"Illogical" John 9 with Jonny Cage
from Company of Disciples' Recordings Hosted by Jonathan Chan
It’s interesting in this movie clip that the reason why Lucy’s older siblings did not believe her was because of her claims were seen as illogical. Yet, the professor, rather than quickly writing off Lucy’s claims, he approached it with interest and curiosity almost giving us the impression that even though he’s an academic and well learned, he still has space to entertain things that he can’t explain logically. I sometimes see myself in Lucy’s older siblings as well. It may not be talking with children though I do catch myself being tempted to see their stories as fiction too quickly but I catch myself not taking seriously those who may not be educated in the fields I think I’m somewhat have experience in such as theology, bible, management etc. That I’m more eager to interject and correct them as opposed to intentionally listening to them and respect their opinions and ideas because in my mind, I know better. Their opinions and suggestions are illogical. Today, we see the Pharisees behaving like Lucy’s older siblings. They are convinced that they know everything about the law, the expected messiah and how sin and suffering works yet Jesus says it is because they are convinced that they know, because they made no room to explore and take interest on different views and things that may go beyond their logical mind, Jesus calls them blind. Are we blind? Let’s begin
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