Comments on: Love is Fucking Stupid

By: Love and Marriage « reflective-praxis

Love and Marriage « reflective-praxis — Wed, 13 May 2009 23:16:07 +0000

[...] love reading’ reminder me of Halden’s reflection over at Inhabitatio Dei on Love. Maybe I should offer this to them as a way of understanding the text, or at least beginning a [...]

By: Derroteros trillados… « Natanael Disla

Derroteros trillados… « Natanael Disla — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:37:22 +0000

[...] El amor es una vaina estúpida [inglés]. [...]

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:55:28 +0000

You wrote: I mean, who on earth would actually thing think that loving means literally bearing anything that comes to you as a consequence of your love?

My answer to that: Jesus does!

By: Dissident Markus

Dissident Markus — Mon, 04 May 2009 20:16:04 +0000

Hi, I was just sailing by the site (well, I was actually guided hither by a friend) and bumped into Halden’s analysis of love as described in 1st Cor 13.

Regarding the allegedly “marketable [...] Scriptural sonnet”, signifying “nothing more than wedding day sentimentality”, a question arises: Why should the contemptuous expression of irony be preferrable to enjoying the beauty (and humility) of Paul’s words? Because the quoted words “don’t mean anything” to non-believers? How do you know? Because their conduct doesn’t match the standards of the Gospel? Does yours?
All I know is mine doesn’t.

Let’s not condemn, lest we be condemned.

And who knows: perhaps the love Paul writes about (which is neither arrogant nor rude – remember?) even endures “wedding day sentimentality”? That would be beautiful, I think. And, as the Russian filmmaker Andrey Tarkovsky once said, “Beauty is the symbol of truth.”

By: recommended readings « Furtherdowntheroad’s Blog

recommended readings « Furtherdowntheroad’s Blog — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:31:11 +0000

[...] Halden on “love is stupid” [...]

By: Linkworthy - 5/3/09 | MattCleaver.com

Linkworthy - 5/3/09 | MattCleaver.com — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:07:39 +0000

[...] Love is ——- Stupid – If you don’t like the f-bomb, don’t read this. But he does raise some good points. [...]

By: Love and stupidity « An und für sich

Love and stupidity « An und für sich — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:48:42 +0000

[...] May 3, 2009 I have been asked to “shit all over” this blog post about 1 Corinthians 13. I think that as an analysis of the passage, it is actually pretty good. [...]

By: roger flyer

roger flyer — Sat, 02 May 2009 14:35:28 +0000

I love Fyodor.

By: Koog

Koog — Fri, 01 May 2009 21:00:21 +0000

Unlike Arthur in The Holy Grail, Jesus is the King with shit all over Him; our shit. This post was a great encouragement AND it made me homesick for Portland.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:12:47 +0000

In heaven.

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:04:19 +0000

If you read a little through the beatitudes, Jesus warns of wise vs. foolish builders. Matthew 7:24-27. “The rain came down, the streams rose, and the wind blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.” Now you can think about this literally or you can realize the house is a persons life and the rock is Jesus Christ as the cornerstone. I wonder, Halden, what is your foundation as you wrote this? Was/Is your foundation in Jesus Christ or in some attempt at relying on reason and cultural/worldly values and experiences? The world says this type of love is impossible. But as Dietrich Bonheoffer describes the “impossible possibility” as that which is impossible to do, but through the grace and power of God and through this grace and power alone do things become possible, we must realize that it is not an impossible love to achieve.

By: Travis

Travis — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:05:16 +0000

brennan manning-esque with a little bit more rage.

By: roger flyer

roger flyer — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:16:16 +0000

Martyn-I think Halden is using shock and awe tactics. But I, for one, do not understand why the f— word counts for anything in this post. But I seem to be the only one.

By: Hill

Hill — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:48:49 +0000

Let the record show that I found this post offensive.

By: Jack

Jack — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:21:22 +0000

yeah, this fucking post is “completely asinine” :)