tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post4091952492311041738..comments2024-03-28T09:52:15.415-04:00Comments on Common Denominator: The Postmodern Critique: Possible Christian Take AwaysKen Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-8135703801391422412011-11-08T09:44:29.581-05:002011-11-08T09:44:29.581-05:00Perhaps we are not to have a rational God’s Eye vi...Perhaps we are not to have a rational God’s Eye view of the world; maybe we are to relish our limited, empirical perspective as a part of God’s completeness. Perhaps the living desire is more important than the completeness of a view. If so, there would be more unity in our "epistemological humility" and less arbitrary, postmortem division. In terms of power, from some perspectives, power is merely a sign of a cultivated desire: thus, the possibility of cultivating people with epistemological limitations, and thus stoking the fire in the heart. In this sense we are “Keepers of the Flame,” and to fail to recognize the theme of fire in the Bible is truly to fragment its narrative unity, thus limiting our view.Mobius Triphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11620423740245738406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-66017185727992032762011-11-07T13:05:44.533-05:002011-11-07T13:05:44.533-05:00In the chapter, I actually fall down more on the s...In the chapter, I actually fall down more on the side of Hilary Putnam, who does not consider himself anti-realist. For my Christian context, I have adopted the label "critical realist" as a potential equivalent to Putnam's perspective. Thanks!Ken Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-71758447771151554582011-11-07T13:01:00.511-05:002011-11-07T13:01:00.511-05:00Ken, thanks for posting this. As an anti-realist ...Ken, thanks for posting this. As an anti-realist liguistic pragmatist, I agree completely with you points, both in the post and the comments.Henry Imlerhttp://henryimler.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-56889500288853956632011-11-07T10:21:05.792-05:002011-11-07T10:21:05.792-05:00My first reaction to this was that this kind of th...My first reaction to this was that this kind of thinking is what makes some Baptists accuse Wesleyans of being closet Catholics. Maybe that won't seem obvious to others. <br />John Ortberg suggests that God gives enough light to feed our faith, but allows enough darkness to permit our doubts, or even our unbelief. The Calvinist position appeals to many of us because we find it 'comforting' I think; if pretty much everything can be blithely explained...or even thoughtfully explained by looking at the world through the hermeneutic of God's Sovereignty we don't have to deal with some of the ambiguities of life. My 2 cents anyway.John Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060404930391236792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-73628222204513776462011-11-07T08:41:00.648-05:002011-11-07T08:41:00.648-05:00It's rather for me a weak humanity in a fallen...It's rather for me a weak humanity in a fallen state. In any case, I think it is also the unavoidable conclusion from observation of our situation.Ken Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-54087118604982053282011-11-07T08:02:18.498-05:002011-11-07T08:02:18.498-05:00Seems like this set of "take aways" posi...Seems like this set of "take aways" posits a weak God rather than an almighty one. Poor God! He just couldn't find a way to communicate His truth in ways we could understand and thus be held accountable for.Dick Nortonnoreply@blogger.com