Comments on: An Installment on the Interaction of Intercourse and Economics http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/13/an-installment-on-the-interaction-of-intercourse-and-economics/ Conversations in Theology and its interaction with Culture Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:50:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom 1st http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/13/an-installment-on-the-interaction-of-intercourse-and-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5163 Tom 1st Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:25:11 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/13/an-installment-on-the-interaction-of-intercourse-and-economics/#comment-5163 Me too, brother, me too. Me too, brother, me too.

]]> By: E. I. Sanchez http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/13/an-installment-on-the-interaction-of-intercourse-and-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5162 E. I. Sanchez Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:08:36 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/13/an-installment-on-the-interaction-of-intercourse-and-economics/#comment-5162 Thanks for the reply Tom. I keep on learning. Thanks for the reply Tom. I keep on learning.

]]> By: Pseudo-Polymath » Blog Archive » Friday Highlights http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/13/an-installment-on-the-interaction-of-intercourse-and-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5161 Pseudo-Polymath » Blog Archive » Friday Highlights Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:13:48 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/13/an-installment-on-the-interaction-of-intercourse-and-economics/#comment-5161 [...] Now there’s a topic to garner attention, on sex and money. [...] [...] Now there’s a topic to garner attention, on sex and money. [...]

]]> By: Tom 1st http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/13/an-installment-on-the-interaction-of-intercourse-and-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5160 Tom 1st Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:36:58 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/13/an-installment-on-the-interaction-of-intercourse-and-economics/#comment-5160 E.I. Many of David's psalms were written early in his career, when his was still a man after God's own heart. Others were written (such as #51) in the midst of his sin. For him, the timing is not an issue. For Solomon, there is considerable question as to whether he actual wrote Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. BUT, assuming he did write them, it is well after he had grown displeased and disenchanted with wealth, power, and sex - all things he addresses in Ecclesiastes. And he especially addresses the dangers of sinful sex in Proverbs, which he would know of from experience. So, again, assuming he wrote it, it was probably at the end of his life when he was counseling his son on how to be a wise ruler. Why, anyway, would their writings lose meaning if we found out they were hyprocrites? All we have to do is read the historical narratives of 2 Sam and Kings to see they were! And yet we see God's ultimate grace in their lives, not because they were perfect, but because they were like me - sinful consumers and objectifiers. That hypocrisy is exactly what makes their stories real! E.I.
Many of David’s psalms were written early in his career, when his was still a man after God’s own heart. Others were written (such as #51) in the midst of his sin. For him, the timing is not an issue.

For Solomon, there is considerable question as to whether he actual wrote Proverbs and Ecclesiastes. BUT, assuming he did write them, it is well after he had grown displeased and disenchanted with wealth, power, and sex – all things he addresses in Ecclesiastes. And he especially addresses the dangers of sinful sex in Proverbs, which he would know of from experience. So, again, assuming he wrote it, it was probably at the end of his life when he was counseling his son on how to be a wise ruler.

Why, anyway, would their writings lose meaning if we found out they were hyprocrites? All we have to do is read the historical narratives of 2 Sam and Kings to see they were! And yet we see God’s ultimate grace in their lives, not because they were perfect, but because they were like me – sinful consumers and objectifiers. That hypocrisy is exactly what makes their stories real!

]]> By: E. I. Sanchez http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/13/an-installment-on-the-interaction-of-intercourse-and-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-5159 E. I. Sanchez Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:00:25 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/2007/12/13/an-installment-on-the-interaction-of-intercourse-and-economics/#comment-5159 Tom, I'm wondering - At what point did David and Salomon write their Psalms and poetry? Were they writing the Psalms and Proverbs and Ecclesiastics at the same time they were having their wild orgies? Or did they get saved, left their old selves behind, and then write their stuff? I wonder if their writings would lose meaning if we found out they had been written at the same time the wild parties were going on. I can picture Solomon: Party all night. Wake up. Feel Guilty. Write a few things. Go back to Party. Repeat. Would we call that Hypocrisy? Edgar. Tom,

I’m wondering – At what point did David and Salomon write their Psalms and poetry? Were they writing the Psalms and Proverbs and Ecclesiastics at the same time they were having their wild orgies?

Or did they get saved, left their old selves behind, and then write their stuff?

I wonder if their writings would lose meaning if we found out they had been written at the same time the wild parties were going on. I can picture Solomon: Party all night. Wake up. Feel Guilty. Write a few things. Go back to Party. Repeat.

Would we call that Hypocrisy?

Edgar.

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