Last evening I was talking with an old friend,in fact,a old girlfriend from 30 years ago. We have not seen each other since. She are retired due to mental illness now and I saw that she was not “normal” at all. What ever I did say was against her,in her own mind. And she wanted more then just a cup of coffee. I am am “madly” in love with a 27 years old woman from Germany,close to me,and we will get married some day soon. The fact that I am 51 does not bother her. But talking to my x from so long ago made me think. She thinks she is not good for nothing. In human eyes that may well be so,not my thing to say a word about that,She hates the RCC and the mood she was in was not the right to defend the Church. But I am sure that she is good for something. Nobody here is good for nothing in God’s eyes,and that give us all hope.
You are totally correct and when push comes to shove;our greatest worth is that Christ Jesus loved each and every individual that He died for us.We all have been bought and paid for–hence why we need to make the effort to reach out (even by our prayers & offering our sufferings,through,with and in Christ) to those, who like your X have strayed or those who are unchurched.
Quote from the starting thread Link.
"If we hurry, these closeted Christians can celebrate Christmas like the rest of us. As an added bonus, they will no longer be looked upon as people who “believe in nothing, stand for nothing and are good for nothing.”
I suppose they are sort of throw away lines and not to be taken literally(at least I hope that they were!)
I remember years again there was a philosophical “logical” line, something like this “If you know nothing–therefore it means that you know something”
St.Maximilian Kolbe ,when he was a ten year boy,took it to heart when his mother in a fit of impatience said to him a similar thing “what will become of you,Raymond?”
I recall a Marist Brother saying “I have taught you all that I know–and you still know nothing”! another line "teaching you kids is like throwing real pearls at real swine’!!
Now ,as an adult,I am surprised that a learned person like **Strawberryjam **has taken this literally.Even from a philosophical approach this can be turned around–example.
Believe in nothing? --therefore —You will believe in anything!! (G.K.Chesterton’s line–a person who believes in nothing will believe in everything)
Stand for nothing? therefore---- You fall for everything!(my line!)
Good for nothing?therefore ---- ???( I could not think a good retort on this!)
Here is a defintition of
nihilism(total rejection of a belief system) ----
to consider life—"
a tale told by an idiot,full of sound and fury,signifying nothing"
Mahatma Gandhi warned us “to guard against science without humanity;politics without principal;knowledge without character;wealth without work;commerce without morality;pleasure without conscience and worship without sacrifice”
I’m open to nuances but just don’t see it there. At the most it would appear the person was being glib, enjoying the words, but