tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post7859744745711486131..comments2024-03-28T09:52:15.415-04:00Comments on Common Denominator: 2c God's Speakings 1Ken Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09745548537303356655noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-14066599353493974552012-09-10T10:17:17.196-04:002012-09-10T10:17:17.196-04:00My second comment below should read may rather tha...My second comment below should read may rather than man.John C. Gardnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-31464325476346667982012-09-10T05:46:03.340-04:002012-09-10T05:46:03.340-04:00Angie,
You man assert such a position but assertio...Angie,<br />You man assert such a position but assertions are not warranted. I hold to a Christian theistic position which is intellectually respectable and includes Denis Alexander(doctorate in NeuroChemistry, John Collins(scientist and theologian) and other eminent scholars. It is a position not consistent of course with naturalistic evolution(which is as much a metaphysical statement as a scientific one. You might also want to read the works of William Farraday. My position within Christian intellectual traditions is Faith seeking understanding. John C. Gardnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-91142688823145102722012-09-09T21:26:19.106-04:002012-09-09T21:26:19.106-04:00A scientific bias would seek to explain or describ...A scientific bias would seek to explain or describe such a situation in a psychological/socialogical/anthropological way.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-18087728892393755662012-09-09T21:22:55.870-04:002012-09-09T21:22:55.870-04:00Muslims believe that God reveals, and the story of...Muslims believe that God reveals, and the story of Jesus reveals what they value because it is their culture; poor, ignorant, outcast, etc. Their "hearing" is a bias.<br /><br />We "see" and "hear" what we are presupposed to believe or according to our bias. Therefore, those that do not believe "God speaks" will not "hear". And believers will call it "hardness of heart"....others will call it sensibility, because one cannot waver from "the Word of God".<br /><br />Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-89858896938641040232012-09-09T19:39:48.291-04:002012-09-09T19:39:48.291-04:00My reactions to your views on revelation and salva...My reactions to your views on revelation and salvation of those who supposedly have not heard the Gospel. I heard a story from Joanne Lyon several years ago about the showing of the Jesus film to a group of muslims gathered from different countries. Men began to stand up and say that this was the man they had been dreaming about. I also heard a similar story from a missionary in the Middle East. Aquinas believed that God communicated sufficient information to all who were seeking God(including sufficient information about Christ). Several Protestant groups contain similar provisions in their religious articles. This seems consistent with the Biblical story of God sending the evangelist to the Ethiopian Eunuch. A Wonderful post.John C. Gardnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-86044583799298279022012-09-09T19:21:25.091-04:002012-09-09T19:21:25.091-04:00Humanity is "God's Mission" accordin...Humanity is "God's Mission" according to "secular humanists". It is all a language game, appealing to an "ideal"/universal, as humanity is not a practical reality, unless it is living amongst those where you live NOW!<br /><br />Some might choose to go elsewhere to help "humanity" but whatever one does is "helping humanity", as long as it increases the prosperity and health of society.<br /><br />"Hearing God's voice" is the "Mystery" that one has to believe exists, and still communicates. Some do not choose to believe this.Angie Van De Merwehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617299120618867829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8355052.post-54190466276900140572012-09-09T14:13:11.185-04:002012-09-09T14:13:11.185-04:00Some random thoughts. It does seem there was an u...Some random thoughts. It does seem there was an unfolding revelation; Joshua's farewell address indicates that Israel was polytheistic at the time and obviously struggled with this until the Babylonian captivity. <br />My personal history is that of a great emphasis on missions, and great memories of the mission movement of the late 19th through mid 20th centuries. "Send the light!" was the cry. I am trying to reconcile your understanding of God's work in the world-which makes sense as I read it-with the imperative to go and rescue 'souls in danger.' 'We believed that in contrast to the popular Calvinism (as we understood it) that everyone could be saved, but it was up to us to get the message out. John Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060404930391236792noreply@blogger.com