There is actually a legal way to kill a woman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtfi0LGvYR8&NR=1
I find it a bit difficult to believe - gulp.
Friday, December 11, 2009
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
TEE Courses for 2010 is out !!!!!
Just follow this link to view the new TEE schedule for 2010.
http://www.stm.edu.my/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=663&Itemid=87
http://www.stm.edu.my/english/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=663&Itemid=87
"Bible Scholars ...."
You ever saw in the movies how the good guys or the bad guys were being ambushed?
Experienced it recently.
So, a friend invited me to visit a talk, one evening, and there I was hunkering down in a meeting. Unfortunately the meeting coordinator was not very welcoming in a sense with genius remarks such as:-
a) ' ..... there are other things you can do besides being a bible scholar ....',
b) ' I have seen the best and the worst of the bible seminaries ......',
c) ' While Europe burned to the ground, the monasteries were busy shutting themselves out ....' (SORRY, THAT PERSON DID NOT SAY THAT - just a another genius remark from a different person).
Well, excuse meeeeeeee............
Some points to note :-
a) This is my first time in your meeting - thanks for your warmth and tact.
b) If Bible scholars were so unwelcome or their works are so underappreciated, we should at least follow up on it with these actions :-
i) Burn the books written by seminarians - Herr Hitler performed somthing like that.
ii) Uproot the intellectuals aka seminarians - both Comrade Mao and Mrs Mao - been there and done that.
iii) Better yet, kill the intellectuals aka seminarians - Khmer Rouge Comrade Pol Pot did it in Year Zero.
iv) Disband the church structures - the Books of Discipline are one way or the other written by the seminarians at one time or another.
But let's not be so negative about things shall we. Let's see what some other jokers are saying about Bible scholarship (?)
The key issues were highlighted by Dr Dietrich Werner, coordinator of the Ecumenical Theological Education programme of the World Council of Churches (ETE/WCC), and expressed in a World Study Report on Theological Education released in Nairobi recently.
The 90-page report subtitled "Challenges and Opportunities for Theological Education in the 21st Century – Pointer for a New International Debate on Theological Education" was produced by an international study group as part of the Edinburgh 2010 process during the last 12 months.
The report was released at a meeting of the newly created Advisory Committee on Theology, Ecumenical Formation and Interfaith Issues of the All African Conference of Churches which brought together around 20 key representatives of theological education and regional associations of theological schools in Africa.
Their goal was to start a new initiative for cooperation in theological education in Africa and for the production of new theological textbooks on crucial themes for African Christianity. The report has been published in a Joint Information Service of the World Conference of Associations of Theological Schools (WOCATI) and ETE/WCC.
The world report on theological education – as well as accompanying papers – is available in a shorter and an extended version. It includes case studies on various regions of the world and key recommendations for the future of theological education.
The report states that "theological education is the seedbed for the renewal of churches, their ministries, and their commitment to the unity of the church. If theological education systems are neglected or not given their due prominence, over the following decades the church will experience a decline in the competence of church leadership and in their capacity for ecumenical and interfaith dialogue and for dialogue between church and society."
It has become clear, say the authors, that ecumenical learning "is not just the addition of elements of ecumenical theology into the curriculum, but the key question is whether and to what extent the basic orientation of theological education reflects the fundamental relational nature of being the church, its vocation to live with other Christian communities and with the wider human community."
See the World Study Report on Theological Education, short version:http://www.oikoumene.org/fileadmin/files/wcc-main/documents/p5/ete/E2010_summary_World_Study_Report11_2009.pdf
Conclusions :
Stop bible scholarship in order to stop church growth. What a brilliant thought indeed.
Experienced it recently.
So, a friend invited me to visit a talk, one evening, and there I was hunkering down in a meeting. Unfortunately the meeting coordinator was not very welcoming in a sense with genius remarks such as:-
a) ' ..... there are other things you can do besides being a bible scholar ....',
b) ' I have seen the best and the worst of the bible seminaries ......',
c) ' While Europe burned to the ground, the monasteries were busy shutting themselves out ....' (SORRY, THAT PERSON DID NOT SAY THAT - just a another genius remark from a different person).
Well, excuse meeeeeeee............
Some points to note :-
a) This is my first time in your meeting - thanks for your warmth and tact.
b) If Bible scholars were so unwelcome or their works are so underappreciated, we should at least follow up on it with these actions :-
i) Burn the books written by seminarians - Herr Hitler performed somthing like that.
ii) Uproot the intellectuals aka seminarians - both Comrade Mao and Mrs Mao - been there and done that.
iii) Better yet, kill the intellectuals aka seminarians - Khmer Rouge Comrade Pol Pot did it in Year Zero.
iv) Disband the church structures - the Books of Discipline are one way or the other written by the seminarians at one time or another.
But let's not be so negative about things shall we. Let's see what some other jokers are saying about Bible scholarship (?)
Future of Christianity depends on theological education. says report
Proper theological education is of strategic importance for the future of Christianity. So is ecumenical formation for the future of active Christian cooperation, says a world report on the future of theological education.
The key issues were highlighted by Dr Dietrich Werner, coordinator of the Ecumenical Theological Education programme of the World Council of Churches (ETE/WCC), and expressed in a World Study Report on Theological Education released in Nairobi recently.
The 90-page report subtitled "Challenges and Opportunities for Theological Education in the 21st Century – Pointer for a New International Debate on Theological Education" was produced by an international study group as part of the Edinburgh 2010 process during the last 12 months.
The report was released at a meeting of the newly created Advisory Committee on Theology, Ecumenical Formation and Interfaith Issues of the All African Conference of Churches which brought together around 20 key representatives of theological education and regional associations of theological schools in Africa.
Their goal was to start a new initiative for cooperation in theological education in Africa and for the production of new theological textbooks on crucial themes for African Christianity. The report has been published in a Joint Information Service of the World Conference of Associations of Theological Schools (WOCATI) and ETE/WCC.
The world report on theological education – as well as accompanying papers – is available in a shorter and an extended version. It includes case studies on various regions of the world and key recommendations for the future of theological education.
The report states that "theological education is the seedbed for the renewal of churches, their ministries, and their commitment to the unity of the church. If theological education systems are neglected or not given their due prominence, over the following decades the church will experience a decline in the competence of church leadership and in their capacity for ecumenical and interfaith dialogue and for dialogue between church and society."
It has become clear, say the authors, that ecumenical learning "is not just the addition of elements of ecumenical theology into the curriculum, but the key question is whether and to what extent the basic orientation of theological education reflects the fundamental relational nature of being the church, its vocation to live with other Christian communities and with the wider human community."
See the World Study Report on Theological Education, short version:http://www.oikoumene.org/fileadmin/files/wcc-main/documents/p5/ete/E2010_summary_World_Study_Report11_2009.pdf
Conclusions :
Stop bible scholarship in order to stop church growth. What a brilliant thought indeed.
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