Comments on: Blessing of the Animals http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2010/01/17/blessing-of-the-animals/ let's activate something Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:23:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Rusty http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2010/01/17/blessing-of-the-animals/#comment-28706 Rusty Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:31:56 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/?p=690#comment-28706 Hey folknotions, I probably should have not used the rosary as an example of ritual because of the theological complications. It was just the first common ritual that came to mind. My point was that the denial of the material leads to the denial of the present, leaving us in a world where we are always looking up and ahead and not appreciating what we have or where we are. I believe that the protestant and anabaptist fear of ritual stems from this worldview. It's a very western worldview that has an identifiable beginning (Plato). But the Judeo-Christian faith is not western, and that is what I am attempting to bring into question. Does that make sense? Hey folknotions,
I probably should have not used the rosary as an example of ritual because of the theological complications. It was just the first common ritual that came to mind. My point was that the denial of the material leads to the denial of the present, leaving us in a world where we are always looking up and ahead and not appreciating what we have or where we are. I believe that the protestant and anabaptist fear of ritual stems from this worldview. It’s a very western worldview that has an identifiable beginning (Plato). But the Judeo-Christian faith is not western, and that is what I am attempting to bring into question. Does that make sense?

]]> By: folknotions http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/2010/01/17/blessing-of-the-animals/#comment-28506 folknotions Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:41:22 +0000 http://young.anabaptistradicals.org/?p=690#comment-28506 "Being told to not say the rosary and being told to ‘invest in your future’ both stem from the same destructive philosophies." Rusty, could you explain a bit more clearly what you mean by this? I oppose the recitation of the Rosary as patently idolatrous - and I am acquainted with the theological arguments for the Rosary (and I think the category of "latreia" in the context of Trinitarian worship is inappropriate). However, I am not opposed to ritual as such. And - so far as know - sacramentals such as the Rosary were verboten amongst our Anabaptist forebearers. “Being told to not say the rosary and being told to ‘invest in your future’ both stem from the same destructive philosophies.”

Rusty, could you explain a bit more clearly what you mean by this?

I oppose the recitation of the Rosary as patently idolatrous - and I am acquainted with the theological arguments for the Rosary (and I think the category of “latreia” in the context of Trinitarian worship is inappropriate).

However, I am not opposed to ritual as such.

And - so far as know - sacramentals such as the Rosary were verboten amongst our Anabaptist forebearers.

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