Comments on: Da Vinci Code Hubbub http://chriscree.net/2006/05/17/da-vinci-code-hubbub/ ...what counts is a new creation... Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:25:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: A Bit of a Discussion at CREEations http://chriscree.net/2006/05/17/da-vinci-code-hubbub/comment-page-1/#comment-188 A Bit of a Discussion at CREEations Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:55:14 +0000 http://chriscree.net/?p=97#comment-188 [...] Here’s your assignment for today: Go read the comments, then come back here. I can hang out for a minute or two until you get back. (Oh, and you can re-read the post too if you want a refresher on how the conversation started.) [...] [...] Here’s your assignment for today: Go read the comments, then come back here. I can hang out for a minute or two until you get back. (Oh, and you can re-read the post too if you want a refresher on how the conversation started.) [...]

]]> By: Chris Cree http://chriscree.net/2006/05/17/da-vinci-code-hubbub/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Chris Cree Fri, 19 May 2006 09:34:00 +0000 http://chriscree.net/?p=97#comment-82 Thanks for the comment, Voice. If we can talk about the book/movie without coming unhinged than there could be lots of winners. Unfortnately, most Christians out there seem to be paniced whiners instead which only adds to the noise level without helping anyone. I like your <a HREF="http://evangelicalchurchblues.blogspot.com/2006/05/davinci-code-conclusions.html" rel="nofollow">DaVinci Code Conclusions</A> too. Good Stuff. Thanks for the comment, Voice. If we can talk about the book/movie without coming unhinged than there could be lots of winners.

Unfortnately, most Christians out there seem to be paniced whiners instead which only adds to the noise level without helping anyone.

I like your DaVinci Code Conclusions too. Good Stuff.

]]> By: Voice in the Wilderness http://chriscree.net/2006/05/17/da-vinci-code-hubbub/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Voice in the Wilderness Fri, 19 May 2006 02:20:00 +0000 http://chriscree.net/?p=97#comment-81 Completely agree. COMPLETELY. Like the "Last Temptation of Christ" and "Y2K" - we will be wondering what all the hubbub was about a year from now. The only winners here are the publishers (secular and Christian) and the movie studios. Completely agree. COMPLETELY. Like the “Last Temptation of Christ” and “Y2K” – we will be wondering what all the hubbub was about a year from now. The only winners here are the publishers (secular and Christian) and the movie studios.

]]> By: Tania from Germany http://chriscree.net/2006/05/17/da-vinci-code-hubbub/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Tania from Germany Thu, 18 May 2006 20:53:00 +0000 http://chriscree.net/?p=97#comment-80 Thank you for sharing your profound insight. I'm "chewing" on it. The point of reference... You have given me quite a food of thought. Best Tania Thank you for sharing your profound insight. I’m “chewing” on it. The point of reference…
You have given me quite a food of thought.
Best
Tania

]]> By: Chris Cree http://chriscree.net/2006/05/17/da-vinci-code-hubbub/comment-page-1/#comment-79 Chris Cree Thu, 18 May 2006 19:48:00 +0000 http://chriscree.net/?p=97#comment-79 Tania, I found my own inner voice could not be trusted as a reliable source of guidance. I am a fickle and emotional person. There are things I should do that I don’t feel like doing and sometimes I feel like doing things that I really should not. And I am smart enough that I rationalized my way into making some poor choices when I relied on my own inner voice. That is my point about looking for an outside anchor point of known truth. It is a filter by which I can test my inner voice and feelings to be sure I am making wise choices. In rough weather the captain looks to the lighthouse as a reference point to steer by. He doesn’t look in at his own ship which is being tossed about. When the storms are raging, he must have a fixed reference point that he knows is not moving. Otherwise he’ll hit the rocks as often as not. That’s why I now use the Bible as my fixed reference point. Of course it doesn’t mean I am always on course. I still make mistakes. But now I have something to compare with and I can get back on track more quickly because my point of reference doesn’t move. It took me much longer to recover from my mistakes when I only had my inner voice to go by. Tania,

I found my own inner voice could not be trusted as a reliable source of guidance. I am a fickle and emotional person. There are things I should do that I don’t feel like doing and sometimes I feel like doing things that I really should not.

