tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post2592852073368329890..comments2024-03-06T22:00:22.083-05:00Comments on Questions from a Ewe: Reflections on Theology of the BodyQuestions from a Ewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-85156110863281331692018-06-27T22:16:00.781-04:002018-06-27T22:16:00.781-04:00I am familiar with the perspective you share. It ...I am familiar with the perspective you share. It is your opinion and I do not agree with it. One might say you approach things from a desire to agree with anything uttered by hierarchy. There were female disciples. You use the term disciple where you mean apostle. There is a difference. Jesus made no one a priest. That is re-writing history to support practices that evolved. Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-48202656353376412652018-05-01T01:03:33.074-04:002018-05-01T01:03:33.074-04:00Men and women are uniquely different but equally v...Men and women are uniquely different but equally valued. They complement each other. The description of woman as a precious gift does not mean that we are 'less than' or inferior' The manifestation of femininity in motherhood does not mean that if you are not a mother you are not a woman. It is the physical sign of our life giving capacity, we are able to give life both figuratively Vianney-Marie Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10269827485610174845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-25800130053303476962015-04-27T15:47:30.851-04:002015-04-27T15:47:30.851-04:00right on! So sick and tired of the Church's n...right on! So sick and tired of the Church's need to focus on the physical and not the Spiritual.<br /><br />I believe in the teachings of Christ, but that book is not theology at all! It separates humans from God, it doesn't draw us closer to God. And it also explains why my husband suddenly thinks sex is a way for him to be more confident. Thanks for the sudden neurosis my husband Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-58619217683871635032013-12-05T05:09:36.472-05:002013-12-05T05:09:36.472-05:00Thanks for your thoughtful reflections. I began r...Thanks for your thoughtful reflections. I began reading JPII's works in 1995 when he published, "Crossing the Threshold of Hope." I began studying TOB about 8-10 years ago. <br /><br />I realize that he intended calling women a mystery to be a compliment. But I find it insulting. It kind of reminds me of when I was a kid growing up in a large Catholic family of 9 children with Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-8041938195551605292013-12-04T09:47:21.923-05:002013-12-04T09:47:21.923-05:00Have you read JP II "Love and Responsibility&...Have you read JP II "Love and Responsibility" it seems to me that you reach some conclusions that JPII speaks to in his earlier work. It can be easy to misinterpret not fully understanding the larger context of his life's work. It of course is a limit of his TOB that you need to read earlier works to fully understand his perspective. Though I agree there are some concerns with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-35382137221148010092013-10-17T21:32:30.019-04:002013-10-17T21:32:30.019-04:00Great thoughts. I have to admit that I haven't...Great thoughts. I have to admit that I haven't paid much attention to TOTB. I can tell you that a lot of women that I know are far from fitting the archetypes in TOTB. Evidently the theologians can't bring themselves to admit that the outdated Aristotelianism that underpins the Church's theology badly needs an update. khughes1963https://www.blogger.com/profile/16118365554189078448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-10514234151863405142013-10-17T14:33:27.375-04:002013-10-17T14:33:27.375-04:00Great post Ewe. I too have waded through most of ...Great post Ewe. I too have waded through most of TOTB and didn't know whether to laugh, throw up, or just plain break my computer screen. JPII makes a number of fundamental errors about female reproductive biology, starting with the fact the uterus is not part of a woman's sexual response. He totally ignores the little 'happy spot' that is all about sexual response and that colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-67978654734451955052013-10-17T06:17:09.758-04:002013-10-17T06:17:09.758-04:00Thanks for your reflections. As you note, though J...Thanks for your reflections. As you note, though JPII speaks specifically of Gen passages, he takes huge leaps to interpolate and extrapolate extensively from those texts (written as allegory) to paint femininity in very broad strokes. His lectures and writings about women start from very sexist points: creation of men is a given but women’s existence needs explanation; and women's roles needQuestions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-221631353717445932013-10-17T00:46:36.718-04:002013-10-17T00:46:36.718-04:00I found myself reacting with annoyance as I read y...I found myself reacting with annoyance as I read your comments about JPII's Theology of the Body, but you've raised some real questions for me.<br /><br />I considered myself a feminist from the time I was 17, and when I became a Catholic at age 23 (in 1987), I never saw a reason to change. But I had discovered the TOTB by then, and was fascinated by it. My initial exposure was through Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06442675205654334625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-82624327309475459912013-10-16T17:43:07.230-04:002013-10-16T17:43:07.230-04:00My wife found a card that might relate ...
