From: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus)
Subject: Re: THE MIND OF THE BIBLE BELIEVER
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Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 00:19:34 GMT

Mike A. McAngus (mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org) wrote:
: Scott S Parish (parsons@cis.ksu.edu) wrote:
: :
: : mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org (Mike A. McAngus) writes:
:
: [most of the parable deleted]
:
: : >To which the father replies, "How dare you question my motives?  Who
: : >brought you into the world?  Were you there when I made your mother
: : >squeal with glee?  Who supplies food on your table and a roof over
: : >your head?  Who has showered you with presents on your birthdays and
: : >who as bought your books so you could learn?"
: :
: : Then you ask if we would like that kind of father.
:
: No I didn't.  I asked "How would you answer such a father?"
:
: :                                                     First, I think
: : all of our parents have responded in a similar fashion (just maybe
: : not with the same rhetorical questioning).  Who here can say that
: : when you asked your father why he did or did not do something your
: : father did not respond, "Because" at least once?
:
: I can (or maybe it's just selective amnesia :^) ).  Seriously, my father went
: out of his way to explain things to his children and demanded that we explain
: our actions to him ("I don't know" was never a valid response wrt our own
: actions).
:
:  Who here can say that
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I have no idea how this got here.

:
: :                                                   That happened
: : quite often when I was young as I'm sure it happened in others
: : households.  Maybe not exact manner of response Job got, but very
: : similar.  So before you go exaggerating the audacity and "injustice"
: : of the response, take off your blinders and look around.
: 
: The response is arrogant, not unjust.  The action (or inaction) was unjust.
: 
: :
: : Next, you completely leave out what happens after the father questions
: : his son.  I'll finish your parable for you...
: :
: : "And after the questioning, the father took his youngest child into
: : the house.  He cleaned up his son's wounds, fed and clothed him--
: : restoring what the older brother destroyed.  From that day forward
: : the father blessed his son more than he ever had before."
: 
: Because the father had a guilty concience.
: You still don't answer my question "How would you respond to such a father?"
: 
: :
: : --
: : Scott Parish                |  The Truth is still the Truth      |  John 14
:6
: : parsons@cygnus.cis.ksu.edu  |  even if you choose to ignore it.  |
: 
: My parable is a true parallel of Job, even if you choose to ignore it.
: -- 
: Mike McAngus                    |You are a fluke of the Universe.  You have n
o 
: mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org            |right to be here, and whether you can hear i
t
: The Truth is still the Truth    |or not the Universe is laughing behind your 
: Even if you choose to ignore it.|back.  -- National Lampoon, Deteriorata
-- 
Mike McAngus                    |You are a fluke of the Universe.  You have no 
mam@jcnpc.cmhnet.org            |right to be here, and whether you can hear it
The Truth is still the Truth    |or not the Universe is laughing behind your 
Even if you choose to ignore it.|back.  -- National Lampoon, Deteriorata