tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post9150006113209724207..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: Simone Weil: penséesBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-9270553977390100092008-03-10T12:51:00.000-04:002008-03-10T12:51:00.000-04:00I came across this quote from Simone Weil when rea...I came across this quote from Simone Weil when reading D Z Phillips.goodfornowthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212019212659570626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-21861097839102966542008-03-07T09:57:00.000-05:002008-03-07T09:57:00.000-05:00Kim,Thanks. It may indeed have been that, but All...Kim,<BR/><BR/>Thanks. It may indeed have been that, but Allen's interpretation of it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-29626525138455157982008-03-07T02:12:00.000-05:002008-03-07T02:12:00.000-05:00Hi Drew,I don't know that one, but a similar sayin...Hi Drew,<BR/><BR/>I don't know that one, but a similar saying is: "If the gospel of Christ omitted all mention of the resurrection, faith would be easier for me" - which, in fact, was the sub-text of a sermon I preached at Easter exactly ten years ago.<BR/><BR/>Hi Erin,<BR/><BR/>Another biblical reference of Weil's "that'll preach", on the parable of the Labourers in the Vineyard, is: "He pays only one type of wage because he possesses only one type of wage. He hasn't any change."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-2674072430013543562008-03-06T21:33:00.000-05:002008-03-06T21:33:00.000-05:00that'll preach!that'll preach!Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301222412563398458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-55528845876955761942008-03-06T20:47:00.000-05:002008-03-06T20:47:00.000-05:00My students and I are reading The Need for Roots r...My students and I are reading The Need for Roots right now. Reading Kim's post another thing struck me that she said and I cannot remember where. It was something to the effect of, to truly love God is not to love the resurrected Christ, but to love Christ when he is still dead in the tomb. For the life of me I cannot remember where she said that... It was something that Dick Allen had quoted her as saying but I cannot find the reference...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com