tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13254577.post5341457694485931566..comments2023-11-01T01:03:28.646+10:30Comments on stephen clark: Missing the pointStephan Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11194782441138561354noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13254577.post-68924025055372302952010-08-01T06:22:03.275+09:302010-08-01T06:22:03.275+09:30I can't be as well as I thought. By this time...I can't be as well as I thought. By this time I should have known better. ajbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13254577.post-58699755007005911442010-07-31T17:38:08.354+09:302010-07-31T17:38:08.354+09:30I see what you are on about.
I think it is certai...I see what you are on about. <br />I think it is certainly true that the story also suggests that the priest and the levite went by on the other side...having seen what was there..it's a matter of opinion whether "not seeing" at all is worse than "seeing and choosing to not do anything"<br />Of course part of the point about parables is that both answers can be equally valid. Simple stories with multi-textures.<br />It occurs to me that probably the best indication of 'wellness' is one's own assessment.Stephan Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194782441138561354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13254577.post-56382080576025021462010-07-24T09:38:55.055+09:302010-07-24T09:38:55.055+09:30Thank you Stephen. Well, in my limited understandi...Thank you Stephen. Well, in my limited understanding, 'well' can be a tad subjective; but according to some of those whose profession calls for objectivity I am 'weller' than I have been for a year or two.<br />Well again, it could be that your observation was a tittle obscure. I think (although of course I can't be certain) that I take your point about parables; but on the other hand I could have been seduced by the temptation to hypothesise that there can be more than one answer to an esoteric question. However I confess to the opinion that the parable is patently making the point that the cleric and the levite, after seeing the Samaritan, chose in fact not to 'see what they were seeing'. It seemed to me that on that point we differ, albeit again that I can't be certain. Is there an unequivocal criterion of 'certainty'? Can you 'see what I am on about' yet? AJBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13254577.post-53381740167541671902010-07-23T11:07:35.412+09:302010-07-23T11:07:35.412+09:30Jim,
I was making the observation that I have hear...Jim,<br />I was making the observation that I have heard lots of explanations (hypotheses) in the past...but that one had never really occurred to me until I was reading some commentary during the week. And this was a point Pam made to me<br />It is another hypothesis. The point about parables is that they seduce us to engage at multiple levels, but they resist the temptation to tell us there is only one answer!<br />Hope you are well.Stephan Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11194782441138561354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13254577.post-14724036700459096332010-07-20T16:20:03.257+09:302010-07-20T16:20:03.257+09:30why the priest and the levite walked by on the oth...why the priest and the levite walked by on the other side, my insight is that they probably just didn't see the guy beaten up on the side of the road.<br /><br />OK Stephen, that's the way you see it. This tells me something about you. Quite frankly, I think there are many intelligent people who would see it differently!<br /><br />AJBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com