Comments on: The Catholic Mark Driscoll

By: James Silk

James Silk — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:59:52 +0000

Of course I can’t speak for all that West has said, or even for his Hef comment for I know not the context. I am currently reading his “Theology of the Body explained” and can attest that he teaches nothing that our Holy Mother Church does not affirm. If I could speak for West, I would only say that he wishes to assist JPII in rescuing sex from the culture of death engendered by the enlightenment and extract the life affirming meaning in this primordial sacrament. Where as Driscoll and his literalist mind cannot see the mystical aspect of the Song of Solomon, West would assert that it is both a poetic musing of human intimacy and divine intimacy – for one is the image of the other. The physical world makes the invisible visible through symbols.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:29:47 +0000

Mark Driscoll, in summary:

“Dude, Song of Solomon gives you carte blanche to do whatever you want to your wife in bed! Like, totally!”

By: Jason Oliver

Jason Oliver — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:04:56 +0000

Hey, Roger. What about Ned Flanders?

By: roger flyer

roger flyer — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 21:23:54 +0000

We are a nation of ADD addled idiots. Bart Simpson is our most potent theologian.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:20:40 +0000

The man’s a genius, and when he is no longer the head of my beloved communion I hope he continues to pick up the pen for the sake of the church catholic.

Unfortunately, Williams’ theology is nowhere near as influential in America as Driscoll’s.

By: Halden

Halden — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:31:50 +0000

I’m putting that into a post slot. Too incredible not to.

By: kim fabricius

kim fabricius — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:28:56 +0000

"What is baffling and sometimes outrageous to the modern reader is just this assumption that, in certain circumstances, sex can't mattter that much. And I want to suggest that the most important contribution the New Testament can make to our present understanding of sexuality may be precisely in this unwelcome and rather chilling message. We come to the New Testament eagerly looking for answers, and we meet a blank or quizzical face: why is that the all-important problem? Not all human goods are possible all the time, and it would be a disaster to think that there was some experience without which nothing else made sense. Only if sexual intimacy is seen as the last hiding-place of real transcendence, to borrow a phrase from the American novelist, Walker Percy, could we assume that it mattered above all else." Rowan Williams, "Forbidden Fruit", in Martyn Percy (ed.), Sexuality and Spirituality in Perspective (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1997), pp.25-26.

By: Halden

Halden — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:19:40 +0000

McCarthy’s books is exactly what I was thinking of when I wrote that. Best book on marriage and sex out there for my money.

By: James K.A. Smith

James K.A. Smith — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:18:05 +0000

Sorry, correcting “sense” for “sex” (philosophical Freudian typo?):

I think one of the best books that makes sex “ordinary” is David Matzko McCarthy’s _Sex and Love in the Home_, New Edition (SCM, 2004).

As for Driscoll’s fetishes, I’m reminded of my colleague Rebecca DeYoung’s constant admonition to remember that chastity isn’t just for singles! It’s for marriage, too.

By: James K.A. Smith

James K.A. Smith — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:17:05 +0000

I think one of the best books that makes sense “ordinary” is David Matzko McCarthy’s _Sex and Love in the Home_, New Edition (SCM, 2004).

As for Driscoll’s fetishes, I’m reminded of my colleague Rebecca DeYoung’s constant admonition to remember that chastity isn’t just for singles! It’s for marriage, too.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:17:42 +0000

For a couple decades shady church leaders have pushed the gospel through the promise of wealth, seems like they’re just switching it up to sexual gratification.