{"id":7780,"date":"2021-07-03T23:06:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T03:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/messyinspirations\/?p=7780"},"modified":"2021-07-04T01:00:36","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T05:00:36","slug":"upset-too-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/messyinspirations\/2021\/07\/upset-too-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Upset? Too Bad!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Upset?\" — Upset? \/ Image by Gerd Altmann<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>
If you are upset by what I blog, that\u2019s probably a good thing.<\/span><\/h2>\n
Upset?\u00a0<\/span>Some people got upset at my last post<\/span><\/strong><\/a>. That\u2019s good that they got upset! Hey people? Stick around! You are going to be upset again and again, and maybe that\u2019s an excellent thing!<\/span><\/p>\n
The questions are: why are you upset, and what should you do with that upset feeling, unhappy camper? How is this blog challenging you? Isn\u2019t that what\u2019s making you upset? Sure it is. Confession is good for the soul!<\/span><\/p>\n
All of us are ignorant about a great many things: you, me, everyone. Honest ignorance is a beautiful opportunity to explore the inexhaustible Mysteries surrounding us and those deep inside in everyone and everything. Sincere stupidity, however, is another matter. This is culpable ignorance, the refusal to learn, and alas, against it, there is no defense. Only extinction comes from it, partial or total.<\/span><\/p>\n
These posts that upset are not intended to be the intellectual comparison of a comparison of penis sizes. Upset by that grotesque analogy? Well, maybe that\u2019s your thing? And believe me, as hideous as that sounds, it\u2019s a common addiction\u2014check out the video:<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Upset Is Good, Sweetheart!<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So can we honestly admit our stupid practice of pooling ignorance? If so, that\u2019s a significant first step because the Way to sobriety begins with a first step! Addicts invited to recovery or dragged to it get upset. That upset reveals much!<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em>\u201cWhat is the solution! You show the problem but offer no solutions!\u201d<\/em> <\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hmm. Should scientists remain silent about climate change until they can provide foolproof solutions? I offer directions, not answers. Let\u2019s explore them! Perhaps we can find a solution down the way?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">First, read what is posted here because what follows the upset for the risk-takers and courageous is a genuine sense of exhilaration. This sense comes by way of having a culturally-informed, historically critical understanding of Jesus and the Scriptures. Awestruck wonder at understanding something new is a fantastic gift from the Lord. No, it isn\u2019t the solution to the problems I showcase. Still, it is good medicine against arrogant culpable ignorance keeping us prisoners in our theological crack-dens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Upset Can Lead Us Somewhere New\u2026<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This sense of exhilaration is both humbling and exciting. And hope for re-discovery and metanoia can accompany this. It is like discovering a fortune sitting right under your very bed that was there all along, but you didn\u2019t know it. Would you be upset if you found that? Hey, don\u2019t be stupid. That\u2019s what I am showing you. Just look.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It can empower and illuminate you to genuinely appreciate Jesus, his concerns, and his project. With this, you may truly begin to appreciate our ancestors in faith and understand what the witness of faith means through the centuries. Saying \u201cJesus, I believe in you,\u201d or \u201cJesus, I trust in you,\u201d or, \u201cI love you, Jesus,\u201d suddenly becomes meaningful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Also, consider what it defends you from. With it, you get immunized against the pandemic of fundamentalism. New possibilities, both doctrinal and pastoral, suddenly arise. Far from abandoning the Christian Tradition, you begin to appreciate it more profoundly. Ultimately, you acknowledge that it has always been a living thing that evolves and changes. With that, you also evolve and change.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">And this makes us able to appreciate, assess, and appropriate Christianity today in our cultural context. How awesome it would be to have a genuinely adult appreciation of the Jesus tradition as American Christians!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>A Word Concerning Snake-Bastards (Matthew 12:34; 23:33)<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But don\u2019t look for any of that from our bishops these days. The ridiculous fop bishops fear an informed laity\u2014they feared it so much as to betray Vatican II. They arrogantly sit in their mansions throughout the United States, enabling fascist regimes in the name of saving unborn babies. So get informed, take back your parishes, and fire them. The best way to love fat worthless bishops is the tough love way. Let\u2019s reform things, find and empower good shepherds that are true servant-leaders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Growing From Upset<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How awesome it is to share and converse intelligently about Christian origins. Informed, it becomes possible! What would that do when examining positions advanced in modern Christian stories, doctrine, and ethics?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Respect the Middle Eastern North-African Jesus and our Mediterranean biblical ancestors in the faith. This can make us better Catholics, Christians, and Westerners. Despite our protests otherwise, we Americans are incredibly uncomfortable with cultural differences. We prefer to believe that \u201cthey\u201d (whatever people belonging to other cultural groups) are really just like \u201cus\u201d (Americans\/republicans\/democrats\/egalitarians\/etc.). We Americans choose unity over diversity, and our coins scream this\u2014<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">E Pluribus Unum<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">How exhilarating to appreciate different ways of being human! A big step in that direction goes in acknowledging that Jesus lived a human life, true, but one culturally very different than us Americans\/Westerners.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Avoid Stupidity & It\u2019s Pitfalls!