To: Forest Keeper
Whether we have PROVED REASONABLY that we have faith in the correct thing is a matter of opinion.Nice distinction.
And now we can start worrying about what Faith is -- or what constitutes "reasonably". I would venture to say that one extreme version of the Tertullianish "What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?" is to reject reason altogether in favor of enthusiastic utterances.
2,787 posted on
02/24/2008 5:26:38 AM PST by
Mad Dawg
(Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.)
To: Mad Dawg
I’m inclined to persistently choose enthusiastic utterances over rubberized logic books any day.
2,800 posted on
02/24/2008 8:53:29 AM PST by
Quix
(GOD ALONE IS GOD; WORTHY; PAID THE PRICE; IS COMING AGAIN; KNOWS ALL; IS LOVING; IS ALTOGETHER GOOD)
To: Mad Dawg; Quix
And now we can start worrying about what Faith is -- or what constitutes "reasonably". That sounds reasonable. :) No doubt we are inclined to consult human standards of reasonableness when evaluating theology, but I have come to think that the key is always on what each of us calls the starting point. I.e., what are our presuppositions?
3,381 posted on
03/01/2008 12:45:37 AM PST by
Forest Keeper
(It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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