tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post588926239133973238..comments2023-10-31T07:23:17.922-04:00Comments on The Theos Project: "Tradition!"Jonathan Erdmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04234688186113838474noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-49569846977402429522007-01-09T09:21:00.000-05:002007-01-09T09:21:00.000-05:00But what is it that makes us not cross those lines...But what is it that makes us not cross those lines? <br /><br />Tevye could break with tradition for his daughter's marrying poor men they loved...because the alternative was simply something that had been done for quite a while. <br /><br />He didn't give his stamp of approval on the last marriage because he believed God did not want the Jews to marry non-jews (which is understandable given it's being written that way in the OT) <br /><br />At that point it becomes a moral issue rather than one of tradition.Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071513255237535104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-87597174003731789572007-01-08T21:38:00.000-05:002007-01-08T21:38:00.000-05:00Hhhhhmmmmm....so, we are disagreeing with Tevye?!!...Hhhhhmmmmm....so, we are disagreeing with Tevye?!!? <br /><br />Ok. I agree with the above point. However, even Tevye changes. He allows his first two daughters to break with tradition on some romantic issues. Ah, but then he draws the line when it comes to the third daughter because she is wanting to marry a non-Jew......Don't we all have the lines we will never cross???Jonathan Erdmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234688186113838474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-53698428236930505972007-01-08T13:59:00.000-05:002007-01-08T13:59:00.000-05:00"Then again,if we stick to tradition, we may miss ..."Then again,if we stick to tradition, we may miss out on a God who is larger than those tradition."<br /><br />Amen sister!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9242710.post-64410061120219946442007-01-07T14:48:00.000-05:002007-01-07T14:48:00.000-05:00Perhaps we don't have a stable idea of who God is ...Perhaps we don't have a stable idea of who God is or what he expects. <br /><br />A public discussion about God cannot even be had because of the wide range of beliefs about him. <br /><br />Then again,if we stick to tradition, we may miss out on a God who is larger than those tradition.<br /><br />Tradition does provide stability...but are we <i>called</i> to stability?Melodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10071513255237535104noreply@blogger.com