We've lost our minds...

We've lost our minds to allow this sort of thing:

One Week

Enjoy the brief article, but fill out the necessary paper work first.

posted by Russell @ 1:33 PM Comments : 0

Funny how...

Funny how art (?!) imitates life: Here's more from The Onion. This time having to do with things discussed recently at After Darkness, Xon's blog.

Governmental Protection

posted by Russell @ 3:55 PM Comments : 0

All things Durstian

Following a recent trend in adding "ian" to last names (see post below this one) I titled this one in a similar vein.

From the current issue of The Onion:
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Teen Admits Parents Were Right About Fred Durst
CHICAGO—17-year-old Jeremy Kempf reluctantly acknowledged that parents Judith and Harvey were right about Limp Bizkit lead singer Fred Durst Tuesday. "I used to crank 'Nookie' full blast, and my parents would say that Fred Durst was an obnoxious loudmouth and Limp Bizkit sucked," Kempf said. "Then I got Results May Vary, and I was like, 'Oh, shit. This does suck.'" Kempf also admitted that his parents may have had valid points about the taste of Mountain Dew and his friend Tony's neck tattoo.
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Can't stand the man, myself.

posted by Russell @ 3:51 PM Comments : 0

Knock 'em dead

Not literally, obviously, since if they were dead they couldn't offer you a teaching job. Charles, good luck today with your interview. I hope all goes well and you'll be molding the minds of impressionable youth soon -- as scary a notion as that is.

:)

Soon a struggle for power within the UGA philosophy department between the Hostetterian and Rozierian schools of thought will culminate in a campus wide battle for the crown. Or we can all eat lunch together on Thursdays...whatever.

posted by Russell @ 3:46 PM Comments : 0

Responsibility

Recently, or not so recently given your outlook on the passage of time, a friend of Menonite descent who wishes to be a PCA pastor someday told me about the PCA's rule that church board members and pastors who have children are culpable for their children's transgressions. This may not be the universal case of all PCA churches -- likely it was the case of the specific church my friend was speaking of at the time. Anyway, the example he gave me was that of a board member whose son had been caught with drugs (if I recall correctly). This board member was asked to step down from his leadership position by resigning from the board. He could still attend the church and church functions but as far as being an elder in the church -- no way. This type of situation was "voluntary" as far as being expected to resign of your own will is voluntary with many eyes staring at you to see what you'll do.

The rationale for this is as follows: Your children are an example of your ability to lead. If they apostatize or blatantly transgress in any serious manner, it seems that God is showing through the child that the parent is not doing his or her job as parent and in not doing the duty of a parent are not capable of a leadership role in the church. Correct me if this is incorrect -- I don't mean to falsify any information here. It boils down to this: if you can't raise your own children to be God fearing abiding folks, then we can't trust you in a leadership role.

I bring this up because I recently read Ezekiel 18 and it seems to contradict this practice unambiguously. Shouldn't the child be held responsible for the child's transgressions as the father is held responsible for his own transgressions? I guess the PCA could be viewing the child's behavior as indicative of the parent's transgressions in not raising him or her in a godly manner, but this seems to give far too much weight to the role of parent as nuturer. Teenagers often rebel against the parents no matter what virtues the parents instill in their childern. I would wager a guess that many children of board members do similarly shameful things but they just don't get caught.

In the context of the above chapter this practice doesn't make sense to me.

posted by Russell @ 10:58 AM Comments : 0