tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206974101759413323.post5513779769847318307..comments2023-12-25T19:55:38.774-06:00Comments on A Disciple's Thoughts: If We Had Lived in the Days of Our ForefathersTerry Laudetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17725093818552655944noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206974101759413323.post-25831106575672483432009-11-24T21:10:22.204-06:002009-11-24T21:10:22.204-06:00Guy,
Those are great observations. I wonder about...Guy,<br />Those are great observations. I wonder about what I may not be seeing around me, too. I know that babies are being needlessly aborted, spouses and children are being abused, employees are being cheated out of their wages, employers are being stolen from, people are being slandered, and all kinds of other injustices are occuring around me. But I may not notice. I may be too absorbed with my own concerns (which are sometimes trivial). It's a challenge.Terry Laudetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17725093818552655944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4206974101759413323.post-87210065046367915512009-11-24T10:11:20.992-06:002009-11-24T10:11:20.992-06:00Great post. Sometimes i wonder, even if i'm w...Great post. Sometimes i wonder, even if i'm willing to side with justice, what should i do? It's not always easy to perceive injustice for what it is. Probably lots of otherwise well-meaning whites didn't *see* the oppression of blacks for what it was. i don't think that lets them off the hook. But it makes me wonder, how do i snap out of it?--how do i snap out of my cultural paradigm to see opportunities to practice compassion and justice? <br /><br />Further--you and i have talked a bit before, but i think a lot of people can arrange their lives in such a way that they are very isolated and "safe" from ever encountering much of the ugliness in life. For instance, i wonder if there were people fifty to seventy years ago who lived in neighborhoods where there were no blacks and thus they never witnessed any mistreatment. And i wonder if we can be thought accountable for putting ourselves such a "safe" distance from the troubles in the world we may be obligated to help with. i don't know. But it definitely is a thought that makes me wonder what me and my faith are really made of. <br /><br />--Guyguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05548883062420560488noreply@blogger.com