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linnapaw

Giving credit where credit is due

Apr 27, 2009 05:57

Now and then, I get emails from people with questions or comments about my (incomplete) webpage about the White Rose. For the most part, I enjoy answering and commenting as I can, because I'm glad that there are people out there who have an interest ( Read more... )

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ies stuff seraphimsigrist April 28 2009, 01:26:25 UTC

off topic but it seems Antoine
is in the area and perhaps I will
see him at liturgy at fr plekon's
church on sunday...will you
be seeing him in chicago?

Re: ies stuff linnapaw April 28 2009, 16:00:05 UTC

I really have no contact with any of them anymore, so I don't think I'll be seeing him.

seraphimsigrist April 28 2009, 16:03:16 UTC

I havent heard from him either
but I know he is staying at fr plekon's
I talked with brett about a hypothetical
course.

canonjohn April 28 2009, 17:53:52 UTC

I have a problem with the kind of generalizations that would dismiss someone or
some ideas simply because they are associated with or influences by (fill in the blank) -
as your correspondence dismissed Catholicism. The Catholic Church is not a monolith, Catholics are persons and come in great diversity...as I believe virtually every other community of persons do.

But what I wanted originally to say is that I am interested in the White Rose, but
it seems hard to find much material in English....so best of luck on your project.
John

linnapaw April 28 2009, 19:29:42 UTC

Thanks. :) I haven't seriously worked on the page for ages, and it's something I'd eventually like to get to.

Another thought that this brought up was inspired from one of the end scenes of C.S. Lewis' "The Last Battle", where the young man (I forget his name) who had worshipped the god Tash realises that Tash is a false god, and Aslan is real, and in the presence of Aslan he feels quite ashamed. Aslan reassures him that because he is good, and Tash is evil, that any good that this young man had done in Tash's name could really be counted toward the good of Aslan. Without looking it up, it is hard for me to get the way Lewis phrased it correctly, but it's a concept that has made me think quite a bit. I guess the point here in this case would be that you wouldn't even have to *acknowledge* the other religion as true, but believe that God owns all that is good and right...