tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12126432.post3535471840629710548..comments2023-10-29T03:07:29.951-05:00Comments on left cheek: Gooood Friday, World!*jasdyehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17492591447246532970noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12126432.post-58944057916453500012007-04-08T20:55:00.000-05:002007-04-08T20:55:00.000-05:00yeah. the Israelites/Jews are to be understood as ...yeah. the Israelites/Jews are to be understood as a microcosm of the whole. a blessed and chosen and beloved microcosm, but a microcosm to say the least.<BR/><BR/>i used to get so frustrated at the comical foibles of the disciples (esp. Peter), until i realized that i do the same stupid things, even with everything in life pointing the other way. time and again.jasdyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492591447246532970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12126432.post-22375906587453915282007-04-07T13:10:00.000-05:002007-04-07T13:10:00.000-05:00It's easy for people to default to anti-Semititism...It's easy for people to default to anti-Semititism in their own Christian outlook, or to assume anti-semintiism on the part of Christians who speak of these aspects of the crucifixion story. But I believe the proper poetic outlook on the folly of the Jews in his death is that it's meant to be a universally shared folly. From a story-teler's POV, it's a good yarn full of irony and inversions. The irony is that he was a Jew, and the Jews didn't recognize him. And those of us who are not Jews need to get a clue from that and realize it could have happened to ANY of us. We are all guilty of crucifying CVhrist, asn had we lived in palestine backthen, we all would have shouted "CRUCIFY HIM! WE WANT BARABAS!" Failing to grasp the universality of the blame is missing the whole point. Failing to grasp this is the same as the Pharisee who said "I am glad I am not like that man, a sinner."Sheila Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889644509382119024noreply@blogger.com