Quote of the day

posted at 10:25 pm on January 4, 2010 by Allahpundit

Blowback

Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose their posting privilege.

Trackbacks/Pings

Trackback URL

Hurah Brit Hume! Boo Political Correctness! : Stop The ACLU
Hot Air » Blog Archive » The sadly obligatory “Tiger Woods self-mortification” open thread; Update: Leaden video added!

Comments

Comment pages: « Previous 1 2 3 4

There’s no problem other than it’s a load of crap. Follow the commandments of some omnipotent, omnipresent etheral being and not only will you see the error of your ways but you’ll find peace. Puh-leeze! It’s smacks of the same indignant self-rightousness as the One during his speeches.

Forget commandments from some ghost, Tiger. Just make the commitment to live your life with the same honesty and dedication that it took for you to cultivate your golfing achievements and you’ll find peace.

beselfish on January 4, 2010 at 11:27 PM

And, um, you follow what moral tract?

Andy in Agoura Hills on January 6, 2010 at 7:32 PM

If Hume had said Judaism doesn’t offer forgiveness and/or redemption, you’d be OK with that?

Norman Blizter on January 5, 2010 at 12:32 AM

Sure, BECAUSE IT DOESN’T DUMBA$$. LOL!!!!! Here’s a newsflash Einstein: Judaism and Christianity are not theologically the same. D’oh!

Andy in Agoura Hills on January 6, 2010 at 7:34 PM

Judaism doesn’t “emphasize” forgiveness and redemption, as I wrote above (January 5, 2010 at 1:19 AM). It does have mechanism for it however. Note that the Book of Psalms, and the famous Psalm 51 are part of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, and that David, who wrote Psalm 51, figures in the Prophets section of the Hebrew Bible. I’m sure you can call to mind plenty of O/T examples of forgiveness and redemption. Abraham pleading for the redemption of Sedom, Jacob and Esau, Judah and Tamar, Moses interceding with God to save the Jewish people from God’s wrath following the Golden Calf, the reconciliation of Joseph and his brothers, etc, etc, it’s all over the place. So it’s not exactly a Christian innovation–it’s just that Christianity, being based on salvation from sin through death of Jesus, forgiveness and redemption are woven right into the core theology, and whereas Jews await the redemption described in the Prohpets–a turning over of the natural order, the redemption in Christianity comes in two stages, redemption from sin which has already been effected, followed by a second redemption yet to come. So at this point redemption is more foregrounded in Christianity, but it is operative in Judaism.

smellthecoffee on January 5, 2010 at 1:45 AM

Let me clarify something with my Jewish brethren. Judaism offers redemption TO G-D only. Sins against G-d are forgiven on Yom Kippur. Sins against another person MUST BE forgiven by that person. For example, A murderer can NEVER be forgiven in Judaism (since the murdered person is the only one that could forgive, but that ain’t gonna happen). Which is why murder is the most heinous crime in Judaism (which is why abortion is wrong). My previous post about forgiveness referred to Tiger Woods being forgiven by his family, hence Judaism has nothing to offer Woods at this point. My understanding of Christianity is that through Jesus Christ one can be absolved of their sins, even if one commits murder. A concept I find unaacceptable.

Andy in Agoura Hills on January 6, 2010 at 7:44 PM

While Christianity is an old religion, Judaism makes it look young by comparison and Christianity finds it more and more difficult to be relevant to modern people. With all do respect, Jewish people could do worse than to upgrade (Judaism 2.0?)

Atheist non-believers are critical about the myth of Christianity. Well if one is a moral genius, well balanced, and smart (I don’t know this person, myself) one can get through this life with a minimum amount of destructive behavior. Tiger certainly wasn’t the individual just described. He would have benefited by a Christian belief or, if he could not subscribe to the “myth”, then simply believing in the values that underwrite the myth, the code of the myth, would have served him well.

tyouth on January 6, 2010 at 9:18 PM

may God bless Britt Hume. I liked, admired and respected him before this and now it has grown tenfold.

He had the courage & conviction to say what we need to hear, not what we want to hear. The more I read about history and Islam, the more I am convinced that Judaism & Christianity are the salvation of humankind.

For a long time I fell away from the Church. I didn’t even bother going to Christmas or Easter services. But about eight years ago I began going on my own without anyone prodding me. I actually LISTENED to the sermons and UNDERSTOOD. Yes, I’m still far from perfect but at least when I attend nowadays, dipping my fingers in the holy water doesn’t make the water boil & steam up.

CatchAll on January 6, 2010 at 9:31 PM