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Comment on governance, the two party system, and lawbreaking in the State of Offense by Rebekah

Rebekah — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:24:23 +0000

I don’t have your email address

Comment on plaid is in, flannelgrams: out. by lshultz89

lshultz89 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:46:30 +0000

Jack White is amazing!

Some geese happened to land in the pond near my house. Fed them bread today.

Comment on my choice, for better or worse by Levi

Levi — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:33:10 +0000

I agree. We could never, and never will, understand the complexity of God. I like what Donald Miller says in “Blue Like Jazz”:

“It comforts me to think that if we are created beings, the thing that created us would have to be greater than us, so much greater, in fact, that we would not be able to understand it. It would have to be greater than the facts of our reality, that it would contradict reason, But reason itself would suggest it would have to be greater than reality, or it would not be reasonable.”

God is way outside the reality and facts that we experience as human beings. I think God was meant to be mysterious and complex. When describing his greatness, we should think about how vast and how big and how outside reality he really is. He isn’t necessarily something that is tangible. Many worship songs talk about how we can’t see, feel, or touch him yet we know he’s there. I like that idea.

Comment on my choice, for better or worse by joezissss

joezissss — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:22:37 +0000

i’m pretty consistently puzzled by our (humans? christians?) need to add to what’s given to us in our theology. of course we want to have a more complete picture, but why not appreciate the mystery and the pure immensity of our God? so we put together words and then put them in ink. and concrete. and tell people who don’t believe the same thing we do that they’re wrong or that our way is the only way. in many things, and i’m not even referring to salvation, so any pointing at me and shrieking “universalist!” is uncalled for. and simply untrue.

so… i can also see how we come to some conclusions we’ve come to. but at the same time, i cringe when i read or hear the shoddy reasoning that if our logic leads us to conclude something different than largely accepted theological assertions, our logic is wrong. i see people give terrible explanations and defenses of indefensible positions and say “that’s what the bible says, so if you conclude something different, you’re wrong.” what they REALLY mean is “that’s what my eisegeted, juvenile study of single verses fragments lead me to, and when you expose the flaws of my thought process, i’m going to say that you’re disputing the bible.” i’m so over that.

this of course begs questions. when you look at the average church’s belief statements or read some systematic theology book, why are people planting their foot on ideas that are adequate perhaps to believe, but calling the sandy foundations firm and non-negotiable? people will say “who can know the entirety of God or fathom his ways? surely not your mere mortal thought!” in one breath and with the next, say “this is how God is based on a series of thought processes and assumptions and logical conclusions from what i’ve read in the bible.”

Comment on my choice, for better or worse by Levi

Levi — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:52:26 +0000

Well when it comes to the “omni” words specifically, there is no specific place in Scripture that uses any of these words. But I can see how people would have used these words to describe God as the almighty, all-knowing, everywhere at once God of the universe. Almighty because He can do just about anything in His power. All knowing cause He knows our hearts and knows our future. Everywhere at once cause He created the universe, so it would make sense that He would have to be bigger than the universe, and with Christians all over the world He would have to be able to interact with multiple people at one time. So I guess we pull a lot of it from assumptions.

Comment on my choice, for better or worse by joezissss

joezissss — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:32:52 +0000

perhaps it would be helpful to do a quick survey and find why we were taught (i was too!) that God is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, and an Omni Hotel all in one package. what Scripture or experience are we pulling from, Levi?

Comment on my choice, for better or worse by Levi

Levi — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:51:02 +0000

And by “omnipotent” I meant the Hellenistic view. God=not wimpy god.

Comment on my choice, for better or worse by Levi

Levi — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:49:30 +0000

Yea. I honestly don’t quite understand what was said here. Maybe cause I was taught that God is “omnipotent”, the strong guy who can do anything and everything (dang TCA).