tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824802900660124636.post8191462695126548270..comments2024-01-20T12:06:29.979-06:00Comments on Fencing Bear at Prayer: Other People's Devotion*Fencing Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825525662123382529noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824802900660124636.post-1912147379655976522009-02-24T08:58:00.000-06:002009-02-24T08:58:00.000-06:00This is the tricky part. I am absolutely convince...This is the tricky part. I am absolutely convinced that devotion requires an object and that the meaning of life is, as JRRT once put it, to worship God. So it really does matter than one worships correctly. But I cannot see Mr. Patel's worship as incorrect insofar as it is very true worship; he loves God more actively and more deeply than many who call themselves Christian but who do not surrender themselves to absolute worship (always hedging with qualifiers and historical contingencies). My son actually asked him what the statues were for, whether they were actually the gods or simply foci for devotion, and Mr. Patel answered in much the same way medieval Christians would when asked about their images: the image helps keep the mind from wandering. I wonder, too, about the way in which it makes the god(s) seem more real.Fencing Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825525662123382529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824802900660124636.post-79543292876441656162009-02-24T08:34:00.000-06:002009-02-24T08:34:00.000-06:00Hmmm...Fencing Bear is trickier than your average ...Hmmm...Fencing Bear is trickier than your average bear. I suppose the correct answer is to try to point Emeth to the True Aslan while we are still on this side of the New Narnia?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700220137190277023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824802900660124636.post-64764994623617482082009-02-24T05:09:00.000-06:002009-02-24T05:09:00.000-06:00Yes, from our perspective. But what if we are Eme...Yes, from our perspective. But what if we are Emeth from his?Fencing Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825525662123382529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824802900660124636.post-58582622574638293792009-02-23T22:32:00.000-06:002009-02-23T22:32:00.000-06:00So...Mr. Patel is like Emeth from 'The Last Battle...So...Mr. Patel is like Emeth from 'The Last Battle'?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700220137190277023noreply@blogger.com