tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795176.post2730447778043991029..comments2023-09-22T13:07:59.106-05:00Comments on Jim's Thoughts: Feast of St. John the BaptistJimBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795176.post-83895799568485782522010-12-08T16:05:45.653-06:002010-12-08T16:05:45.653-06:00Nixon, you either miss or ignore my point. If inj...Nixon, you either miss or ignore my point. If injustice is systemic, it is on the record, then we require systemic change. Merely changing the players is equivalent to re-arraigning the deck chairs on the Titanic. <br /><br />Will a new unjust system emerge? Perhaps. I never suggested the church should stop confronting injustice, far from it.<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795176.post-46824688497004794122010-12-08T12:28:44.140-06:002010-12-08T12:28:44.140-06:00"New constructs"?
That sounds as if yo..."New constructs"?<br /> That sounds as if you'd just be replacing people who know how to work this system with people who knew how to work any "new construct".<br /> What gives people who have no proof of their religion the authority to tell the rest of us what to do?<br /> If they're not relying on their religion but claim to have rational and logical reasons for what they want to do, why bother with religious language?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795176.post-15796406485711702572010-12-07T22:22:01.931-06:002010-12-07T22:22:01.931-06:00Nixon,
If all we do is replace the unjust with a ...Nixon,<br /><br />If all we do is replace the unjust with a new class of unjust then justice is not achieved and the church should go on working for it. The answer is new constructs that permit individuals justice not new players.<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3795176.post-91884268791916607622010-12-07T13:41:52.762-06:002010-12-07T13:41:52.762-06:00What happens once the poor get in power? Who speak...What happens once the poor get in power? Who speaks truth to them?<br /> Or will the dictatorship of the downtrodden never need this "prophetic ministry"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com