freedom of excellence

[levendus]

A friend of mine asked me what I was learning in seminary. I explained to him what I was learning in Christian Morality. I think it sums up my class pretty well. So, I'm going to share it with y'all.
Cheers and God Bless
-Todd

Comments

[uzforce17]

Funny, I thought you were just learning how to play Quidditch and cast Expelliarmus.

[levendus]

Sheesh, not much to do on a Saturday night, teacher boy?:)

[uzforce17]

Actually, I'm watching the Ranger game right now.

[jellydonut3]

So basically, instead of going to seminary you could have watched Bill and Ted and learned to "Be Excellent to Each Other"

[levendus]

*laughs*
did you even read the post?!

[ext_67304]

Hey thanks for the interesting comment, I thought I'd try to return the favor. I dig your piano metaphor as a way of thinking about morality. If you think of morality as a skill that helps us live an excellent life, then of course we'll want to learn about it, and understand deeply what has come before us. But then, in the soon-to-be-stretched-thin piano analogy, you can imagine learning jazz piano, or classical, or any of a number of styles. And you could be excellent at any of them, or at more than one of them. I guess, still, you can imagine someone knowing all the styles, but having some musicianship that surpasses style. And maybe that's the point of going to seminary.

[levendus]

And maybe the point of learning a rule is to live a life without paying attention so much to the rules.
:)

thanks for the comment