RE: Tom Bandy Reflection Part One - Palliative Care

[Greg Crawford]

I can’t believe I could get away with making these statements without being challenged!   - Greg   From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Crawford Sent: Tuesday, 27 July 2004 1:08 PM To: 'insights' Subject: RE: Tom Bandy Reflection Part One - Palliative Care   Darren,   “Anthropomorphic” means it shows signs of casting things in human likeness. Typically, it is used to describe actions which project human nature into the sky and call it “God”.     In context, three of the world’s major religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam - grew out of a Semitic culture (“Semitic” is used here in the broader meaning of the term). So the underlying question is, to what extent the God of their beliefs is a projection of Semitic culture into the sky.   I’d argue that the potential for “anthropomorphism” is relevant to mission because it makes us aware that aspects of our mission may be little more than the imposition of Semitic culture upon a non-Semitic world. I’m of Celtic/Pictish origins and proud of it. The Romans never conquered us. I’ll be damned if the Semites get away with it by stealth! ;-)   Further, the question is whether the God you are in mission about is little more than an ancient Semitic superstition. Greg   ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------