Comments for Bryan Berghoef

Comment on The Wars of the Lord by Private Tour In The Galilee

Private Tour In The Galilee — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:06:25 +0000

Howdy! I know this is kinda off topic however
I’d figured I’d ask. Would you be interested in exchanging links
or maybe guest writing a blog post or vice-versa?
My website goes over a lot of the same topics as yours
and I believe we could greatly benefit from
each other. If you might be interested feel free to shoot me an e-mail.
I look forward to hearing from you! Great blog by the way!

Comment on Tomorrow’s Theology. Today’s Task. by John Suk

John Suk — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:09:10 +0000

Been there (both as editor and as someone who came to realize that if evolution is true then we have to start rethinking a lot of stuff). My daughter-in-law is a biological chemist who does DNA research. I wrote about her and evolution at: http://tinyurl.com/cgsaqw3 Her story is quite compelling, I think.

Comment on Religion May Not Survive the Internet, Then Again… It Might. by Papapau

Papapau — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:09:37 +0000

“But for myself and many others, it is a resource that allows us to engage God and each other at new levels”

Are you that confident that all your friends in faith will interpret those levels in the same way? I dare you guys to try it, i’m betting that each of you will have your own religions in the end.

Unless you go back to pick and choose or just rely on your pastor’s interpretation (back to where it begun.).

Internet is so gonna kill religion.. Try watching youtube videos, religious vids has more dislikes and anti-religious vids has a lot more likes..

Read your article again, no sense, stop sugar-coating, religion has served it’s purpose.. It’s time for society to grow up and enough with the fairytales.

Comment on A New Law for a New Day by Rob Hanson

Rob Hanson — Tue, 07 May 2013 23:18:11 +0000

the supreme court has ruled against you my friend. in District of Columbia vs Heller it was decided that the second amendment protects an INDIVIDUAL’S right to protect themselves from a tyrannical government. Also the definition of arms had also extended to things such as cannons which were a lot more deadly and dangerous then a lot of the things deemed illegal to own today

Comment on A New Convergence by ロレックスコピー

ロレックスコピー — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:49:22 +0000

I would like to thank you for the efforts you’ve put in penning this blog. I really hope to view the same high-grade blog posts by you in the future as well. In fact, your creative writing abilities has inspired me to get my own, personal blog now

Comment on The Pistol-Packing Pastor by clubbers10

clubbers10 — Sun, 05 May 2013 18:58:23 +0000

Clay – Again, I was asking what it means to trust God to do something. I was not making any claims about whether violence is morally justified in the protection of oneself (or others). I intentionally set that issue aside by using the phrase “in a moral way,” rather than specifying what that way would be. I find it helpful to focus on one issue at a time. If you want to engage with Bryan on the issue of the morality of using violent means, feel free, but that’s not what “we” were all talking about.

-Chris

Comment on The Pistol-Packing Pastor by CLAY

CLAY — Sun, 05 May 2013 01:52:05 +0000

I thought that is what we were discussing- but maybe not. I would say it *is* easier to simply trust God to do something when one only thinks about one’s self and trusting God. If it were only me I was concerned with I’d have no problem giving up my life- I know I’m saved. The problem is that it’s rarely just about me. As a teacher this is something- given recent events- teachers think about. It’s much easier to say “the gunman can shoot me” than it is to say “the gunman can shoot me then my classroom full of students”. There can be a way to stop some of these things, and I’m pretty sure that once in awhile God answers our questions by giving us the tools to deal with them; is some cases, a gun.

It reminds me of the old joke: A guy is on his house as floodwaters rise- guys on a boat come by and ask him to get in- he says “no, my God will save me!” Next a helicopter comes and the pilots call down to him to get in the basket- he yells up “My God will save me!” After awhile he drowns and goes to heaven- he then asks God “Why didn’t you save me?” God replies, “I sent you a boat and a helicopter- what more did you want?”

Comment on The Pistol-Packing Pastor by clubbers10

clubbers10 — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:49:17 +0000

Clay - I don't think there's anything easy for theists about the question I raised, namely, what it means to trust God to do something. That's the very difficult and historically controversial question about our relation to divine agency. As you surely know, no one here questions whether we have a duty to others. The question is by what means that duty should be fulfilled. -Chris

Comment on The Pistol-Packing Pastor by Bryan Berghoef

Bryan Berghoef — Fri, 03 May 2013 21:07:19 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts, Clay. It probably is true that in the case of an emergency, my kids are in trouble.

Comment on The Pistol-Packing Pastor by CLAY

CLAY — Fri, 03 May 2013 20:25:52 +0000

Interesting article and discussion. However, it seems to me everyone seems to be taking the easy tack on this one. “Protecting myself”, “trusting God for me”. What about others? What about protecting one’s family, or for that matter, a stranger? If one witnesses a person being beaten, or raped, or robbed, is it God’s will that you step back, watch, call 911, and wait for the police while the crime continues? Or would you be doing the Christian thing by approaching as an armed person to intervene?

Of course that’s not even addressing the idea that when the police arrive they are going to come _with_a_gun_- which, when you call 911 you fully know they will.

It’s not just about us ourselves. Sometimes it’s about our duty to society.