[betty boop]

So am I a dualist or what?

Doesn't look like it to me, A-G! :^) What a beautiful post, through and through. But this is particularly noteworthy, IMO: "I agree with you that the bride of Christ is the collective body of believers (Revelation.) There is however also a personal belonging, or engagement, that we experience until the groom arrives." Thank you so much, A-G!

[unspun]

I feel like we should pray, or at least sing a hymn here, or somethin'!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank you so much for your always engaging posts and for not labeling me a ‘dualist’!

The information on Pascal was extremely helpful to me; scientism has always been troubling and your excerpts reveal why.

"What, then, is the importance of Pascal's distinction? It is as an axiom for the critic and a warning against SCIENTISM. Ten succinct paragraphs of the Pensées state it with finality. Scientism is the fallacy of believing that the method of science must be used on all forms of experience and, given time, will settle every issue.

I’ve always been drawn to math, physics and geometry – but I’ve never seen them as more than tools of exploration into the structure of the physical realm, which is only part of all that there is. And the discoveries invariably confirm what I already instinctively, spiritually, knew ought to be there.

I’ve identified strongly with you and Phaedrus as sojourners...