tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post116656525420718285..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: JOYDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-83938765411160381122007-03-16T18:25:00.000-04:002007-03-16T18:25:00.000-04:00I'm an atheist so I don't put the same religious s...I'm an atheist so I don't put the same religious spin on the phrase and its analysis that you do, but I still have largely the same gut reactions for largely the same (secular) reasons.<BR/><BR/>I liked this phrase in your post: ""There but for the grace of God, go I," is a deeply judgemental thing to say, a statement that kills joy, that demands heirarchy, that uses the sharp edge of pity to cut."<BR/><BR/>Even for someone who doesn't believe in God per se, the judgement implied in that phrase, the assumption that there is somehow something more bleak about my life just because I'm Deaf or have attention deficiency is just inherently offensive and demeaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-22714050233532030302007-01-13T11:52:00.000-05:002007-01-13T11:52:00.000-05:00Dave,
Outstanding post. I think many who read thi...Dave,<br />Outstanding post. I think many who read this will never look at that phrase the same way.Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00483534642884838124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-43200783820769287492007-01-12T23:40:00.000-05:002007-01-12T23:40:00.000-05:00I too have felt the blast of words like that and s...I too have felt the blast of words like that and seen parents pull their kids away (teaching them fear of people with disabilities). This post put words to some of my feelings, reactions and thoughts. Thank you.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170658770134559035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-9256683310334258772007-01-11T14:14:00.000-05:002007-01-11T14:14:00.000-05:00That thing you said about someone reaching in and ...That thing you said about someone reaching in and taking your soul out or something... I've been looking for words for that one, for ages. I had been using "view-from-above" but not explaining it as well as the one phrase does.ballastexistenzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12543037121691838783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-1166760330302047632006-12-21T23:05:00.000-05:002006-12-21T23:05:00.000-05:00Dear Dave- incredible! I've had the same tho...Dear Dave- incredible!<BR/> I've had the same thought about that phrase, too, but I have never considered it to the extent you did today. Today a friend ,who most people would utter that phrase about ,[she is physically and mentally disabled] was praising the Lord for blessing her and answering her prayers for a friend.His grace was with her today! And Jann Arden said in an article recently that she "discovered more about God " in Africa where "people were starving but weren't unhappy". Guess God's grace was there too!Belinda was right-you did make a great point-several actually- one of course about judging others and another about judging the form that God's grace takes. "that phrase" like many others says more about the one uttering it than it does about the one it is being said about,or God, or His grace.Frances p.s.-is it just me or are these word verifications getting harder?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-1166703656027850022006-12-21T07:20:00.000-05:002006-12-21T07:20:00.000-05:00Dear Dave,What a poignant, provocative and perfect...Dear Dave,<BR/>What a poignant, provocative and perfect post. <BR/><BR/>I too, have spoken those words without thinking of their implications. I never intended to imply that anyone was without God's grace, but of course that is what I was saying.<BR/><BR/>You've made a really important point today and poured out through your keyboard a message that we all needed to hear. <BR/><BR/>Here's to "old" (she was probably my age :))Sunday School teachers!<BR/><BR/>Happy Birthday! I'm glad God made YOU!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com