tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277409980462025054.post7439905410001592500..comments2010-12-09T12:35:10.863-05:00Comments on Catholics for Israel Blog: The Father and the Two Sons: A New Parable on Replacement TheologyAriel Ben Amihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09122570887308046367noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277409980462025054.post-61683125947887810642010-11-15T14:12:13.057-05:002010-11-15T14:12:13.057-05:00Shalom fr. Harrison and thank you for your comment...Shalom fr. Harrison and thank you for your comment. The parable did not intend to make the point that you are raising. It describes not God's will for the Jewish people but rather a de facto situation - namely that the collective Jewish response to the Gospel has historically been one ranging from curiosity to reluctance to outright rejection - with this rejection exacerbated by negative Christian attitudes towards the Torah. After all, in the parable, the computer was destined also - perhaps especially - for the firstborn son.Ariel Ben Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09122570887308046367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277409980462025054.post-67188965541205287242010-11-15T04:37:42.062-05:002010-11-15T04:37:42.062-05:00I think this parable is seriously inadequate as it...I think this parable is seriously inadequate as it stands, given that the old family album represents Torah and the computer represents the Gospel. For the firstborn son's attitude is expressed thus:<br /> "The firstborn son was somewhat curious about the computer, but he still preferred to leaf through the yellowed pages [of the album."<br /> That seems to imply that God's will for Jews is that they be merely "somewhat curious" about the Gospel, while still "preferring" the Torah. But that would not be a genuine Christian commitment at all.<br /> Fr. Brian Harrison, O.S.<br /> St. Louis, MissouriFr. Brian Harrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07318272085524830836noreply@blogger.com