Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: credmond@watmath.waterloo.edu (Chris Redmond) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: justice, social justice, ``justice-love'' etc. Message-ID: Date: 9 Jun 91 18:48:05 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Waterloo Lines: 43 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu On a Friday afternoon when the sun is shining and I am feeling good about the world, I want to say some good things publicly about soc.religion.christian -- in particular, I want to say how grateful I am that it exists. Very often (maybe not every day, but often) I read something here that interests me, that I wouldn't have thought of before, that expresses an idea more cogently than I could have done it. In extreme cases, there are even paragraphs here that I know will permanently change some aspect of my belief or understanding. One of them appeared today, from the cursor of our moderator, Hedrick of Rutgers, who comes in for occasional criticism and probably nowhere near enough praise. I would like him to know that his knowledge and patience and wisdom, to say nothing of the hours of work that are obviously involved, are much appreciated, and that they do some good. Today's treasure came in this moderatorial note: >[My memory of the discussions from the 60's, as well as some of the >more recent ones, is that typically the social reformers quoted the >prophets more than Jesus. Note that the prophets were addressing >people who had social and political power and were abusing it, whereas >Jesus was addressing primarily people without such power. (When he >did run into such people we get denunciations of the Pharisees, and >the cleansing of the Temple, both of which look rather Prophetic, I >think.) . . . >--clh] I wish I'd said that. Other insights have come from other posters; I won't name specific names, because there are things I can learn from almost anybody who posts here, but certainly there are names I especially rejoice to see in the headers. I think it might be useful if others who have had the same experience, learning something here that becomes a part of their view of the world, would take a moment to say so. Thank you all! Chris