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That part about the 2nd law of thermodynamics and time (time as a measure of our being changed/warmed up by the "consuming fire") was neat, but interestingly enough the universe is not getting progressively hotter; in fact it's only getting colder and colder until it reaches a "heat death". This is the main implication of the second law of thermodynamics.
You completely disregard the analogy by spouting off arbitrary astro physics mumbo jumbo. We've only been observing temperature in the universe seriously for a couple hundred years max, and tout like we know everything. Such arrogance. and the hypothesis youre putting forth is just that - a hypothesis.
Is the Heaven, the hermeneutical end which Behr speaks of, the same as the "heaven" which Paul speaks of when he exhorts his readers to keep their minds on things above?
Thank you. What a thought-provoking lecture. It is so important to reconnect what should never have been separated. How can all of us stop more and think more, listen more - both shame and to one another, be connected to where our food comes from and sit and eat together?
This is so densely packed with fascinating thoughts! I'm going to have to re-listen. "To serve and to observe" really resonated with me. That missing human discussion and consensus on values has had such an impact on the earth. It's at the root of the mess we're in now.
No vegan is opposed to animals living freely on the land. You just don't have to eat them or breed them to exploit them. You can live in harmony with animals and respect their lives.
Milbank gives us a tour of modern thinkers and schools of thought in respect to the Anthropocene and the Covid19 response. Ending at the spiritual and cosmological Christianity he represents, he advocates a potentially restorative power over against bio-political power. I think he rightly puts this in the context of political theology. Human compassion and its manipulation through a bureaucratic State quickly created a surveillance state that isolated its enemies. The church never defined its position but was largely considered an enemy. It accepted its position as such and largely acquiesced without resistance.
This is brilliant and much needed philosophical metaphysical thinking from Dr Grey for those of us looking for a more robust framework for the kind of ethical action and response that is demanded by the existential crisis we find ourselves in. Thank you and God bless you in this work.
Question? I heard an orthodox priest state that we are to listen to the apostle paul (or read him) as if he was Jesus. That is, that when paul speaks Jesus speaks. Is this correct?
I don't think so. Paul was filled with the spirit of Christ, and his words have a lot of authority. But Paul was not the son of God -- this applies only to Jesus. Paul's speech is capable of error. The speech of Jesus is not.
no. I've taken classes from John Behr, and as far as I know, that isn't a stance he would take. That doesn't seem like strictly orthodox thinking, either. Though i wouldn't doubt that some Orthodox think that way, just like some Christians from other backgrounds probably think that way as well.
No. Paul speech, namely his canonical writing is incapable of error because they are deemed inspired by the Church as Scripture. I'm not trying to be rude here, but this is basic christianity.
I think that these passages from Paul reflect what the priest was talking about: "I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2). 7 "For he who has died is freed from sin. 8 But if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him. 9 For we know that Christ being raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10 The death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus." (Romans 6). "For we have the mind of Christ" (1Cor).
Surely this lecture could have been delivered with the intention of informing a large number of interested and bright people. Is it a poor choice of language when so few are familiar with the language being used?
Very many thanks. Am exploring how to re- ground the eucharist in the soil and bread production of the time of its origin as a necessary contribution to any discussion around ‘preparing not FOR the future’ as if it is waiting there for us to inhabit but just as a Future which is in our hands to prepare and shape. How best to reshape the Eucharist for our post agrarian world? Your talk of symbiotic relationships, legacy of Genesis culture etc - I must re-listen! Indebted to you.
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