Algunas opiniones respecto a las declaraciones de que Rob Bell es universalista

Tiendo a opinar de forma más similar a Micah Escamilla quien agregó sus comentarios al video de Rob Bell, en vimeo y menos como Justin Taylor, quien después de ver un video de tres minutos —el cual no desacredita la Biblia, ni declara absolutos, el cual lanza preguntas y deja una indicación que la Biblia responde con poder y de una forma maravillosa a las preguntas que muchísimos individuos en nuestro mundo se hacen respecto a quién va al cielo y quién va al infierno— y reconociendo [Justin] que él aún no lee el libro —y por lo tanto la explicación de Rob Bell—, se anima a expresar que siente que Rob no va por buen camino.

Al igual que Micah, yo he analizado el trabajo y las reflexiones que Rob Bell hace en los videos de Nooma, en sus predicaciones con Mars Hill, en sus podcasts, y en ningún momento me ha parecido que lo que dice es de alguna forma herética o perteneciente a una doctrina falsa.

También soy de la opinión que no existe nada malo con formular preguntas. Y no sólo preguntar, sino animar a otros a cuestionar lo que creen. Hay demasiados cristianos que se rehusan a que las preguntas se eleven. Con suma frecuencia, las palabras difamatorias brotan, y por lo general no con un espíritu cristiano.

Mi postura no es defender un punto de vista liberal o conservador, simplemente procurar no dejarme llevar por lo que dice la gente. Me ha tocado ver extremismo de ambos lados. Así como las personas que se han alarmado en este caso [respecto al más reciente libro de Rob Bell], mi mente viene a lo ocurrido con Clifford Goldstein, donde los editores del blog de Power of Pride— han tomado sus comentarios a la revista Spectrum y los han interpretado de una forma tan a su conveniencia, que han cambiado su significado y lo han puesto en un aprieto a este pastor. Él mismo ha comentado sobre lo ocurrido en sermones posteriores. [Que él no se lo busque tampoco estoy en desacuerdo.]

El hecho que una opinión sea apoyada por una mayoría o minoría no la debe convertir en verdad o mentira. Cada declaración, cada pregunta sólo la podemos analizar de acuerdo a la luz que tengamos, pero siempre con un espíritu de buscar la verdad, no sólo lo que pensemos que nos conviene.

Es importante entender la manera en que piensan otros, entender sus preguntas, conocer mejor nuestras creencias, fundamentarlas y realmente sólo defender aquello en lo que estamos convencidos.

Creo que Rob Bell merece más que una desacreditación por habernos desafiado con algunas preguntas. Valdría la pena leer lo que dice y escudriñar si en realidad lo que él dice es una falacia o verdad [en vez de dejarnos llevar por comentarios especulativos].

¡Eres una en un hipermegalón!

Esta noche, al intentar abrirme un caminito por la red y llegar a algún sitio productivo [buscando la traducción del término 'Googol' al español] terminé por unos minutos en la definición de Gúgol de la Wikipedia. Al seguir mi costumbre de leer el resto del wiki (en vez de solamente corroborar que en realidad fuera esa la traducción y cerrar la página) descubrí un piropo que aunque un poco silly me gustó. Se lo dedico a la amiga que admiré hoy.

La página describe el contexto así:

En la película Regreso al futuro III, Emmet Brown después de decirle a su amada Clara Clayton que debía regresar al futuro, y ésta lo tratase de mentiroso, va a la taberna, donde hablando con un hombre junto a él en la barra, le dice: “Clara es una en un millón, una en un billón, una en un googolplex” (en la versión española del doblaje esto no se aprecia, ya que dice que Clara es “una en un hipermegalón”).

Morning sounds

This morning, while having a bowl of cereal, I stepped out on my backporch which faces the street. I live on a second floor apartment. It’s a dark, overcast day so far, and the air is nice and crisp. I was enjoying the cool breeze and the different sounds of the morning so much that I decided to record a clip of it. Here it is, just 2 minutes long.

 

New Year, New Music in 2009

One of my resolutions this 2009 was to listen to all new music, or at least music that i hadn’t heard yet. This was in large part due to the fact that my dear little sister gave me the coolest little Sansa Clip and being 2GB, I wanted an excuse to discover new music, instead of having to choose from my 60GB+ of music on my iTunes. So I backed up my iTunes library to an external drive, started a new one from scratch, and embarked on my search for new music. Some of my favorite frequented pit stops for these discoveries are 3hive, NPR, KEXP, The New York Times, The White House, Pure Volume, Music for robots, Scott Hansen, and Jeff Doe.

