” For those who believe that God meets us in personal address in and through the Scriptures, biblical language cannot be reduced to symbolized expressions of pious experience. This means that while it is certainly true that particular biblical metaphors for God will have different meanings for different groups in different [...]
Archive for the ‘Epistemology’ Category
A two way street and Hermeneutics the crossing guard
Posted in Christianity, Epistemology, Theology on April 18, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Thoughts on coming and going
Posted in Epistemology, Philosophy on March 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Situationalism, or the proposition that subjectivity is the only constant itself is, albeit subconsciously and without intent, predicated on the inherent understanding of concrete or objective reality. The very concept and or endeavor of the metaphysical interpretation of life involves the application of principles which require a referent of concrete veracity. Meaning may not be [...]
Late night ramblings
Posted in Christianity, Epistemology, Theology on February 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yet we must insist that the Divine speech both heralds and provides the necessary interpretive framework for redemption. Apart from his speech as the referent of his actions, the purpose of God in history would be unintelligible, supervised by the autonomous subjectivism of the creature rather than a unified, objective construct provided by the [...]
What is Good?
Posted in Epistemology, Philosophy, Speech/Act, Theology on February 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A friend recently asked me to define “good” for him, he seems to be under the impression that it is not possible; an apparent paradox of this life. My initial response was that God was good and that the question itself pressupposed not only the possibility of definition but one actually. My supposition was [...]
