tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14128382.post966314188252944222..comments2023-04-07T06:29:51.016-07:00Comments on Sharp Cheddar Cheese: The Ongoing Saga: Good PeopleDan Lowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13013884098326991088noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14128382.post-24398085781976372462007-04-18T07:58:00.000-07:002007-04-18T07:58:00.000-07:00This is your sainted mother. As you know, I am on...This is your sainted mother. As you know, I am only surpassed in goodness by the BVM. She and I would prefer that you not use the word "screwed" when discussing theology. (She's actually more upset about it than I am.) I actually prefer not to think of myself as "good" or "bad," always striving instead for "annoying." How am I doing?L-Pohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04373374977382872240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14128382.post-89185838192023109082007-04-17T22:15:00.000-07:002007-04-17T22:15:00.000-07:00i am reminded of my minimal early childhood develo...i am reminded of my minimal early childhood development instructions to tell children that they are "a good person, who sometimes does bad things." And I think there is validity in that it teaches a chld that they are valued. personally, however, i have to agree with a couple of your other commenters..i am a flawed, bad, human being saved by God's grace. And i really don't believe in gradations Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14128382.post-50180101466504411642007-04-17T12:14:00.000-07:002007-04-17T12:14:00.000-07:00Well said, McGee! We can certainly differentiate b...Well said, McGee! We can certainly differentiate between people based on our understandings of goodness and badness, but sinfulness is the clearer theological concept and the more ultimately meaningful term. We may think that Gandhi was "gooder" than Hitler, but both were equal in terms of their need for redemption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14128382.post-14996097078586434242007-04-17T02:25:00.000-07:002007-04-17T02:25:00.000-07:00I'm not sure I can tell what you mean. Society sin...I'm not sure I can tell what you mean. Society singles out bad people all the time; society tends to frown upon randomly punching people in the face, or stealing their stuff, or lying, or whatever else you can think of. Society similarly singles out good people. It tends to encourage working to save human life or make it more comfortable. <BR/><BR/>That we all fall short of God does not mean we asgromohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07857008470068274623noreply@blogger.com