"A Letter from God to Man" by Dan Le Sac Vs. Scroobius Pip seemed really great, but some of those lines really just make me scratch my head. Shame. The only thing worse than something bad is something which comes so close to being great, but has a few flaws which holds it back.
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I’ll try not to let it go like your last post. Just this--as C.S. Lewis says in ‘Mere Christianity’--if you see something that troubles you--or you don’t get--let it alone. Take the good and leave the bad
The Epistle writers of the New Testament sometimes quote the Greek playwrights and Apocrypha--for emphasis--not necessarily doctrinal authority.
I recall a time I was talking about God existing with a hospital chaplain. He was Lib, I was (am) Con. Liberal Christians by nature aren’t terribly into apologetics, but we were having a good discussion--
--until I mentioned Chuck Colson’s statement that scientists noted that the Genetic Code was more akin to sentence structure that mere letters of the alphabet--or some such thing.
Now, Colson is no more a biologist than I am--and I wouldn’t put him up with Richard Dawkins--but he was simply quoting other men.
But my friend’s eyes sort of glazed over. “Oh, I don’t believe in his politics.”
Hopefully my jaw wasn’t hanging too slack. I wanted to mention the phrase ‘Non Sequitur’--but I let it go. He was too good a friend to quibble over this point.
Without knowing more of what bothers you about what he says, I would just bring up something my daughter told me once. At the wise old age of 12, or whatever, she concluded that George Washington was no good--he owned slaves--which many of the wealthy did. Forget his accomplishments. The simple fact that he presided over a peaceful transfer of power that sets the tone for our nation until this day puts him head and shoulders above most leaders in history.
I don’t want it to sound like I’m harshing on you--and I did promise I would keep this reply short.
@wrybreadspread - oh, i agree completely with you. Though, in the case with George Washington, I'd recognize his accomplishments even if I didn't like the man. The reason that Washington, as a person, is agreeable to me is because, like Jefferson, he started to question the concept of slavery. You have to stay in context, knowing the time period and how the norm often affects us. But if Washington was just an all around awful person, I don't consider needing him in order to take away (for educational purposes, etc.) the gravity of his work as a president and his contributions to the Revolutionary War.
However, I go by a different standard for art (what I listed in this post was a song).
The purpose of art is to make a flawless piece of work. Doesn't always happen, yes, but the specific lines in the song kind of ruined the overall message of the song or went entirely against it.
Generally, if a piece is flawed, we toss it out, because then it defeats its purpose. It's very different from ideas.
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