Codex Pontifex » 2010

Keeping Christ in Xmas

bishop — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 21:39:00 +0000

Those who irritatingly complain about "keeping Christ in Χmas" need to go back to Sunday School and learn just a little about both the Greek language and religious history. Too bad it’s mainly Xians who leave out what’s important from their holiday; not the other way around.

Watching a Mother

bishop — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:23:00 +0000

Sometimes, just sometimes, it’s hard to see one’s mother on the news and know that she has the ability to rescue all those animals. And yet has nothing to say to me.

Apocalypse Today

bishop — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 17:36:00 +0000

The Book of Revelation is not a picture of things to come but an unveiling—for, indeed, that’s what the word ‘apocalypse’ means—of the liturgy for the Church today. Evangelicals are so intent on leaving this planet on a magic carpet ride that they have missed the unveiling of God in the here and now.

Myth of the Christ

bishop — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:50:00 +0000

The Book of Matthew is not a biography of Jesus but a mythography of the Christ. It is the created history of Jesus as the embodiment of ancient Israel through a one-to-one connection with its theologically important legendary feats. The OT does not predict Jesus. Instead, Matthew tells the story of Israel through the eyes of a new myth found in the advent of the Christ.

Creation and Evolution

bishop — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Creation and evolution are not enemies. They are misunderstood bedfellows.

Sola fide

bishop — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:39:00 +0000

The evangelical concept of ‘Sola fide’ is a heresy.

Renaming Dogs

bishop — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:17:00 +0000

I’m going to rename the dogs "Shut Up" and "Lay Down".

Sandpaper Curves

bishop — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:50:00 +0000

Just watching as this day just plays slip-n-slide from one hell to the next with sandpaper on the curves.

Seriously?

bishop — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:25:00 +0000

I just noticed a "theologian" label Abel (as in Cain and Abel) the "first Christian martyr." And then they wonder why those of us in academia don’t take preachers seriously?

Deranged Psychopaths

bishop — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:30:00 +0000

So many horror movies are about ‘deranged psychopaths’ as if there is any other kind.