by Hal Eaton » Fri Jun 16, 2006 4:07 pm
Thanks, William. My plans to attend the meeting were shot down, as was my desire to view the "steaming" reproduction on the 'puter.
All was not lost, however. My excuse for missing the meeting was a three-day visit by a nephew, his wife, and 6-year-old granddaughter. They came from Colorado (the g'daughter from Texas). The nephew is a retired USAF pilot (he flew the C5-A Galaxy), and also a retired American Airlines pilot. He now teaches religion in a Catholic school, and is on his way to a 5-week mission in an African RC settlement. Our discussions for the three days of his visit were wide-ranging, explicit, friendly--and deep into our differences religiously, philosophically, educationally, and a big, big ETC.
As compared to my being at Greensboro, I think I came away a winner . . .
I was amazed at the depth (and HIS depth) to which the RC machine has formulated defenses for the all-too-noticeable weaknesses in their hierarchy, scriptural interpretations, and pragmatic applications of Biblical authority.
A new twist(at least for me)--that analyses of Greek Scripture which militate against support for RC interpretations are countered by affirming more exacting Aramaic sources which trump the Greek ratiocination long used by us'ns . . .