tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post9071539944724582539..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Johnny Cash on scripture and commentariesBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-90546005765320053772009-05-21T10:14:57.827-04:002009-05-21T10:14:57.827-04:00One of my profs liked to say that if you want to u...One of my profs liked to say that if you want to understand the commentaries, read the Bible. <br /><br />Now my interest is peaked in this book, let us know what you think when you get to reading it.One of Freedomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02479227411431959461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-87460510277562497712009-05-20T14:33:52.873-04:002009-05-20T14:33:52.873-04:00Hilarious post, Jacques. Just the laugh I needed ...Hilarious post, Jacques. Just the laugh I needed today.A. Bookbindernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-78428660438388934272009-05-20T12:42:56.603-04:002009-05-20T12:42:56.603-04:00The music of Johnny Cash has always reflected his ...The music of Johnny Cash has always reflected his core beliefs. He humbly acknowledges that his wisdom is limited, and that there are things he must simply accept. This sense of resignation to the higher of things is reflected in the song, I Guess Things Happen that Way, as covered here by yours truly, <br /><br />I Guess Things Happen that Way<br />Dr BLT<br />cover of Johnny Cash songhttp://www.drblt.net/music/guess.mp3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-18639580455169999572009-05-20T03:10:35.143-04:002009-05-20T03:10:35.143-04:00Ok...I have now offically commented on Jacques' su...Ok...I have now offically commented on Jacques' sub-metaphysical "i know not what" so it can exits.<br /><br />You're welcome Jacques.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441295976350265572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-77925297904285129552009-05-19T10:17:00.000-04:002009-05-19T10:17:00.000-04:00"The Bible can shed a lot of light on the commenta..."The Bible can shed a lot of light on the commentaries."<br /><br />This statement assumes a logocentric worldview where there is such a thing as a difference between text and the commentary.<br /><br />For me there is no difference between them. Only <I>differance</I> within an infinite system of signs and signifiers. The commentary is what brings the text into existence, as the text - like God - is always "becoming" and never "being."Jacquesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-14664589054686811832009-05-19T08:36:00.000-04:002009-05-19T08:36:00.000-04:00Hey Ben, thanks for this post. You've reminded me...Hey Ben, thanks for this post. You've reminded me that I've been meaning to read this book for about 4 years now. I'm curious to hear more about it from you. <br /><br />As a side note, if you're interested, I wrote an article on Cash a few years back that might give you some context for your reading. It's not the best piece I've ever written, but it attempts to deal with what I think was the pivotal event in Cash's life...his attempted suicide.<br /><br />http://www.explorefaith.org/music/cash.htmlChristopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01007093069888736130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-44076836723394865112009-05-18T18:18:00.000-04:002009-05-18T18:18:00.000-04:00Cash sang a pretty mean paraphrase of Goethe;
you...Cash sang a pretty mean paraphrase of Goethe;<br /><br />you might run on for a long time<br />run on, dunkin' and dodgin'<br />run on, children, for a long time<br />let me tell you God Almighty gonna cut you downErinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301222412563398458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-45138124249503856592009-05-18T17:56:00.000-04:002009-05-18T17:56:00.000-04:00A reminder to all F & T devotees:
In a high...A reminder to all F & T devotees: <br /> <br />In a high vaulted, narrow, gothic chamber, Faust is discovered at his desk.<br /> <br />Faust:<br />"Philosophy have I digested,<br />The whole of Law and Medicine,<br />From each its secrets I have wrested,<br />Theology, alas, thrown in.<br />Poor fool, with all this sweated lore,<br />I stand no wiser than I was before.<br />Master and Doctor are my titles;<br />For ten years now, without repose<br />I've held my erudite recitals<br />And led my pupils by the nose.<br />And round we go, on crooked ways or straight,<br />And well I know that ignorance is our fate,<br />And this I hate.<br />I have, I grant, outdistanced all the others<br />Doctors, pedants, clergy and lay-brothers;<br />All plague of doubts and scruples I can quell,<br />and have no fear of devil or of hell,<br />And in return am destitute of pleasure<br />Knowing that knowledge tricks us beyond measure,<br />That man's conversion is beyond my reach<br />knowing the emptiness of what I teach..."<br /> <br />-Goetheroger flyerhttp://rogerflyer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-30500527111653445942009-05-18T08:44:00.000-04:002009-05-18T08:44:00.000-04:00Spot on.Spot on.Fathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10893777139388546286noreply@blogger.com