<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Also, with this culturally informed, historically critical understanding of Jesus, you can avoid terrible pitfalls many sadly fall into. You won\u2019t be inflexible in assessing so-called \u201cBible-based\u201d and \u201creligious\u201d positions. Such as? Such as anti-Semitism, Zionist racism, white supremacy, dispensationalism, anti-Catholic bigotry, Catholic triumphalism, and many other fundamentalist viewpoints.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Equipped with this knowledge, you won\u2019t become paralyzed by fear when confronted by persuasive Bible-quoters. Chains of ignorance concerning Christianity and its origins, being forged and locked onto so many prominent figures, won\u2019t work on you. You will never misuse the Gospels and the rest of the Bible as an inkblot test for your life. And you will never abuse God with these as if with a set of verses you could control and manipulate God. Mature acceptance of both Church teachings and biblical scholarship becomes possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Upset & Change<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Another gift received by this approach is to see how the People of God routinely re-read their ancient texts as new circumstances arose within the biblical tradition itself. And they applied them anew to their contemporary situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Look how the Chronicler re-interprets the story of David and Israel recounted by the Deuteronomistic Historian! Be astonished how some sacred authors interpret their patron God as a Storm-god and War-god (Deuteronomy and Nahum). At the same time, another depicts God as a humiliated cuckold (Hosea)! Upset that the Bible does not give one definitive depiction of God? Rethink your life, Catholic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Matthean Jesus has no use for Samaritans and non-Israelites (<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/matthew\/10?5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Matthew 10:5-6<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">). Later on, when Samaritans poured into the Lukan and Johannine Jesus groups, it was time to get creative (<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/luke\/10?25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Luke 10:25-37<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">;\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/luke\/17?11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">17:11-19<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">;\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bible.usccb.org\/bible\/john\/4?4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">John 4:4-42<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">)! Upset that it\u2019s time that we post-Vatican II Catholics got creative? The Body of Christ has had to do that since the beginning! Wake up!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Reading the Bible informed helps us free any pedantic, fundamentalistic notions of inspiration being once-for-all marching orders from the skies. How is God inviting us to broaden our horizons today? When it comes to women in the Church? Marginalized and excluded family members, like homosexuals, bisexuals, transpersons? How about respecting people of other faith traditions and not trying to get them to change religious commitments?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There are many exciting new vistas and opportunities to grow in, but a fundamentalistic mindset can\u2019t see it. Upset over that? Well, that\u2019s good! Change!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Upset & Good News<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Also: if we really are to love Jesus, Mary, and other biblical figures, we need to get to know them AND accept them as they are\/were.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">So, no, I don\u2019t offer solutions, just a direction. And this direction brings some pretty tremendous and practical benefits.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Actualizing Upset Into Change<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As far as actualization is concerned, I appreciate the LIFE-LORE-LIFE approach of John Pilch and other Context Group scholars. It goes like this\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">I. Life<\/span><br>\nWe respectfully read and interpret the Gospels while examining and investigating life inside our own American culture. That could be parenting, or secrecy, or witness, or sickness, or honor, or death, etc. We reflect on these from our own American cultural perspective.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">II. Lore<\/span><br>\nNext, we select Gospel sections treating the same realities and values, but this time with Mediterranean cultural frame.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">III. Life<\/span><br>\nFinally, our conclusion is a challenge for us interpreters to construct a bridge between these two different cultural worlds.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In other words, to build bridges between these contrasting cultures, we must first\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">First, learn and recognize the assumptions and values of our own American cultural behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Then systematically contrast these assumptions and values with the Mediterranean cultural world of Jesus and the Gospels (and the whole Bible) and highlight differences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Finally, WORK VERY HARD at creating the unique common ground required for successful intercultural communication. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ultimately, there really is no other way that an American believer living today in such a different culture than Jesus\u2019 understand and discover real insights and conclusions applicable to our culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>The Way After Upset<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This actualization process of LIFE-LORE-LIFE will necessarily open and close doors. Yes, that makes people upset. Entries will be closed on proof-texting. So also will Scripture-quoting without context, allegory-gone-wild, Scott Hahn \u201cconnect-the-dots\u201d schemes to Catholic doctrines and practices, as well as many other dead ends. But also doors will open! Consequently there will be new possibilities and transformation, and that is hope!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Church is a living, breathing thing. Don\u2019t mistreat her as something static. Upset? Good! Now let\u2019s build on that.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are upset by what I blog, that\u2019s probably a good thing. Upset?\u00a0Some people got upset at my last post. That\u2019s good that they got upset! Hey people? Stick around! You are going to be upset again and again, and maybe that\u2019s an excellent thing! 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