tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post2419585110352418840..comments2024-03-09T05:38:40.298-08:00Comments on Nemesis: Forgiving and Unforgivingstormnemesishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-84281268699254462162013-12-16T08:24:44.224-08:002013-12-16T08:24:44.224-08:00We can remove the theology, but we can't remov...We can remove the theology, but we can't remove the form--this is a parable. So, there is no king and no servant and no money. There is the king as a story element, the servant as a story element and so on. That is, the story is supposed to unfold a meaning.<br /><br />So let's just look at the first "relationship."<br /><br />Replace King with ALL POWERFUL BEING and replace stormnemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-8439152011645523702013-12-16T05:58:17.145-08:002013-12-16T05:58:17.145-08:00Yes I like removal of the theologics... it just mu...Yes I like removal of the theologics... it just muddies the waters. Whether the king owes everything or not, this guy owed him a debt. Maybe there was no avoiding that however. How did the debt accumulate. Was it for services rendered like prtection from the neighboring kingdom or was it just some silly ass tax? Maybe one inddividual would see it one way and the other a different way. meechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09868076919538282699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-34483983491965636852013-12-15T10:42:29.437-08:002013-12-15T10:42:29.437-08:00Well, let's first try to remove the theologica...Well, let's first try to remove the theological expectations...perhaps if we remove Jesus and insert maybe Laotse, would it be a different story or have a different meaning to the reader (listener with ears to hear)?<br /><br />Also, our "naming" of elements of the story really do indicate what we're meant to pay attention to I think. So, we have a King, a servant who owes him stormnemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11176778911355352751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081122054691736188.post-58274948193538545812013-12-15T08:14:49.327-08:002013-12-15T08:14:49.327-08:00yes let's treat others like we want to be trea...yes let's treat others like we want to be treated but maybe the guy is resentful that he had to pray to this king to have his debts forgiven and took it out on others around him. How do you avoid that resentment? It seems Jesus is suppose to be above all that.meechhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09868076919538282699noreply@blogger.com