Whips, Tables, & Hermeneutics oh Kirk!

I just listened to this. You guys did a decent job trying to advocate nonviolence and all of the confusion between self-defense and nonviolence. I was about to comment that I think it's ridiculous to act as if oppressed minorities do not have the right to fight for liberation through armed struggle. However, I went back to Bo's post and saw that he supported that. I really think this the major question. Violence is sometimes justified, particularly in the face of injustice.

I think I would agree with Malcolm X who said, 'we're nonviolent with those who are nonviolent and violent towards those who are violent". I suppose you guys would disagree but self-defense and self-preservation seems like a basic human right. I think another major problem with some of these discussions is the moral equivalence you sometimes hear about all violence. For example, say a husband is beating his wife. If the wife defends herself and beats the shit out of him and runs away it seems absurd to act like she sinned or as if she disobeyed Jesus. Isn't that just intelligent?  

The question raised to me after discussion about this TNT was, "how do we understand 'fear of God' with respect to a non-violent God? What would/does it mean?" 

I'm not sure what the answer is. Though, my thinking goes along: living the transformed life is living with the fear of God, working out faith with fear and trembling...because of the responsibility inherent in it, with the ambiguity that can be there in figuring out how to act in the individual circumstance.  Something like that. Any thoughts? Should I post this on Bo's blog post too? More deacons, more thoughts..

Just so you all know Daneil Kirk has accepted the Homebrewed Home Brew Challenge!  Other SoCal homebrewing Deacons get ready!

So where's are these tshirts you've been bragging about? :)

Where the hell did you find that amazing photo?   sooooo funny !