Comments on: What can a Nazi tell us about God? http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/ For what is your life? It is even a vapour... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:33:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Paul http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-60 Paul Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:38:36 +0000 http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-60 I heard it through the grapevine that Uncle Jack was unimpressed by this post. To be more transparent I was looking for a different Nazi, that I vaguely remembered was the head of a concentration camp. If my memory serves me correct, there were some pictures showing him playing with his children and pets. I was unable to find him after an hour of searching and settled for Mr. Bormann instead. Reading the posted article does cast some doubt over the son's remembrance of his father; was Martin really a good dad or is that how his son wished to remember him today through the veil of time and nostalgia? I don't know, but even if Bormann was actually a terrible father, the main point would transcend my inadequate illustration on Biblical merit alone. Bad people are capable of feeling compassion for their kids. How much more compassion must a "good person" have for us? Sorry Uncle Jack for grieving the historiographer in you! (-; I heard it through the grapevine that Uncle Jack was unimpressed by this post. To be more transparent I was looking for a different Nazi, that I vaguely remembered was the head of a concentration camp. If my memory serves me correct, there were some pictures showing him playing with his children and pets. I was unable to find him after an hour of searching and settled for Mr. Bormann instead. Reading the posted article does cast some doubt over the son’s remembrance of his father; was Martin really a good dad or is that how his son wished to remember him today through the veil of time and nostalgia?

I don’t know, but even if Bormann was actually a terrible father, the main point would transcend my inadequate illustration on Biblical merit alone. Bad people are capable of feeling compassion for their kids. How much more compassion must a “good person” have for us?

Sorry Uncle Jack for grieving the historiographer in you! (-;

]]> By: J. http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-59 J. Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:42:07 +0000 http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-59 This post's timing creepily ties back into yesterday's reading material (i.e., Lacan's ideas of dismemberment, Shakespeare's Othello, and the Gospel of John in which we find numerous and varying ghoulish metaphors). All recent "reads" seem to point up at least one theme which I would blissfully evade if it weren't for the persistency of the Holy Spirit: while self-deceptively depraved, man has been given unfathomable capacity. As much as I am loathe to give Mr. Francis S. an inch in which to wiggle, I admit that this theme nears L'Abri's emphasis on man as a "glorified ruin." P.S. After reading the posted comments, I felt like I had sat in on a Matzko Sunday dinner conversation. And I think I'll leave it there... This post’s timing creepily ties back into yesterday’s reading material (i.e., Lacan’s ideas of dismemberment, Shakespeare’s Othello, and the Gospel of John in which we find numerous and varying ghoulish metaphors). All recent “reads” seem to point up at least one theme which I would blissfully evade if it weren’t for the persistency of the Holy Spirit: while self-deceptively depraved, man has been given unfathomable capacity. As much as I am loathe to give Mr. Francis S. an inch in which to wiggle, I admit that this theme nears L’Abri’s emphasis on man as a “glorified ruin.”

P.S. After reading the posted comments, I felt like I had sat in on a Matzko Sunday dinner conversation. And I think I’ll leave it there…

]]> By: Paul http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-58 Paul Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:19:33 +0000 http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-58 He wasn't just any Nazi killer...he was a Nazi killer who played with his children. (-; He wasn’t just any Nazi killer…he was a Nazi killer who played with his children. (-;

]]> By: Dr. M http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-57 Dr. M Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:57:38 +0000 http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-57 Even I liked it. I've never been compared to a Nazi killer before. Even I liked it. I’ve never been compared to a Nazi killer before.

]]> By: Katie http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-56 Katie Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:17:29 +0000 http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-56 Me too! It made me laugh because I could picture it in my mind's eye! Me too! It made me laugh because I could picture it in my mind’s eye!

]]> By: Kristalyn http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-53 Kristalyn Mon, 18 Feb 2008 05:14:09 +0000 http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/02/17/what-can-a-nazi-tell-us-about-god/#comment-53 That was a great entry. I love your memories of Dad! That was a great entry. I love your memories of Dad!

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