tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post6134958097638052902..comments2023-08-27T10:10:30.032+02:00Comments on Laws of Silence: Staff of LifeDauradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-84319362000198330512010-07-22T06:04:10.890+02:002010-07-22T06:04:10.890+02:00Baby & mama are great! And actually, there'...Baby & mama are great! And actually, there's mostly lots of good sleep 'round here.<br /><br />Midrash is really fascinating, tho' I know pretty much nothing about it. There is, I think, something in common between the midrash approach and Michael's approach toward interpreting the Bible (though they use different tools & derive different conclusions)--and I think that we,The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-84305176244431895362010-07-21T18:02:30.311+02:002010-07-21T18:02:30.311+02:00How is that baby, btw? And momma? Slee-deprivati...How is that baby, btw? And momma? Slee-deprivation?<br /><br />Looked into the Midrash thing....like Kabbala, another extremely convoluted and complex Jewish tradition. Very daunting!<br /><br />Are you referring to Aaron ben Moses ben Asher?<br /><br />One day I'd love to go to a Jewish Studies program and spend a year or two getting into the history of Judaism. Like I said, so intricateDauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-91034502467343684842010-07-21T15:37:16.458+02:002010-07-21T15:37:16.458+02:00(While holding a *sleeping* baby, that is. Key det...(While holding a *sleeping* baby, that is. Key detail, omitted.)The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-23607027715532762222010-07-21T15:34:59.101+02:002010-07-21T15:34:59.101+02:00Sorry for the mishmash on the midrash and the Ben ...Sorry for the mishmash on the midrash and the Ben Ash(er) ... I was trying to post from a phone while holding a baby. And I clearly have not mastered that technique yet.The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-56330072711068624252010-07-21T11:04:20.242+02:002010-07-21T11:04:20.242+02:00...[continuing my comment] I find the midrash appr......[continuing my comment] I find the midrash approach quite fascinating, similar to some techniques we've advocated her on LoS for "reading" news events.The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-30449226270200922712010-07-21T10:59:11.385+02:002010-07-21T10:59:11.385+02:00Michael, you keep stripping verses out of context....Michael, you keep stripping verses out of context. The "abide" thing is from John 15. There is no need to read John 15:4 all by itself and then jump back to John 6 in search for a question that was not asked. Instead, just keep reading the text in order, and you'll see that John 15:10 answers your question.<br /><br />On the other hand, I will say that I find midrasih-ian pursuits The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-74972139387581288822010-07-19T17:05:07.164+02:002010-07-19T17:05:07.164+02:00John, I neither agree nor disagree with you becaus...John, I neither agree nor disagree with you because I am not a Christian in the strictest sense of the word.<br /><br />That said, as you can tell from this site, I'm very interested in Catholicism and despite certain problems with it, the politics and policies of the Vatican, for example, the cover-ups of sexual abuse, for another, I respect the traditions, especially on the level of popularDauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-40165147227217710192010-07-18T14:07:57.456+02:002010-07-18T14:07:57.456+02:00What is required in order to have Jesus ABIDE in ...What is required in order to have Jesus <b>ABIDE</b> in us and we in Him?<br /><br /><b>Can we do it</b>:<br /><br />1. By accepting Him as our <a href="http://home.inreach.com/bstanley/saved.htm" rel="nofollow">our own personal Lord and Savior </a>? <br />No. Where does the Bible say that?<br /><br />2. By the grace of GOD only? <a href="http://home.inreach.com/bstanley/works.htm" rel="nofollowAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-36365598465177512412010-07-18T06:22:40.263+02:002010-07-18T06:22:40.263+02:00Oh yeah, forgot about Rene Magritte!Oh yeah, forgot about Rene Magritte!The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-11533699166468688122010-07-18T05:35:31.685+02:002010-07-18T05:35:31.685+02:00http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/896817
Ha, ha! No...http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/896817<br /><br />Ha, ha! No seriously, I don't have any good examples. <br /><br />The guy who suggested the Lucy/Agatha confusion to me a few yrs back is flying in from England next week...he's an art historian, and I'll have to ask him more about this!The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-90981582154334625702010-07-17T18:41:43.889+02:002010-07-17T18:41:43.889+02:00Yeah, the King Cake and the Galette des rois are o...Yeah, the King Cake and the Galette des rois are one and the same, although in some places it's eaten around Epiphany while elsewhere it's associated with Carnaval and Mardi Gras.<br /><br />Apparently, from what I managed to find after your 1st comment, St. Lucy was inspired by Agatha's example; Agatha is an important element in Lucy's story. Their iconography is pretty similiarDauradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06296473494856239751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-51113171171221196182010-07-17T01:09:00.277+02:002010-07-17T01:09:00.277+02:00The galette des rois sounds like Mardi Gras king c...The galette des rois sounds like Mardi Gras king cake.The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7414775977222684812.post-17798740156743744732010-07-17T00:45:29.585+02:002010-07-17T00:45:29.585+02:00I've heard, but cannot substantiate (so take i...I've heard, but cannot substantiate (so take it for what it's worth), that the historiographies of Saints Agatha and Lucy have been conflated due to their similar iconographies (platter of breasts versus a platter of eyes).<br /><br />Or maybe it's just me whose confused the pair.<br /><br />(There is a joke to be had somewhere in that confusion ... Something along the lines of "The Gidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04222098025692029885noreply@blogger.com