And I am smart enough that I rationalized my way into making some poor choices when I relied on my own inner voice.

That is my point about looking for an outside anchor point of known truth. It is a filter by which I can test my inner voice and feelings to be sure I am making wise choices.

In rough weather the captain looks to the lighthouse as a reference point to steer by. He doesn’t look in at his own ship which is being tossed about. When the storms are raging, he must have a fixed reference point that he knows is not moving. Otherwise he’ll hit the rocks as often as not.

That’s why I now use the Bible as my fixed reference point.

Of course it doesn’t mean I am always on course. I still make mistakes. But now I have something to compare with and I can get back on track more quickly because my point of reference doesn’t move. It took me much longer to recover from my mistakes when I only had my inner voice to go by.

]]> By: Tania from Germany http://chriscree.net/2006/05/17/da-vinci-code-hubbub/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Tania from Germany Thu, 18 May 2006 19:05:00 +0000 http://chriscree.net/?p=97#comment-78 Thanks for your profound response! I appreciate it! My steady course comes from following my inner voice. I consider it God's voice. It's creating/building my sense of being harboured. No, I'm not a sceptic at all. I think we share the feeling of being sup-ported by a greater power. Or at least this is what the sub-text of your blog feels like to me. Smiles, Tania Thanks for your profound response! I appreciate it!
My steady course comes from following my inner voice. I consider it God’s voice. It’s creating/building my sense of being harboured.
No, I’m not a sceptic at all.
I think we share the feeling of being sup-ported by a greater power. Or at least this is what the sub-text of your blog feels like to me.

Smiles, Tania

]]> By: Chris Cree http://chriscree.net/2006/05/17/da-vinci-code-hubbub/comment-page-1/#comment-77 Chris Cree Wed, 17 May 2006 15:49:00 +0000 http://chriscree.net/?p=97#comment-77 Thanks for your comment Tania. I appreciate your honesty and willingness to read even though you are a skeptic. I looked around at a lot of different ideas before I accepted the things Jesus had to say. I was very much a skeptic myself and I saw a lot of bad example of Christians around me. I got really hung up on the huge amount of hypocrisy that’s out there. But it’s like I told my best friend this morning, talking about another subject: Just because the messenger is a hypocrite doesn’t necessarily mean the message is invalid. Once I was willing to look past all of Jesus’ imperfect followers, it was much easier for me to become one myself. And I’m still imperfect. Just ask my wife! Now it’s like I have a safe harbor during the storms of life. And I can steer a steady course regardless of which way the winds blow because I’m following an unwavering steady compass. Without core unchanging truth I was drifting and rudderless. Thanks for your comment Tania. I appreciate your honesty and willingness to read even though you are a skeptic.

I looked around at a lot of different ideas before I accepted the things Jesus had to say. I was very much a skeptic myself and I saw a lot of bad example of Christians around me. I got really hung up on the huge amount of hypocrisy that’s out there.

But it’s like I told my best friend this morning, talking about another subject:

Just because the messenger is a hypocrite doesn’t necessarily mean the message is invalid. Once I was willing to look past all of Jesus’ imperfect followers, it was much easier for me to become one myself. And I’m still imperfect. Just ask my wife!

Now it’s like I have a safe harbor during the storms of life. And I can steer a steady course regardless of which way the winds blow because I’m following an unwavering steady compass. Without core unchanging truth I was drifting and rudderless.

]]> By: Tania from Germany http://chriscree.net/2006/05/17/da-vinci-code-hubbub/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Tania from Germany Wed, 17 May 2006 15:18:00 +0000 http://chriscree.net/?p=97#comment-76 Liz Strauss recommended your blog and I now come here on a daily basis. I like what I read because I can feel your commitment. Even though I'm not a Christian...at least not in an institutional way. I relate to the metaphor of "chasing the wind". Going with what is given and dealing with it trustfully. Well put! Liz Strauss recommended your blog and I now come here on a daily basis. I like what I read because I can feel your commitment. Even though I’m not a Christian…at least not in an institutional way.
I relate to the metaphor of “chasing the wind”. Going with what is given and dealing with it trustfully. Well put!

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