Comments on: Obama? Nobel Prize? Peace? http://www.returningking.com/?p=686 Preparing the Church for the King's Return Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:54:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pamela http://www.returningking.com/?p=686&cpage=1#comment-3158 Pamela Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:41:52 +0000 http://www.returningking.com/?p=686#comment-3158 Tom, do you think Obama's support of infanticide for babies who survive abortions shows his willingness to expend political capital on the concepts of justice he sees as most essential to human dignity and survival or his willingness to take stands on very difficult issues? Tom, do you think Obama’s support of infanticide for babies who survive abortions shows his willingness to expend political capital on the concepts of justice he sees as most essential to human dignity and survival or his willingness to take stands on very difficult issues?

]]> By: Tom http://www.returningking.com/?p=686&cpage=1#comment-3005 Tom Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:31:02 +0000 http://www.returningking.com/?p=686#comment-3005 I agree! A subsequent search of their database did in fact turn up Hitler. I did nt find it on the evening I posted my first comment. How odd. Thanks, - Tom I agree! A subsequent search of their database did in fact turn up Hitler. I did nt find it on the evening I posted my first comment. How odd.

Thanks,

- Tom

]]> By: Jeff Kluttz http://www.returningking.com/?p=686&cpage=1#comment-2955 Jeff Kluttz Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:36:05 +0000 http://www.returningking.com/?p=686#comment-2955 Hey, Tom- thanks for your comments. My information on Hitler came from the Nobel Prize database as well. Here's the direct link: http://nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/nomination.php?action=show&showid=2609 Not sure why your search did not turn him up, however. Perhaps I found him through a Google back door? Best wishes- jk Hey, Tom- thanks for your comments.

My information on Hitler came from the Nobel Prize database as well. Here’s the direct link: http://nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/nomination.php?action=show&showid=2609

Not sure why your search did not turn him up, however. Perhaps I found him through a Google back door?

Best wishes-
jk

]]> By: Tom http://www.returningking.com/?p=686&cpage=1#comment-2953 Tom Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:14:42 +0000 http://www.returningking.com/?p=686#comment-2953 Hello. I enjoyed your article on "Jesus and the folded napkin". It led me to your site and I was intrigued by your article on Obama and the peace prize. I was ambivalent about the award - just as I was for Arafat AND Jimmy Carter - we can see in retrospect that their intentions and paper agreements did not translate into lasting results. However, I think the Nobel committee is recognizing Obama’s willingness to expend political capital on the concepts of justice he sees as most essential to human dignity and survival - he is willing to take stands on very difficult issues with no clear guarantee of success. I have experienced this over and over again in my live, and see it echoed in scripture. As an example, in the late seventies had a friend that was fundamentally against apartheid; he campaigned to have the university we attended divest itself of holding in businesses that did business in South Africa. I thought he was tilting at windmills. Ten years later (after he had passed away, having taken his life after suffering from schizophrenia), the apartheid regime fell due to exactly the kind of idealism he advocated. I sense in this the underlying image of Christ: He (either by the force of the holy spirit or by the force of the underlying Christian tradition we share) drives our finest leaders to tackle the most divisive and difficult issue of justice in our time. ----- I was particularly fascinated by your comment that Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler were nominees. A search of the Nobel database confirmed that Stalin and Mussolini were indeed nominees. Not so for Hitler (he is mentioned in the text associated with another German who was nominated). Observing that you like to get your details right, I thought I would respectfully point this out. Regards, - Tom Hello.

I enjoyed your article on “Jesus and the folded napkin”. It led me to your site and I was intrigued by your article on Obama and the peace prize. I was ambivalent about the award – just as I was for Arafat AND Jimmy Carter – we can see in retrospect that their intentions and paper agreements did not translate into lasting results.

However, I think the Nobel committee is recognizing Obama’s willingness to expend political capital on the concepts of justice he sees as most essential to human dignity and survival – he is willing to take stands on very difficult issues with no clear guarantee of success.

I have experienced this over and over again in my live, and see it echoed in scripture.

As an example, in the late seventies had a friend that was fundamentally against apartheid; he campaigned to have the university we attended divest itself of holding in businesses that did business in South Africa. I thought he was tilting at windmills. Ten years later (after he had passed away, having taken his life after suffering from schizophrenia), the apartheid regime fell due to exactly the kind of idealism he advocated.

I sense in this the underlying image of Christ: He (either by the force of the holy spirit or by the force of the underlying Christian tradition we share) drives our finest leaders to tackle the most divisive and difficult issue of justice in our time.

—–

I was particularly fascinated by your comment that Stalin, Mussolini, and Hitler were nominees.

A search of the Nobel database confirmed that Stalin and Mussolini were indeed nominees. Not so for Hitler (he is mentioned in the text associated with another German who was nominated).

Observing that you like to get your details right, I thought I would respectfully point this out.

Regards,

- Tom

]]>