tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777715.post116248366469363359..comments2023-08-05T10:13:38.959-04:00Comments on Impractical Theology: Philemon: Paul's continuing decosntruction of the "other"Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03708322695991246818noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6777715.post-1162846929201654892006-11-06T16:02:00.000-05:002006-11-06T16:02:00.000-05:00Wow No one wants to take on this subject do they?F...Wow No one wants to take on this subject do they?<BR/>For one:<BR/>I think that sometimes we have a problem relating to philemon because he was a slave-owner. I've tried to understand him because my own family has a history of slave-ownership. I know that slavery in Paul's day was significantly different than in American slavery. Americans missed the boat because we lost sight of the kingdom and couldn't get beyond our pocketbooks. As a result we were willing to do many horrific things like syncretize bad science with bad (eis)exegesis to justify doing things that grieved the spirit.<BR/>The question is,<BR/>Who is Onesimus, and who is Philemon today?GB Hoythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305484602935707261noreply@blogger.com