Comments for dMagy http://www.dmagy.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:51:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on The Weeks Tweets by Sally Ponfick http://www.dmagy.com/2011/07/the-weeks-tweets-90/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Sally Ponfick Sun, 18 Dec 2011 19:51:10 +0000 http://www.dmagy.com/2011/07/the-weeks-tweets-90/#comment-1248 I finally searched my own name in Google, and found your comment about my sermon in July. Thank you very much. I can hear the applause even now! SP I finally searched my own name in Google, and found your comment about my sermon in July. Thank you very much. I can hear the applause even now!

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]]> Comment on Advice by dMagy http://www.dmagy.com/2011/08/advice/comment-page-1/#comment-645 dMagy Mon, 22 Aug 2011 03:38:54 +0000 http://www.dmagy.com/?p=708#comment-645 One of the things I found interesting about this meeting was the concern expressed about the Google AdSense displayed on the SVVSD News blog. It was specifically mentioned that it was not a good thing for the district's competitors to be advertised on a site that could be mistaken for an official site. Bearing this in mind, I have removed the ads widget. Philosophically, I do find it weird for a public entity to be concerned about private competitors. http://svvsdnews.blogspot.com/ One of the things I found interesting about this meeting was the concern expressed about the Google AdSense displayed on the SVVSD News blog. It was specifically mentioned that it was not a good thing for the district’s competitors to be advertised on a site that could be mistaken for an official site. Bearing this in mind, I have removed the ads widget.

Philosophically, I do find it weird for a public entity to be concerned about private competitors.

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]]> Comment on Momma’s Lil’ Whovian by dMagy http://www.dmagy.com/2011/06/mommas-lil-whovian/comment-page-1/#comment-528 dMagy Wed, 06 Jul 2011 01:27:56 +0000 http://www.dmagy.com/?p=668#comment-528 CafePress put this design in a pending status today. I really wish I understood when this was going to happen. So many of my designs have been rejected by CafePress, I routinely look around the CafePress site to see if other people have posted somewhat similar designs. If you look around the site there are still designs featuring the word "Whovian" and images of the Tardis. What makes my different? CafePress put this design in a pending status today. I really wish I understood when this was going to happen. So many of my designs have been rejected by CafePress, I routinely look around the CafePress site to see if other people have posted somewhat similar designs. If you look around the site there are still designs featuring the word “Whovian” and images of the Tardis. What makes my different?

]]> Comment on A Professional Biopsy of Daniel P. Magyar by Daughter http://www.dmagy.com/2008/11/a-professional-biopsy-of-daniel-p-magyar/comment-page-1/#comment-484 Daughter Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:09:45 +0000 http://www.dmagy.com/2008/11/a-professional-biopsy-of-daniel-p-magyar/#comment-484 "Biopsy Findings: Non-malignant but not good either." Excuse me, I would appreciate if you didn't insult my father.... “Biopsy Findings: Non-malignant but not good either.”

Excuse me, I would appreciate if you didn’t insult my father….

]]> Comment on A Discussion about the Apostle’s Creed by Hollie http://www.dmagy.com/2010/04/a-discussion-about-the-apostles-creed/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Hollie Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:33:59 +0000 http://www.dmagy.com/?p=480#comment-161 Wow, what a discussion! I believe that God is the creator of all, that the Bible is the inspired word of God, and that all men are sinners who cannot earn their way into heaven without the supreme sacrifice of Jesus Christ. I was raised by an atheist father and a Christian mother who had to keep quiet about her beliefs because my dad was very verbally and emotionally abusive about his distain for the church in general. So, I've certainly heard plenty of reasons not to believe, but still choose to believe and follow Him. There are many mysteries about the Creator that man may discuss and try to understand, and I don't think He, or those who truly seek to know Him, would be offended by questions from those who want to know Him more closely. I do believe that he has instructed us, through the words and example of the appostles, to meet together as a body of believers, to care for each other and lift each other up in times of plenty and of need. Having a faith without meeting together with other believers and being his hands and feet to share His love with the world is a dead faith. I believe that He wants to have a living and active faith. Now, I know this is not as deeply theological an answer as our brother Josh has offered up, but sometimes we get so deep into the why and how that we can't see the forest for the trees. So...attend a church, large or small and enjoy the fellowship that He has instructed us to partake of. Ask away my friend! What say you? Wow, what a discussion! I believe that God is the creator of all, that the Bible is the inspired word of God, and that all men are sinners who cannot earn their way into heaven without the supreme sacrifice of Jesus Christ.

