Comments on: Is It a Sin To Be Stupid? http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/09/22/is-it-a-sin-to-be-stupid/ "I cling to my Lord Christ like a burr on cloth." - Katherine Luther Fri, 15 Oct 2010 11:23:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Kurt Wall http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/09/22/is-it-a-sin-to-be-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Kurt Wall Fri, 23 Sep 2005 02:24:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/09/22/is-it-a-sin-to-be-stupid/#comment-587 tkls2myhrt, suffering was not part of God's plan, to be sure, but it is part of our condition. That is, it is normal in <i>this</i> life. Of course, that pain and suffering exist doesn't justify sticking children (or adults) with a needle to make a point about it.<br/><br/>I'm with the Cubicle Reverend: perhaps it seemed like a grand idea at the time.<br/><br/>Oops. tkls2myhrt, suffering was not part of God’s plan, to be sure, but it is part of our condition. That is, it is normal in this life. Of course, that pain and suffering exist doesn’t justify sticking children (or adults) with a needle to make a point about it.

I’m with the Cubicle Reverend: perhaps it seemed like a grand idea at the time.

Oops.

]]> By: TKls2myhrt http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/09/22/is-it-a-sin-to-be-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-586 TKls2myhrt Thu, 22 Sep 2005 17:25:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/09/22/is-it-a-sin-to-be-stupid/#comment-586 "What I was trying to teach them is that suffering is a part of life," said the Rev. Arthur Michalka, 78, on Friday. "<br/><br/>Pastor, I would sure like to know more about this train of thought. Since becoming Lutheran, I have been taught that suffering and death was never part of God's plan for our world. A minor point, perhaps, but I am left wondering if the priest was trying to teach that suffering was normal or that Jesus suffered. Suffering is not normal, it is wrong; God detests it and has offered us hope for a life to come ONLY through the suffering and death of God's Son Jesus Christ. I hope that was his lesson. “What I was trying to teach them is that suffering is a part of life,” said the Rev. Arthur Michalka, 78, on Friday. “

Pastor, I would sure like to know more about this train of thought. Since becoming Lutheran, I have been taught that suffering and death was never part of God’s plan for our world. A minor point, perhaps, but I am left wondering if the priest was trying to teach that suffering was normal or that Jesus suffered. Suffering is not normal, it is wrong; God detests it and has offered us hope for a life to come ONLY through the suffering and death of God’s Son Jesus Christ. I hope that was his lesson.

]]> By: Pastor Scott Stiegemeyer http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/09/22/is-it-a-sin-to-be-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Pastor Scott Stiegemeyer Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:59:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/09/22/is-it-a-sin-to-be-stupid/#comment-585 Cubicle, I'm sure he did. Like I say, I've done stupid things too that I lived to regret. But this just seemed particularly clueless to me. Cubicle, I’m sure he did. Like I say, I’ve done stupid things too that I lived to regret. But this just seemed particularly clueless to me.

]]> By: The Cubicle Reverend http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/09/22/is-it-a-sin-to-be-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-584 The Cubicle Reverend Thu, 22 Sep 2005 16:52:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/09/22/is-it-a-sin-to-be-stupid/#comment-584 Maybe he thought it sounded like a good idea at the time. Maybe he thought it sounded like a good idea at the time.

]]> By: Carl http://www.burrintheburbs.com/2005/09/22/is-it-a-sin-to-be-stupid/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Carl Thu, 22 Sep 2005 13:33:00 +0000 http://testing8220.wordpress.com/2005/09/22/is-it-a-sin-to-be-stupid/#comment-583 Well, I guess Forrest Gump was right: "stupid is as stupid does!"<br/>Of course, doesn't this kind of thing go along with the RC view of Christ being sacrificed every time the clergy celebrates the Lord's Supper? Well, I guess Forrest Gump was right: “stupid is as stupid does!”
Of course, doesn’t this kind of thing go along with the RC view of Christ being sacrificed every time the clergy celebrates the Lord’s Supper?

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