http://nowthinkaboutit.com/2009/12/jesus-did-strange-things-teaches-important-lessons/ Avoiding Hackneyed...Making Sense Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:48:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://nowthinkaboutit.com/2009/12/jesus-did-strange-things-teaches-important-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-2313 Slavery, Rape and Gays in the Old Testament | NowTHINK!AboutIt Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:24:44 +0000 http://nowthinkaboutit.com/?p=645#comment-2313 [...] reading his blog I had written a post that answers number 10 on his list, accusing Jesus of racism. I immediately left a link to my post on his blog and he was responsive enough to read it and [...] [...] reading his blog I had written a post that answers number 10 on his list, accusing Jesus of racism. I immediately left a link to my post on his blog and he was responsive enough to read it and [...]

]]> http://nowthinkaboutit.com/2009/12/jesus-did-strange-things-teaches-important-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-2078 Transplanted Lawyer Sun, 13 Dec 2009 07:16:33 +0000 http://nowthinkaboutit.com/?p=645#comment-2078 Thanks for your comment on my blog concerning this issue. I continue to disagree with this interpretation of the event -- Jesus did not heal the woman until she admitted she was a "dog." There surely could have been a better way for Jesus to have accomplished these goals without requiring this woman to demean herself before her peer and even before God by going along with Jesus comparing her to a dog. It may be that humans are insignificant compared to God, although I have a hard time squaring that circle with the claim of God's infinite love for each human being, but at the same time there is no getting around the idea that Jesus considered some people (the Israelites, to whom his "primary mission" was aimed) better than other people (Gentiles, more specifically the Caananites or the Greeks, depending on which translation you use here). Thanks for your comment on my blog concerning this issue. I continue to disagree with this interpretation of the event — Jesus did not heal the woman until she admitted she was a “dog.” There surely could have been a better way for Jesus to have accomplished these goals without requiring this woman to demean herself before her peer and even before God by going along with Jesus comparing her to a dog. It may be that humans are insignificant compared to God, although I have a hard time squaring that circle with the claim of God’s infinite love for each human being, but at the same time there is no getting around the idea that Jesus considered some people (the Israelites, to whom his “primary mission” was aimed) better than other people (Gentiles, more specifically the Caananites or the Greeks, depending on which translation you use here).

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