tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23626131.post534506813828259049..comments2023-07-04T18:59:41.316+04:30Comments on Ordinary Radical: Reimagining Christmas TraditionsOrdinary Radicalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15238653557820362441noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23626131.post-33281202545954000672014-11-29T07:57:21.655+04:302014-11-29T07:57:21.655+04:30Hey J Bates, thanks for the comments. For what its...Hey J Bates, thanks for the comments. For what its worth, I now live in Kolkata, India amongst the poorest of the poor - right alongside them. What are you doing with your life?Ordinary Radicalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15238653557820362441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23626131.post-82001779837891530502014-11-29T01:23:51.051+04:302014-11-29T01:23:51.051+04:30...while we sleep elsewhere in the house so they c......while we sleep elsewhere in the house so they can enjoy the warmth and comfort, if even for one night, that we are afforded daily.<br /><br />The problem with Christianity then (2010) and today is that it smacks of a moral self-centeredness in it's effort to be good and kind. My thought is that you really aren't doing this for the homeless persons who were invited to your house, you were doing this so you could feel good about doing it. That's the long term lack of impact of do-gooders. Once they do something in their mind that is good, they think more highly of themselves. It was for you much more than it was for these people going through an unfortunate life crisis. You use the phrase: "that we are afforded"... Don't you mean that God has blessed you with? And the homeless people, for whatever reason, are not blessed like you are? It's interesting (though this is an old post) how many Christian people cover up their trail, try <i>not</i> to really speak the truth that they perceive, and that to which, when you boil it down, THE THEOLOGY THEY HOLD ULTIMATELY leads....moralistic neurosis is what guides the hand of most Christians who never let their right hand know what their left hand is doing. When we get the inside confused with the outside, and can no longer experience and reflect on the mystery in which we are all involved, we will have no other choice than to boil the world down into haves and have-nots, blessed and unblessed, sinner and saint, ins and outs, ups and downs. The world is trapped in dualism. So, did the homeless people linger longer than one day? Did they wonder why your teasing generosity ran out?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04330198147194221424noreply@blogger.com