These are not the only places I look for music, but they’re some of the more frequented. Some less visited places include virb, hype machine, tranceaddict and dj doboy. It’s March and while I’ve given in to listening to a few old songs that I acquired in 2008, I’ve done pretty good overall. Some of the songs I have succumbed to bringing back from my old library are Belanova’s Fantasía Pop album, Solar Stone’s seven cities, Godskitchen’s 2004 album, and Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean. Other than that I’ve been very happy with discovering new faces and sounds. Later on I’ll probably list some of my favorite new discoveries.

Celebrating Independence Day

This past weekend we celebrated Independence Day here in Mexico. To commemorate the occasion some friends I traveled to a beautiful little town called San Miguel de Allende, where many foreign persons like to go live. We left since Friday and we were able to visit other awesome cities like León, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí and we also stopped by the ghost town of Real de Catorce. We took many pictures, I adventured to take my Nikon Coolpix E5700, my Yashica 635 and my Mamiya 645

We had a blast!!! I’ll be posting pictures of that soon :-)

Meanwhile, I’m posting a sampling of the Mexican National Anthem for your listening pleasure. :) I hope u enjoy!

Happy Blog Day 2007

So in the spirit of uniting with all bloggers, and in regards to my last post, I will write a brief post celebrating the fact that I have the freedom to write and post my thoughts online, unlike these and other citizens around the globe who have been banned access cold-turkey

I will post my five links to bloggers of various walks of life, which I’ve found interesting and yet never shared in this blog before:

  • Grammar Girl’s podcasts are some of my favorite short podcast series, and an excellent, quick, and free service which they provide. She has recently “re-published” her podcasts in the form of an audiobook
  • AfriGadget.com is a site which chronicles the creativity by which the talented African people are solving everyday problems.
  • PSFK is a trends blog which informs you of marketing trends and brings you fresh ideas that are being used daily.
  • UNIVOZ noticias is a Spanish news blog where you will read about technology, society, trends, and other trivia tidbits.
  • Last but not least, OBEY is a street propaganda art initiative. check it out, it’s one of my favorite campaigns, I’ve witnessed it in Monterrey, Mexico, in Paris, France, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and in Dallas, Texas.
  • That’s it for now! I’m interested to know if any of these links come of some use to you.

    Trip to Mayan Riviera

    This summer, after joining up with a couple of friends and meeting a new one at a friend’s wedding in Mérida, Yucatán, the four of us rented a car and embarked on a two day journey that took us from place to place at an unprecedented pace, yet very rewarding and truly unforgettable. This also marks one of the first trips where the majority of photos were not take by me. I lent my camera to César, one of the guys who came with us on this fantastic trip. So here, I give credit to his wonderful eye for capturing the essence of our trip through this magical land.

    The first day we headed from the beautiful white city of Mérida towards the world-famous Mayan archeological site of Chichén Itzá, after visiting there for a bit, we took off to Valladolid, a very old city, one of the first to be founded by the conquistadores in America. From there we headed for the shores, but not before facing some harsh weather on the way. First we stopped at Tulúm, then Xcaret, just in time for the fabulous evening program, and after that to Playa del Carmen… and do you think these boys rested there??? noooo, that was just a semi-long pit stop before finally making it to Cancún and basking in the sun most of the next day! well, without further ado, enjoy this sampling of pics as well as the complete set of photos! :)

    The following pics are just a sampling, to view the complete set click here.

    Me

    Me outside a hut in Chichén Itzá, Mérida

    Mayan Pyramid The great pyramid at Chichén Itzá

    Church at Valladolid Cathedral at Valladolid

    Papantla flyer Me climbing the pole where the “Papantla Flyers” do their perfomance

    Sunrise view of Isla Mujeres, from the ferrry View of the sun rising over Isla Mujeres from the Juárez Seaport at Cancún.

    Clear clear water and fishies Beautiful clear water at Isla Mujeres

    Yellow Turtle Yellow Turtles at a reservoir in Isla Mujeres

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