Yeah, I see nothing wrong with "We forgive you. Now please leave. For everyone's sake."
And this may just be my own reading of it, but "Will you forgive me as Christ forgave?" just sounds... very guilt-trippy.
And this may just be my own reading of it, but "Will you forgive me as Christ forgave?" just sounds... very guilt-trippy.
posted by Matt | 2:08 PM
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Where does shame fit in all this though? Maybe this is just my own little skewed perception (largely based on the BS I've dealt w/ relative to my in-laws), but I just want to know where shame went; because that was one damn effective publicly enforced social persuader.
And I’m Serious. What happened to public shame? Or the act of public shaming? It's almost like pop-culture has infiltrated the church such that grace and divine acceptance have trumped or otherwise removed shame. Where does this guy (and others like him) get off to command this type of forgiveness/forgetness via the Jesus card.
I say--shenanigans. Tilt. You just lost your quarter.
The point is, ladies and gentleman, that shame -- for lack of a better word -- is good.
Shame is right.
Shame works.
(A buck for anyone who can get the movie allusion by memory.)
I believe the original went something like this:
"Greed is good. Greed is right. Greed ... works." Gordon Geko in Wall Street. Loved the movie. Loved it.
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