I was raised by an atheist father and a Christian mother who had to keep quiet about her beliefs because my dad was very verbally and emotionally abusive about his distain for the church in general. So, I’ve certainly heard plenty of reasons not to believe, but still choose to believe and follow Him.

There are many mysteries about the Creator that man may discuss and try to understand, and I don’t think He, or those who truly seek to know Him, would be offended by questions from those who want to know Him more closely. I do believe that he has instructed us, through the words and example of the appostles, to meet together as a body of believers, to care for each other and lift each other up in times of plenty and of need. Having a faith without meeting together with other believers and being his hands and feet to share His love with the world is a dead faith. I believe that He wants to have a living and active faith.

Now, I know this is not as deeply theological an answer as our brother Josh has offered up, but sometimes we get so deep into the why and how that we can’t see the forest for the trees. So…attend a church, large or small and enjoy the fellowship that He has instructed us to partake of. Ask away my friend!

What say you?

]]> Comment on Surprise Ice Cream Pie by The Weeks Tweets « dMagy http://www.dmagy.com/2008/09/surprise-ice-cream-pie/comment-page-1/#comment-146 The Weeks Tweets « dMagy Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:59:59 +0000 http://www.dmagy.com/?p=10#comment-146 [...] is making Surprise Ice Cream Pie for tonight: http://www.dmagy.com/2008/09/surprise-ice-cream-pie/ [...] [...] is making Surprise Ice Cream Pie for tonight: http://www.dmagy.com/2008/09/surprise-ice-cream-pie/ [...]

]]> Comment on Tigger Swings by Michelle http://www.dmagy.com/2007/09/tigger-swings/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Michelle Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:39:48 +0000 http://www.dmagy.com/2007/09/tigger-swings/#comment-117 THIS IS VERY DISTURBING!! MY KIDS GET ON THE INTERNET ALL THE TIME AND LOOK UP TIGGER STUFF, AND MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WHO IS 6, SAW THIS AND STARTED CRYING! I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU YOU FREAKIN IDIOT FOR DOING THIS!! THIS IS VERY DISTURBING!! MY KIDS GET ON THE INTERNET ALL THE TIME AND LOOK UP TIGGER STUFF, AND MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER WHO IS 6, SAW THIS AND STARTED CRYING! I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU YOU FREAKIN IDIOT FOR DOING THIS!!

]]> Comment on Easy Gene-Pool Cleaner by Josh http://www.dmagy.com/2009/06/easy-gene-pool-cleaner/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Josh Sun, 04 Jul 2010 18:46:32 +0000 http://www.dmagy.com/2009/06/easy-gene-pool-cleaner/#comment-108 You are one sick man. You are one sick man.

