-01-25T09:41:00.000-08:002009-01-25T09:41:00.000-08:00I both agree with you, other than the word "elitis...I both agree with you, other than the word "elitist" (which I am not!) and also stand by my earlier statement. If you practice terrorism (under official cover or not) and cruelty, you are in spiritual bondage. <BR/><BR/>I am not comparing suffering here--that would be foolish. I'm not setting up a hierarchy of victimhood. Most of us are probably not called to an active ministry of compassion for tyrants and "poor corrupt rich people," but there is certainly room for such a ministry--the more assertive the better.Johan Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771067774042071617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7217199.post-27606455318752521962009-01-24T20:07:00.000-08:002009-01-24T20:07:00.000-08:00"Those who have more power or wealth than they can..."Those who have more power or wealth than they can spiritually handle are as much in bondage as the victims of their power."<BR/><BR/>This statement is elitist, because it could only come from someone who has NOT truly been a victim of corrupt power. When your children are killed by foreign bombs, or you are starving on the streets, would you still maintain that those who dropped the bombs or evicted you from your house are as much victims of their cruelty as you are? Would you tell others who have suffered these cruelties in various degrees that those responsible are suffering as much as they are? I'm sorry, but I don't buy it. Peace and truth will not come about by denying the extent of freely-committed human evil and trying to sympathize with the poor corrupt rich people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com