tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769805.post1997083132045098650..comments2023-11-02T09:14:47.151-05:00Comments on Bill's Thoughts: THE IMITATION GAMEBill Ballhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13573859102823530876noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19769805.post-80165161197711103352015-02-02T11:47:55.195-06:002015-02-02T11:47:55.195-06:00I saw the movie this past weekend and also left in...I saw the movie this past weekend and also left in tears.<br /><br />It is beguilingly easy to judge coldly in black and white when that judgment is only an intellectual concept or a theoretical position. In the real world with real people it is a very different thing, especially for those who see others with the eyes of love described in I Corinthians 13.<br /><br />I think this is the message of the story of the healing of the blind man in John Ch. 9. The accusation of the Pharisees that Jesus had violated the Sabbath was legally correct. He had mixed saliva and dust to make wet clay, picked it up, and moulded it over the man's eyes to heal him. What the Pharisees could not see in their spiritual blindness was that the man was more important than the commandment. The Sabbath was created for man. Man was not created for the Sabbath.<br /><br />"The Imitation Game" renewed my understanding of that concept by helping me see the man, not just his weaknesses, and care about him. That renewed understanding of the message of Jesus in John Ch. 9 brought me to tears.John Kulpnoreply@blogger.com