tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007776560535676200.post7491963863096142502..comments2024-02-16T04:18:23.151-05:00Comments on The Shitty Christian Blog: The Rev Reads it For You: Ethics of the Haves and Wants (Rules for Radicals)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007776560535676200.post-8957922419195619892016-11-03T00:46:00.930-04:002016-11-03T00:46:00.930-04:00I've been thinking about this more since I rea...I've been thinking about this more since I read it originally, and I've concluded that it's a hybrid of the two positions: the "have-some" or "haves" with ambition.<br /><br />Paul wanted to be the most zealous of all the Pharisees.<br /><br />Luther wanted real reform.<br /><br />Jefferson wanted a new form of government.<br /><br />Moses wanted to help his birth people.<br /><br />So, ambition. And of course, the Bible warns us against vain ambition and against mediocrity, but exhorts us to righteous ambition.<br /><br />So it's not really the class of society so much as it is the mindset. But that mindset is certainly more common to those who have-some.S1ALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991521822164663446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007776560535676200.post-21455496092882795152016-11-01T10:27:47.829-04:002016-11-01T10:27:47.829-04:00The key is, "Have Some, Want More." Jeff...The key is, "Have Some, Want More." Jefferson was a virtual aristocrat, but still subject to the actual aristocrats. Moses was adopted nobility, not real nobility. Paul was an elite Pharisee and a Roman citizen, but Christianity had more room for advancement on both fronts.<br /><br />Interestingly, some of the greatest "Haves" in our current society are also some of the biggest agents for undermining tradition. I assume that the "More" that they want is "More Control."The Revhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00613896904824854770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9007776560535676200.post-91720155567991470752016-10-27T12:37:21.764-04:002016-10-27T12:37:21.764-04:00Alinsky's definition of the middle seems to be...Alinsky's definition of the middle seems to be very broad - Jefferson was virtual aristocracy, Moses was adopted nobility, Paul was a theo-political elite, etc.<br /><br />Of course, I laugh at the people who think that the "1%" are exceptionally wealthy (missing a few decimal places), so there's that.S1ALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991521822164663446noreply@blogger.com