Justice The philosopher Don Cupitt highlights that in the parables, “Jesus sharply criticizes and even ridicules ordinary people's ideas of justice and equity.” (2009, 78) Part of this radicalism, the Catholic Church teaches, is that “Jesus identifies with the poor of every kind and makes active love towards them the condition for entering the kingdom.” (1994, §544) Another Continue Reading …
Parables as a Guide to Jesus the Philosopher, Part 5: Inwardness
One day in Synagogue a rabbi and a cantor and a janitor were preparing for the Day of Atonement. The rabbi beat his breast and bowed his head and said aloud, "I am nothing, I am nothing." The cantor beat his breast and bowed his head and said aloud, "I am nothing, I am nothing." The janitor beat his breast and bowed his head and said aloud, "I am nothing, I am Continue Reading …