tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post8586816327489396197..comments2024-03-27T18:18:11.525-06:00Comments on American Creation: Mars & Thor WorshipBrad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-39417242022218781172008-09-14T22:17:00.000-06:002008-09-14T22:17:00.000-06:00I should say that I did enjoy the tatto crack. Bu...I should say that I did enjoy the tatto crack. But while you're mocking these fundamentalists, be careful that you don't miss <I>why</I> they are wrong though. The original meaning of the text applies as much today as ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-72511974965087354632008-09-14T21:45:00.000-06:002008-09-14T21:45:00.000-06:00Those Latin crosses convey a specific current reli...<I>Those Latin crosses convey a specific current religious message...</I><BR/><BR/>If original meaning is irrelevant, as it appears to be with the name 'Las Cruces', then what's objectionable about the crosses? Depending on who you let decide, they could mean anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-74837182759031199532008-09-14T15:35:00.000-06:002008-09-14T15:35:00.000-06:00Beware, Jonathan, of getting a tattoo -- for scrip...Beware, Jonathan, of getting a tattoo -- for scripture <I><B>condemns</B></I> them. “You shall not make any gashes in your flesh for the dead or tattoo any marks upon you: I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:28 (NRSV). <BR/><BR/>You don’t believe me? Then ask an evangelical fundamentalist: <A HREF="http://www.biblebelievers.com/watkins_tattoos/bible.html" REL="nofollow">“The Lord plainly, clearly, strongly, and <I><B>without a doubt</B></I> – condemns the tattoo.”</A><BR/><BR/>Still not convinced? Then ask a Conservative rabbi. Rabbi Alan Lucas will tell you: <A HREF="http://www.myjewishlearning.com/daily_life/TheBody/Adorning_the_Body/Tattoo.htm" REL="nofollow">“In our day, the prohibition against all forms of tattooing regardless of their intent, should be maintained.”</A> <BR/><BR/>I do worry for your soul sometimes, Jonathan. Truly I do. <BR/><BR/>;-) EricEric Alan Isaacsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144268111747323445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-46505428404297302082008-09-14T11:49:00.000-06:002008-09-14T11:49:00.000-06:00If Los Angeles had some official design using ange...If Los Angeles had some official design using angels, I wouldn't think it was a big deal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-52312269397108022142008-09-14T10:42:00.000-06:002008-09-14T10:42:00.000-06:00Eric: I suppose this thing might just be in the e...Eric: I suppose this thing might just be in the eye of the beholder. When I see the crosses I see a cool design, something I think would look cool as a tattoo were I to get one, which I probably won't.Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-17365128105326152182008-09-13T22:06:00.000-06:002008-09-13T22:06:00.000-06:00I think this is a silly post Jonathan. Nobody hea...I think this is a silly post Jonathan. Nobody hearing me say "I'll meet you for lunch Thursday" is going to think that I mean to invoke the grace of a pagan deity. <BR/><BR/>Similarly, if I you hear me praising San Diego, where we really do have fantastic weather, you're not going to think that my praise is really intended for the Catholic Saint. <BR/><BR/>Thus, you're quite right, that it would be foolish to rename the days of the week, or the city of my birth. And it would be foolish to change the name of the city of Las Cruces. <BR/><BR/>Things look dramatically different to me when the City of Las Cruces adopts a modern symbol incorporating Latin crosses. Those Latin crosses convey a specific current religious message, entirely unlike Thursday's thoroughly trivial link to Thor, and San Diego's connection to Saint James.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps the cross is meaningless to you. But it still means quite a lot to many of us.Eric Alan Isaacsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14144268111747323445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-5939055122185710262008-09-13T19:38:00.000-06:002008-09-13T19:38:00.000-06:00Well said!Well said!Brad Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.com