Comments on: Will This Hold Water? http://www.masstheology.com/2008/04/18/will-this-hold-water/ Conversations in Theology and its interaction with Culture Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:58:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Danny http://www.masstheology.com/2008/04/18/will-this-hold-water/#comment-6225 Danny Fri, 23 May 2008 15:17:59 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/?p=533#comment-6225 When I was a pastor I talked to some mormon missionaries about 12 times. It was kind of fun and educational, but in the end they brought in a higher level guy and got a little more pushy. Then they never came back. They believe some wacky stuff. When I was a pastor I talked to some mormon missionaries about 12 times. It was kind of fun and educational, but in the end they brought in a higher level guy and got a little more pushy. Then they never came back. They believe some wacky stuff.

]]> By: Honzo http://www.masstheology.com/2008/04/18/will-this-hold-water/#comment-6184 Honzo Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:58:43 +0000 http://www.masstheology.com/?p=533#comment-6184 I like this approach. You are approaching them as a person who subscribes to a set of texts and they subscribe to that text and another one. Working off of that shared connection, you are more than warranted to say their additional text does not align and is excluded by your shared text. What I would warn against as a weak point in all of this is the need for known and verified and consistent systems. Look at the Muslim and Jewish critique of Christianity - the absurdity of the trinity; look at the arminian critique of cavlinism - the absurdity of a denial of free will. Demanding unified, coherent, fully knowable systems is dangerous because it opens you up to that same standard. Think about all the times you and brad have appealed to the mysteries to explain contradictions in system components. I like this approach. You are approaching them as a person who subscribes to a set of texts and they subscribe to that text and another one. Working off of that shared connection, you are more than warranted to say their additional text does not align and is excluded by your shared text.

What I would warn against as a weak point in all of this is the need for known and verified and consistent systems. Look at the Muslim and Jewish critique of Christianity - the absurdity of the trinity; look at the arminian critique of cavlinism - the absurdity of a denial of free will. Demanding unified, coherent, fully knowable systems is dangerous because it opens you up to that same standard. Think about all the times you and brad have appealed to the mysteries to explain contradictions in system components.

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