tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489148.post6036459740204551901..comments2023-11-02T04:29:00.742-05:00Comments on Craig Nash: Answering Aaron...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489148.post-15828048232923586092008-08-20T19:41:00.000-05:002008-08-20T19:41:00.000-05:00"It should not lead to a belief that I am above hi..."It should not lead to a belief that I am above history and not bound to the centuries of struggle great people of the faith have had, but rather to a confession that I am just as inadequate at understanding as the next guy, and that what I know now should not be held so tightly that I cannot be taught differently."<BR/><BR/>---Very well put indeed!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304925839347557766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489148.post-61074619564566268442008-08-13T20:22:00.000-05:002008-08-13T20:22:00.000-05:00Craig,This kind of mature reflection is what will ...Craig,<BR/><BR/>This kind of mature reflection is what will advance the whole emerging conversation. If that is, indeed, what it is and what the emerging leaders want it to be, I hope they will follow your lead.Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14308718033523749442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489148.post-66949519275500485202008-08-12T09:02:00.000-05:002008-08-12T09:02:00.000-05:00A balanced and humble response.I would venture a c...A balanced and humble response.<BR/><BR/>I would venture a couple statements. <BR/><BR/>1. There is no need to modify truth. Truth is exactly that, truth. The modifier absolute amounts to calling water wet. That is unless we are using Stephen Colbert's "truthiness." Paul even says “We now know in part…” suggesting that only when all things are renewed and we with unveiled faces look directly into the face of the exalted Christ will we know in an unmediated fashion.<BR/><BR/>2. The Christian tradition has always said that which is the source of truth is only approached asymptotically. That God, who is not simply another being, cannot be fully grasped. Therefore, to read the Father, who were quite confident in their writings, is nonetheless to understand they realized their words were faithful to the point human language can surmount to the infinite.<BR/><BR/>3. The association of "post" in the post you were replying to is interesting. Most historical research asserts that it is in a large part due to the advent of Protestantism that individualism was possible. Also, to the statement that to call oneself "post" anything (Protestant for example) while Protestants live is ridiculous, is problematic as well. Liberals exist still, but the post-Liberals legitimately do as well. They arose from liberal backgrounds for the most part, but no longer can adhere to its tenants. The movement did not gain its name until it had coalesced into a corporate body. Just saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3489148.post-31701629595244068342008-08-11T12:49:00.000-05:002008-08-11T12:49:00.000-05:00"I do, however, question whether or not there is a..."I do, however, question whether or not there is any tool available to humanity to objectively discover what absolute truth is."<BR/><BR/>--- there is. It's called entering the kingdom of heaven.jenAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160467673114640243noreply@blogger.com