Comments on: Bowling and Bible-Reading http://www.blahguy.com/2007/10/bowling-and-bible-reading/ A Blog about God, the World, and All In-Between Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:23:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: jovanni http://www.blahguy.com/2007/10/bowling-and-bible-reading/#comment-1482 jovanni Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:52:10 +0000 http://www.blahguy.com/2007/10/bowling-and-bible-reading/#comment-1482 Nice theme! I love it! Nice theme! I love it!

]]> By: Beth Bilynskyj http://www.blahguy.com/2007/10/bowling-and-bible-reading/#comment-965 Beth Bilynskyj Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:30:49 +0000 http://www.blahguy.com/2007/10/bowling-and-bible-reading/#comment-965 The premodern worldview didn't have any concept of "individuality." that is, discrete, independent existence apart from a community. They understood what it meant to be a person, but not what it meant to be an individual. Modernism discovers and exalts the individual, from Renaissance artistic geniuses to the lone, absurd heroes of Existentialism. Postmoderns are groping for a way out of modernist individualism. Could the key be to rediscover the premodern worldview? The premodern worldview didn’t have any concept of “individuality.” that is, discrete, independent existence apart from a community. They understood what it meant to be a person, but not what it meant to be an individual.

Modernism discovers and exalts the individual, from Renaissance artistic geniuses to the lone, absurd heroes of Existentialism.

Postmoderns are groping for a way out of modernist individualism. Could the key be to rediscover the premodern worldview?

]]> By: Elizabeth Chapin http://www.blahguy.com/2007/10/bowling-and-bible-reading/#comment-739 Elizabeth Chapin Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:42:18 +0000 http://www.blahguy.com/2007/10/bowling-and-bible-reading/#comment-739 So, AJ, just curious how one who is in communion with Christ can really ever read the Bible alone? I understand and agree with your thoughts on the importance of community and hearing God in surround sound, but I think the only people who truly read the Bible alone are those who have not yet been united with Christ, and even then, since the Word is living and active, I bet that anytime a human being engages with the written text Jesus is somehow present. The question then remains, are we tuned in to Him? You think it was absurd to go bowling alone, imagine bowling with someone else but not letting them have a turn, ignoring them when they offer that high five after you make a strike, and acting as if they don't exist. You think you got crazy looks when bowling alone!?!? Hmmm, I'm going bowling with some friends this weekend, maybe I should try this..... So, AJ, just curious how one who is in communion with Christ can really ever read the Bible alone? I understand and agree with your thoughts on the importance of community and hearing God in surround sound, but I think the only people who truly read the Bible alone are those who have not yet been united with Christ, and even then, since the Word is living and active, I bet that anytime a human being engages with the written text Jesus is somehow present. The question then remains, are we tuned in to Him? You think it was absurd to go bowling alone, imagine bowling with someone else but not letting them have a turn, ignoring them when they offer that high five after you make a strike, and acting as if they don’t exist. You think you got crazy looks when bowling alone!?!? Hmmm, I’m going bowling with some friends this weekend, maybe I should try this…..

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