tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post4833329110902859020..comments2023-11-03T06:26:00.486-07:00Comments on Ms. Kitty's Saloon and Road Show: An involuntary covenantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-36940655009330474472007-03-09T15:41:00.000-08:002007-03-09T15:41:00.000-08:00I know it's not what you mean by it, but it seems ...I know it's not what you mean by it, but it seems to me that "involuntary covenant" is a better description of the concept of original sin than the term itself. I'll have to steal the phrase.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02238001380092215123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-32188515625647261492007-03-09T14:53:00.000-08:002007-03-09T14:53:00.000-08:00bwtpycYou have jumped theological generations back...bwtpycYou have jumped theological generations backwards, I think, to an underlying basic Jewish value, which is never surprising when it happens. "L'Hayyim", as some of my friends say, "to life!". Deut. 30:19: "I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life, so that you and your descendants may live . . . " All Jewish laws may be suspended in case of danger to life. Some of my favorite books have good discussions of this theme: for instance, Francine Klagsbrun in her "Voices of Wisdom", devotes a full long chapter to it, consisting of many sources quoted. <BR/> LinguistFriendLinguistFriendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02695715246663202212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-75621579860071064412007-03-09T12:40:00.000-08:002007-03-09T12:40:00.000-08:00I have always had a healthy fear of money and my o...I have always had a healthy fear of money and my own ability to lose control, so I've always been quite careful. <BR/><BR/>When I was a kid, the topic of money made me very nervous. I knew money was a terribly important thing and I didn't have any.<BR/><BR/>When I was ten, my folks took us to Disney World. I overheard my parents talking about how the trip cost a thousand dollars and I was absolutely stricken with guilt over my folks spending such a tremendous amount of their money on a silly trip to amuse a kid like me and my brothers who were only four and wouldn't remember it. I felt so bad about it, I didn't have a particularly good time, though I hid my feelings from them.<BR/><BR/>Almost twenty years later, if you bring that trip up when my mother is around, she will say "And it was such a good deal! All five of us for only a thousand dollars!"<BR/><BR/>CCChalicechickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-16968343196812104412007-03-09T10:30:00.000-08:002007-03-09T10:30:00.000-08:00Thank you, Miss K. I am honored by your response....Thank you, Miss K. I am honored by your response.Lilylouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02328027965155428624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30312228.post-88597014357002211292007-03-09T10:20:00.000-08:002007-03-09T10:20:00.000-08:00Reading your blog for me is llike going to church ...Reading your blog for me is llike going to church to hear a powerful sermon. Thank you for this post; I *really* needed it.Miss Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13210249894351503887noreply@blogger.com