]]> Comment on A Discussion about the Apostle’s Creed by Josh http://www.dmagy.com/2010/04/a-discussion-about-the-apostles-creed/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Josh Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:45:53 +0000 http://www.dmagy.com/?p=480#comment-105 Trinity I have this same problem about "the Trinity" every time I have to preach "Trinity Sunday." I have come to the perhaps heretical conclusion that theological discussions of substance--what is God made of?--are dangerous, unhelpful and sinful. If you follow my argument, I'm talking about a certain little dogma known as Trinity. So, instead of trying to know God by better realizing what God does in scripture and in life, Christians/theologians often try to fit God into categories of Triunity. It's as idolatrous as it is ridiculous if you ask me (or if you ask the Muslims or the Jews for that matter). As I said before, God first identifies himself as "I am who I am" and that's enough. Perhaps Trinitarians Now, as for the Trinity. Is it useful at all to say that we realize God in three ways (through the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit). In other words, I think it may be helpful to say, not that God is Trinity, but that we are trinitarian. That is, we see and relate to God in these categories (of thought?) and our religion operates in these categories: In the sense of Covenants and Creation (Father), in the sense of revelation through the Messiah who somehow characterizes the continuation and fulfillment of the Dividic covenant (the Son), and in the sense of God being spirit (truly present and working through history) This last one is hard. How do we describe what is spirit or spiritual? Weather trinitarianism is necessary at all is also a question, but I would say that based on our continuity with the faith passed down to us through the apostolic church, we are largely trinitarian thinkers--which doesn't change who God is, but unites us in terms of outlook. Athoritarian Christianity and the search for the living faith. You raise a very sad and undeniable point which, perhaps I've been trying to avoid looking at. That is that historically and even today, there are those who would call for my head for this denial of God's Triune nature. And trust me this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as the questions that I have. Authoritarianism is alive and well ever since Constantine. There is a lot of precedent in the historical church which justifies your fear of people. We happen to live in an age when our heads are not literally at risk, but this was not and may not always be the case. My Brother, these questions and this fear; this intense interest and longing for the discussion are indeed rare. I imagine that Jesus and his Twelve disciples had discussions like this. Yet, honestly I can say I found this type of depth of honest faith with one professor at LSTC in Chicago, and with only a couple of students at seminary and maybe one or two in the parish. Telling is that both the professor and one of the students have left the Church--or at least struggled with remaining part of it. Not that they've dropped their faith, mind you. You speak of egotism. Part of the problem is that the Church is lacking humility, and this is why smart questions are met with hostility. Perhaps I don't know if people are as dumb as they are oppressed. So, yes you are smart, but the real issue here is mental bravery. You have it. It seems that you and I are in a catch 22 scenario. I feel strongly that I need the church--after all, is it not here in the Church that I have found other kindred spirits (a handful)? Yet, it is within the confines of this same institution that we (myself and my kindred spirits) are continually having our hearts broken. Yet again, is this not the same story over again and again. Jesus had his heart broken because people couldn't handle what he was saying, all of the Apostles face the same thing. This is the story which we've based our life on, and here we are... living it out. Sorry so long. What say you? Trinity
I have this same problem about “the Trinity” every time I have to preach “Trinity Sunday.” I have come to the perhaps heretical conclusion that theological discussions of substance–what is God made of?–are dangerous, unhelpful and sinful. If you follow my argument, I’m talking about a certain little dogma known as Trinity. So, instead of trying to know God by better realizing what God does in scripture and in life, Christians/theologians often try to fit God into categories of Triunity. It’s as idolatrous as it is ridiculous if you ask me (or if you ask the Muslims or the Jews for that matter). As I said before, God first identifies himself as “I am who I am” and that’s enough.

Perhaps Trinitarians
Now, as for the Trinity. Is it useful at all to say that we realize God in three ways (through the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit). In other words, I think it may be helpful to say, not that God is Trinity, but that we are trinitarian. That is, we see and relate to God in these categories (of thought?) and our religion operates in these categories: In the sense of Covenants and Creation (Father), in the sense of revelation through the Messiah who somehow characterizes the continuation and fulfillment of the Dividic covenant (the Son), and in the sense of God being spirit (truly present and working through history) This last one is hard. How do we describe what is spirit or spiritual? Weather trinitarianism is necessary at all is also a question, but I would say that based on our continuity with the faith passed down to us through the apostolic church, we are largely trinitarian thinkers–which doesn’t change who God is, but unites us in terms of outlook.

Athoritarian Christianity and the search for the living faith.
You raise a very sad and undeniable point which, perhaps I’ve been trying to avoid looking at. That is that historically and even today, there are those who would call for my head for this denial of God’s Triune nature. And trust me this is just the tip of the iceberg as far as the questions that I have. Authoritarianism is alive and well ever since Constantine. There is a lot of precedent in the historical church which justifies your fear of people. We happen to live in an age when our heads are not literally at risk, but this was not and may not always be the case.
My Brother, these questions and this fear; this intense interest and longing for the discussion are indeed rare. I imagine that Jesus and his Twelve disciples had discussions like this. Yet, honestly I can say I found this type of depth of honest faith with one professor at LSTC in Chicago, and with only a couple of students at seminary and maybe one or two in the parish. Telling is that both the professor and one of the students have left the Church–or at least struggled with remaining part of it. Not that they’ve dropped their faith, mind you.
You speak of egotism. Part of the problem is that the Church is lacking humility, and this is why smart questions are met with hostility. Perhaps I don’t know if people are as dumb as they are oppressed. So, yes you are smart, but the real issue here is mental bravery. You have it.
It seems that you and I are in a catch 22 scenario. I feel strongly that I need the church–after all, is it not here in the Church that I have found other kindred spirits (a handful)? Yet, it is within the confines of this same institution that we (myself and my kindred spirits) are continually having our hearts broken.
Yet again, is this not the same story over again and again. Jesus had his heart broken because people couldn’t handle what he was saying, all of the Apostles face the same thing. This is the story which we’ve based our life on, and here we are… living it out.

Sorry so long.
What say you?

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