Comments for Carpe Cakem! http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem A scrapbook of thoughts on arts, culture and the Christian life. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:52:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on The latest junk degree: Interdisciplinary Studies by Matthew http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2010/03/03/the-latest-junk-degree-interdisciplinary-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Matthew Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:52:39 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=1717#comment-961 Bwahaha! You got it. Bwahaha! You got it.

]]> Comment on The latest junk degree: Interdisciplinary Studies by Wifey http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2010/03/03/the-latest-junk-degree-interdisciplinary-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Wifey Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:20:48 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=1717#comment-959 Yeah! Hook me up with a degree in Creative Writing, Early Childhood Development, Musical Analysis, Disability Advocacy, Web Design, English and Animal Science. Then I'll go get a job as an Engineer. Yeah! Hook me up with a degree in Creative Writing, Early Childhood Development, Musical Analysis, Disability Advocacy, Web Design, English and Animal Science. Then I’ll go get a job as an Engineer.

]]> Comment on Christ the crutch (or not) by Matthew http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2010/02/24/christ-the-crutch-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-952 Matthew Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:00:25 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=1697#comment-952 I agree. Faith is an emotional crutch of a sort, but that's only the tip of the iceberg! How exactly is being propped up by our own petty selves supposed to be an improvement? The Hahn quote is an even better comeback. I agree. Faith is an emotional crutch of a sort, but that’s only the tip of the iceberg!
How exactly is being propped up by our own petty selves supposed to be an improvement?
The Hahn quote is an even better comeback.

]]> Comment on Christ the crutch (or not) by luke http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2010/02/24/christ-the-crutch-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-951 luke Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:40:51 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=1697#comment-951 There's plenty of ways to respond ... In a way, the myopic critics understate their case. Christians don't use God as an emotional or psychological crutch - we believe He is emotional and psychological life itself. In addition to psychological issues with authority, I remember an exchange Scott Hahn wrote about between a theology professor and an atheist student. When the student asked, "Doesn't it seem likely that if there were no God, we would invent the concept of God to comfort ourselves?" the professor responded, "Yes - it's just as likely that if there were a God, we would invent the concept of no God to comfort ourselves." :) There’s plenty of ways to respond …

In a way, the myopic critics understate their case. Christians don’t use God as an emotional or psychological crutch – we believe He is emotional and psychological life itself.

In addition to psychological issues with authority, I remember an exchange Scott Hahn wrote about between a theology professor and an atheist student. When the student asked, “Doesn’t it seem likely that if there were no God, we would invent the concept of God to comfort ourselves?” the professor responded, “Yes – it’s just as likely that if there were a God, we would invent the concept of no God to comfort ourselves.” :)

]]> Comment on Church social dynamics by Matthew http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2009/11/05/church-social-dynamics/comment-page-1/#comment-943 Matthew Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:23:33 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=1493#comment-943 For just a taste of some of the politics that fueled the reformation (completely outside of theological reasons!), check out this: http://www.leithart.com/2010/02/16/buying-loyalty/ For just a taste of some of the politics that fueled the reformation (completely outside of theological reasons!), check out this:

http://www.leithart.com/2010/02/16/buying-loyalty/

]]> Comment on The Bible is true, but still literature by Matthew http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2010/02/10/the-bible-is-true-but-still-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Matthew Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:53:24 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=1662#comment-931 Interesting. Haven't heard of this one, but I'll add it to the list. Looks like one of those dangerous unorthodox authors. :) Interesting. Haven’t heard of this one, but I’ll add it to the list. Looks like one of those dangerous unorthodox authors. :)

]]> Comment on The Bible is true, but still literature by Tim http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2010/02/10/the-bible-is-true-but-still-literature/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Tim Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:20:31 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=1662#comment-930 Have you tried Northrop Frye? Though more "The Bible as LITERATURE" than "The BIBLE as literature", I feel like I am reading a learned and serious man in Frye. http://www.amazon.com/Great-Code-Bible-Literature/dp/0156027801/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1 Have you tried Northrop Frye? Though more “The Bible as LITERATURE” than “The BIBLE as literature”, I feel like I am reading a learned and serious man in Frye.

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Code-Bible-Literature/dp/0156027801/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1

]]> Comment on Hart and Girard: Unworldy tenderness sown in human consciences by Matthew http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2010/02/03/hart-and-girard-unworldy-tenderness-sown-in-human-consciences/comment-page-1/#comment-924 Matthew Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:09:34 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=1627#comment-924 Haha! That's hilarious about Girard. Absolutely right though. That's why he's so hard to explain - no good one liners. He really only works in large chunks. Also, the very nature of his theory is that the big reveal is so obvious we still can't see it because it's right in front of our own noses. That other Hart book sounds great. It's moving near the top of the list. Haha! That’s hilarious about Girard. Absolutely right though. That’s why he’s so hard to explain – no good one liners. He really only works in large chunks. Also, the very nature of his theory is that the big reveal is so obvious we still can’t see it because it’s right in front of our own noses.

That other Hart book sounds great. It’s moving near the top of the list.

]]> Comment on Hart and Girard: Unworldy tenderness sown in human consciences by Tim http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2010/02/03/hart-and-girard-unworldy-tenderness-sown-in-human-consciences/comment-page-1/#comment-923 Tim Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:31:22 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=1627#comment-923 Matt, Just want to say thank you for blogging about Hart, who I regard with (that word that is not quite worship). I'd love to hear your thoughts about Beauty of the Infinite, which I thought was genuis. Nobody else could get away with throwing around so many big words, but somehow Hart is not pedantic; the robustness of his thought really requires those big delicious terms. I wrote index cards full of new terms and caried them around with me like lozenges. As for Girard; I always feel like he's saying something profound but I'm never sure what it is. Matt,
Just want to say thank you for blogging about Hart, who I regard with (that word that is not quite worship). I’d love to hear your thoughts about Beauty of the Infinite, which I thought was genuis. Nobody else could get away with throwing around so many big words, but somehow Hart is not pedantic; the robustness of his thought really requires those big delicious terms. I wrote index cards full of new terms and caried them around with me like lozenges.

As for Girard; I always feel like he’s saying something profound but I’m never sure what it is.

]]> Comment on Hart and Girard: Unworldy tenderness sown in human consciences by Matthew http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/2010/02/03/hart-and-girard-unworldy-tenderness-sown-in-human-consciences/comment-page-1/#comment-922 Matthew Fri, 05 Feb 2010 06:27:48 +0000 http://moscowcoffeereview.com/carpecakem/?p=1627#comment-922 Hi Adam, That's encouraging to hear. I've got to check out that Hart book you've mentioned. I decided (after years) to take a class at the university this spring (Music Analysis), and I'm finding that my own vocabulary for talking about aesthetics is almost zero. I also agree that Girard has gotten WAY better with time. His most recent stuff is much more developed than when he was making a stir in the late 70s. Also easier to read! Blessings. Hi Adam,

That’s encouraging to hear. I’ve got to check out that Hart book you’ve mentioned. I decided (after years) to take a class at the university this spring (Music Analysis), and I’m finding that my own vocabulary for talking about aesthetics is almost zero.

I also agree that Girard has gotten WAY better with time. His most recent stuff is much more developed than when he was making a stir in the late 70s. Also easier to read!

Blessings.

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