"N...My wife found a card that might relate ...<br />"Next time you accuse a woman of overreacting, remember that a bunch of men shut down the government because they weren't getting their way."<br />As always ... Thank EWE.<br />Dave MartinAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-24378390929088568352013-10-16T16:50:54.330-04:002013-10-16T16:50:54.330-04:00That's what I think as well. I suppose there i...That's what I think as well. I suppose there is even something more than the language. A few hours ago I read an article about Karol Wojtyła's mother, Emilia (as a biography of her had been published in Poland). The future pope lose her mother at the age of 9, just a few weeks before hi first communion. Apparently she was sick for many years, starting from the time she had given birth to Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09547845519912292556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-40083185227902352312013-10-16T15:53:30.564-04:002013-10-16T15:53:30.564-04:00Sadly, this is also pushed on most of the online C...Sadly, this is also pushed on most of the online Catholic singles websites and at the Catholic adult singles conferences I've attended. There is a whole cottage industry built up with grooming single Catholics with TOTB, and I started seeing the familiar names and faces with running it. <br /><br />I also got very annoyed hearing the same cliches recycled again and again. It seemed that the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-85689199713564302182013-10-16T13:41:30.696-04:002013-10-16T13:41:30.696-04:00Wow, thank you for that insightful information. C...Wow, thank you for that insightful information. Clearly his writing reflects JPII's context as a man from Poland with Polish as his primary language.Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-54562595073420356812013-10-16T12:42:34.454-04:002013-10-16T12:42:34.454-04:00Dear Ewe, this quotation from your brilliant text,...Dear Ewe, this quotation from your brilliant text, made me think: "The one who knows is the man, and the one who is known is the woman-wife." I realized that this is the very influence of the old Polish language, in old Polish romans or poems, and above all in the Polish translation of the Bible. The word for a woman in such text is "niewiasta" (an old word, which has almost Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09547845519912292556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-3452038959810323402013-10-16T08:33:05.148-04:002013-10-16T08:33:05.148-04:00I agree that Francis has a more congenial style bu...I agree that Francis has a more congenial style but he convened the conference this weekend to praise what JPII had written about women. So to me, when it comes to women, they are two peas in a pod.Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-9845072266171961432013-10-15T22:08:32.137-04:002013-10-15T22:08:32.137-04:00I enjoyed your article . . . and its humour. just...I enjoyed your article . . . and its humour. just one thought . . . the sexist claptrap you talk about will not ring true to the kids in catholic schools, as it does/did not to their parents. The problem for the church is that these intelligent kids will make the jump from "This sexist junk is crap" to "Everything the church says is crap". It is a very short step from one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-33009049956024163072013-10-15T17:58:10.372-04:002013-10-15T17:58:10.372-04:00I still have my uterus, but I had my thyroid remov...I still have my uterus, but I had my thyroid removed a few years ago. Just as important to the health of my body. Plenty of hormone possibilities and the like. I too feel no less human because of that surgery. Funny how no one tells me that my body and spirit are in pain from the trauma of it. <br /><br />I found your blog recently, by way of another blog that I've been reading for quite someT'Pelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497973041430354008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-65865002224807808712013-10-15T10:18:23.047-04:002013-10-15T10:18:23.047-04:00Thank you for your comment and I am glad you have ...Thank you for your comment and I am glad you have moved beyond an abusive situation. I echo your comment about being a walking uterus. When I had mine removed, more than one pious Catholic person told me that my body was in morning because my uterus was part of my identity and losing it was traumatic to my person and spirituality. Actually, my uterus was causing all sorts of problems and I Questions from a Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06505411853075740722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7348240626909863719.post-36472843908996132642013-10-15T10:04:24.848-04:002013-10-15T10:04:24.848-04:00Sad to admit: It is just this sort of sexist clapt...Sad to admit: It is just this sort of sexist claptrap that ensures I no longer attend Mass except for special occasions. After suffering in an attempt at marriage with a spouse who BELIEVED this claptrap and acted upon it by continually disrespecting me [at best] and emotional and sexually abusing me I realized the horribly corrosive effects on my spiritual well-being. I'm still recovering T'Pelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497973041430354008noreply@blogger.com