tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37116884.post8064761057091201709..comments2023-11-01T02:24:23.442+11:00Comments on The Ministry of Incompetence: What is Truth?David Castorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17367908059008038221noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37116884.post-38625185439260320792007-05-27T21:51:00.000+10:002007-05-27T21:51:00.000+10:00He has made us competent as ministers of a new cov...<I>He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.</I><BR/><BR/>2 Corinthians 3:6David Castorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367908059008038221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37116884.post-55223122000725578482007-05-27T17:29:00.000+10:002007-05-27T17:29:00.000+10:00Great is your mercy, O LORD; give me life accordin...<I>Great is your mercy, O LORD; give me life according to your rules.</I><BR/><BR/>Psalm 119.156Neil Cameron (One Salient Oversight)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03143948543305522865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37116884.post-10322018542505395632007-05-26T01:22:00.000+10:002007-05-26T01:22:00.000+10:00Thanks for sharing that David, the thoughts contai...Thanks for sharing that David, the thoughts contained therein are indeed my position on Christianity. As uncool as it is, my faith is an extremely subjective one, and an awareness of this tempers me from fundamentalist extremes.<BR/><BR/>Well put.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37116884.post-79445088529850987892007-05-25T22:59:00.000+10:002007-05-25T22:59:00.000+10:00The Bible, God and Christianity do make objective ...<I>The Bible, God and Christianity do make objective claims about the nature of reality, humanity and themselves. Claims that have proven false in light of the evidence (or lack thereof)</I><BR/><BR/>I could very well ask you what the objective claims of Christianity are. Then again, I could ask you the much more important question: "How have you personally and subjectively appropriated these truths to come to the position you are at today?"David Castorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17367908059008038221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37116884.post-49232554608870114202007-05-25T22:42:00.000+10:002007-05-25T22:42:00.000+10:00"Christianity is at heart a subjective and experie..."Christianity is at heart a subjective and experiential truth. Think about it. How would you go about explaining the colour green to a person born blind? Or better still, how would you explain falling in love in conceptual terms? I guess I could try, but I could absolutely guarantee that my description would give no insight into what the person who is falling in love experiences."<BR/><BR/>I would agree with you that a thing like colour or love is an experience, but it is based on an objective truth. Just like how Green is light of 520-570nm and Love is a combination of hormonal and neurotransmitter activity.<BR/><BR/>The Bible, God and Christianity do make objective claims about the nature of reality, humanity and themselves. Claims that have proven false in light of the evidence (or lack thereof)Frozen Summershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02318537450711737921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37116884.post-91483908820727194472007-05-25T13:48:00.000+10:002007-05-25T13:48:00.000+10:00Is it perhaps unbiblical to suggest that the bible...Is it perhaps unbiblical to suggest that the bible is the Truth?PaperCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661950076318292865noreply@blogger.com