Comments on: Quotation of the Week http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-95/09/ Erika Carney Haub's musings on life and God from South Central, L.A. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:08:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Tom http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-95/09/comment-page-1/#comment-619926 Tom Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:03:49 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/?p=965#comment-619926 Was a big SK fan before I was a sophisticated fundamentalist or even a Christian. Didn't intend to get back in the mix here but this post sort of got my attention because of a pre-existing condition :^) I appreciate your thoughtful comments Tyler. That's the truth. I'm trying to get there. Little by little. Was a big SK fan before I was a sophisticated fundamentalist or even a Christian.

Didn’t intend to get back in the mix here but this post sort of got my attention because of a pre-existing condition :^)

I appreciate your thoughtful comments Tyler.

That’s the truth.

I’m trying to get there. Little by little.

]]> By: Tyler Watson http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-95/09/comment-page-1/#comment-619829 Tyler Watson Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:07:15 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/?p=965#comment-619829 I remember Volf quoting that in his discussion on memory. It's a beautiful quotation. I think it's especially challenging when we discuss forgiveness. I've heard people who are challenged by Jesus to forgive so worried that they will be passed over and forgotten and dehumanized all over again because they forgive the other person. Kierkegaard's words remind us that we are ultimately loved and remembered when we love others with forgiveness. I remember Volf quoting that in his discussion on memory. It’s a beautiful quotation. I think it’s especially challenging when we discuss forgiveness. I’ve heard people who are challenged by Jesus to forgive so worried that they will be passed over and forgotten and dehumanized all over again because they forgive the other person. Kierkegaard’s words remind us that we are ultimately loved and remembered when we love others with forgiveness.

]]> By: Tom http://erika.haub.net/quotation-of-the-week-95/09/comment-page-1/#comment-619516 Tom Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:44:21 +0000 http://erika.haub.net/?p=965#comment-619516 I think only people who've left both crude and even more sophisticated forms of religious fundamentalism should be quoting SK. Really. Actually, few if any of us will be recollected beyond a generation or two whether we were good or evil or temporarily famous or unknown or whatever. Some historical figures--mostly because of their temporal power over others--are remembered, but those remembrances normally have little to do with what the person was actually like. Historical figures end up spun by people in the present to make a case for whatever they're trying to sell. Biography is mostly a tool in the current fight. No reason to try to be remembered cuz it's not going to happen. Better to fight for what you think is life giving in the present. And in that fight, shouting and making a big noise can be very effective, as any community organizer or prophet or biblical leader worth her salt knows. I think only people who’ve left both crude and even more sophisticated forms of religious fundamentalism should be quoting SK.

Really.

Actually, few if any of us will be recollected beyond a generation or two whether we were good or evil or temporarily famous or unknown or whatever.

Some historical figures–mostly because of their temporal power over others–are remembered, but those remembrances normally have little to do with what the person was actually like. Historical figures end up spun by people in the present to make a case for whatever they’re trying to sell. Biography is mostly a tool in the current fight.

No reason to try to be remembered cuz it’s not going to happen. Better to fight for what you think is life giving in the present.

And in that fight, shouting and making a big noise can be very effective, as any community organizer or prophet or biblical leader worth her salt knows.

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