I saw this at the Touchstone website. Perhaps gym pads, like those used to protect gymnasts in training, should be installed in the front of pentecostal churches. Or at least they should provide strap-on pillows and neck braces.
Mr. Lincoln Injured in the Spirit
Not slain, just injured, and now the church must pay, or so says Matthew Lincoln, 58, of the Knoxville, Tennessee area, who fell and was injured last June during a church service after receiving the Spirit... Since he already suffered from a "degenerative disc disease of his neck and back," Lincoln, a former church board member, contends the fall exacerbated the pre-existing condition and has caused him "severe and permanent" injuries. As a result of the fall, Lincoln, a recording engineer, claims that he is no longer able to care for his disabled daughter. Lincoln alleges that Lakewind and its pastors were "negligent in not supervising the catchers to be sure that they stood behind the person being prayed for...
He knew he might fall, since this was not the first time. But he didn't make sure a catcher was right there. So he wants $2.5 million to soften the blow.
Posted by James M. Kushiner at 04:36 PM
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Saw This Online
Lincoln vs. Darwin
So read the Newsweek cover that drew my attention this morning at the office, my first day back since June 30, after visiting my parents in Michigan. "Who matters more?" Darwin vs. Lincoln? They were both born on February 19, 1809, so the bicentennial is coming up. The article gives the nod to Lincoln, who waged a war "to ensure that no man shall have dominion over another." Nice try, but it seems to me the issue of treating other humans beings as property is still with us, witness abortion, infanticide, sexual slavery (about which little is written and less is done), the sale of body parts, cloning for parts, and so on. Darwin, the article says, advanced "the idea that we are not over nature but a part of it." Since it is a nature "red in tooth and claw," the issues I just mentioned shouldn't matter, unless we are not only a part of nature but over it as well, having some moral responsibility that is Given, not just up to whatever our feelings and passions are at the moment. Right now, Darwin wins, and we very much need a Lincoln to remind us of our better natures.
Posted by James M. Kushiner at 10:41 AM
So read the Newsweek cover that drew my attention this morning at the office, my first day back since June 30, after visiting my parents in Michigan. "Who matters more?" Darwin vs. Lincoln? They were both born on February 19, 1809, so the bicentennial is coming up. The article gives the nod to Lincoln, who waged a war "to ensure that no man shall have dominion over another." Nice try, but it seems to me the issue of treating other humans beings as property is still with us, witness abortion, infanticide, sexual slavery (about which little is written and less is done), the sale of body parts, cloning for parts, and so on. Darwin, the article says, advanced "the idea that we are not over nature but a part of it." Since it is a nature "red in tooth and claw," the issues I just mentioned shouldn't matter, unless we are not only a part of nature but over it as well, having some moral responsibility that is Given, not just up to whatever our feelings and passions are at the moment. Right now, Darwin wins, and we very much need a Lincoln to remind us of our better natures.
Posted by James M. Kushiner at 10:41 AM
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