Such sacrilege is insufferable! Insufferable, I say!
Be vigilant! Take personal responsibility for your individual discernment.
Such sacrilege is insufferable! Insufferable, I say!
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Hoyos
8/4/2022 03:43:42
See that’s the problem for me, there is no substitute for personal judgement.
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Francis Berger
8/4/2022 13:29:57
@ Hoyos - Perhaps the solution lies in discerning motivation rather than focusing on denominations/practices/scriptures, etc. On the surface this comes off sounding like relativism, but I don't think it is.
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Hoyos
8/5/2022 01:04:45
As folksy as it is, wise old southern saying “God’s hit many a lick with a crooked stick.” I suspect God winks at a lot based on what we know, even if it’s wrong. For some reason I’m reminded of a common, although far from universal theme in Muslim conversion stories; they often have visions or dreams where they meet Jesus. I suspect they were men who really were thirsting after God, so God showed up and gave them the desire of their hearts.
bruce charlton
8/4/2022 09:09:05
One of the cleverest and most effective intellectual tricks that Satan ever pulled was to assert 'epistemology' as the most fundamental philosophy - in other words, to make people believe that they must above all attain (unchanging) certainty of knowledge.
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Francis Berger
8/4/2022 13:43:36
@ Bruce - Forgive me. I know you would rather not be Berdyaev-bombed, but I stumbled upon these passages the other day and found them very insightful regarding knowledge/truth (re: your discussion with Alan, especially the last passage):
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Bookslinger
8/5/2022 18:53:04
BC: are you familiar with "The Sensory Order" by Hayek? If so, do you recommend it? Is it about intuition and metaphysical senses?
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