tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8605839.post116170234198971702..comments2023-09-03T10:27:50.770-05:00Comments on Personal Musings of Priestly Goth: On FriendshipCommunity of the Holy Trinityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327079170088324442noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8605839.post-1162486127236663872006-11-02T10:48:00.000-06:002006-11-02T10:48:00.000-06:00You know Jorge, I had intended to comment on your ...You know Jorge, I had intended to comment on your thoughts, they are stimulating thoughts, especially your brigning into the conversation the Golden rule, treat others as you want to be treated, but then I personally don't want to be trusted blindly either. Trust me because I am trust worthy.<BR/>But in a sense the issue is love, and love is larger then friendship, or rather friendship is a subset of love.<BR/>I think I may bring this back up as a main post.Community of the Holy Trinityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327079170088324442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8605839.post-1161782996134150632006-10-25T08:29:00.000-05:002006-10-25T08:29:00.000-05:00Good post. Some random thoughts.I agree that God ...Good post. Some random thoughts.<BR/><BR/>I agree that God might not be an egalitarian. As a teacher, I the drive to treat everyone equally is an impulse I fight every day. Or perhaps I should put it in a positive form: as a teacher, every day I strive to treat everyone fairly but appropriately.<BR/><BR/>Benedict isn't an egalitarian, but neither is he an authoritarian. He's a communitarian who believes in personal growth. The Rule of Benedict says both<BR/><BR/>Let [the Abbess] make no distinction of persons in the monastery. Let her not love one more than another, unless it be one whom she finds better in good works or in obedience.<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><BR/>In her teaching the Abbess should always follow the Apostle's formula: "Reprove, entreat, rebuke" (2 Tim. 4:2); threatening at one time and coaxing at another as the occasion may require, showing now the stern countenance of a mistress, now the loving affection of a mother. That is to say, it is the undisciplined and restless whom she must reprove rather sharply; it is the obedient, meek and patient whom she must entreat to advance in virtue; while as for the negligent and disdainful, these we charge her to rebuke and correct.<BR/><BR/>Depending on the treatment, treating everyone the same way is unjust, isn't it? If I punish all my students harshly for every instance of rule-breaking, I mistreat those who may have acted out of ignorance or by accident, while perhaps some who acted out of malice might be punished too lightly.<BR/><BR/>Yet the Golden Rule seems to suggest that we should trust others, if we want to be trusted; that we should be merciful, if we want mercy to be had on us. The Golde Rule doesn't have an asterisk on it: *treat others the way you would like to be treated only if you won't be taken advantage of.<BR/><BR/>We can't treat everyone in the same way, but we can love everyone equally.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com