RE: On Hell and Forgiveness
September 27, 2018 at 3:23 pm
(This post was last modified: September 27, 2018 at 3:27 pm by Angrboda.)
(September 27, 2018 at 3:19 pm)RoadRunner79 Wrote:(September 27, 2018 at 12:59 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: Why waste time with what is essentially a moving target? Theist sometimes criticize science for continually evolving, yet theology suffers the same flaw.
When you make a general criticism, that doesn’t represent a significant amount of the people being represented, then I think it’s ok to point out the straw man being posited. And I don’t see nothing wrong with a center of study evolving, as long as it’s basis is knowledge and insight. Whether you are talking about science or theology. My theology has evolved a lot over the years.
However even if there is some small group of people who would ignorantly say what the other poster did, it certainly is not biblical.
Christian doctrine isn't what a majority of people at a specific point in time think. That's an ad populism fail which also ignores the history and pluralism of Christianity.
If Steve wants to amend his complaint to simply that we don't understand him, I will willingly accede.
Possessing knowledge and insight seem to be at war with a subject evolving, depending upon how one conceives of knowledge. Ultimately, I suspect, however you conceive knowledge, theology will end up holding the short stick relative to science.