tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post3961564072877178660..comments2024-03-28T00:58:29.445-04:00Comments on Ponderings on a Faith Journey: Why Progressive Christianity Needs Process Theology (Bruce G. Epperly)Robert Cornwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04581876323110725024noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-8233355132197424782011-10-24T16:20:50.172-04:002011-10-24T16:20:50.172-04:00Ugh--not enough time in the world to read all that...Ugh--not enough time in the world to read all that I should read!J. R. Daniel Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14000174430575970585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-38896187241569022292011-10-21T12:18:41.411-04:002011-10-21T12:18:41.411-04:00Other speculative etymologies have been offered:
...Other speculative etymologies have been offered:<br /><br />I just noticed the last one. <br />Pretty humorous- <br /><br /> From "chretien," French for "Christian" or "Christlike," because those affected were so mentally handicapped that they were considered incapable of sinning [3]Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496392728357471483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-31032058419431718762011-10-21T12:14:53.590-04:002011-10-21T12:14:53.590-04:00"A little truth mixed with a lot of unproven ..."A little truth mixed with a lot of unproven speculation and human philosophy."<br /><br />This applies to all religion I suspect.<br /><br />Gary's probably right, except for making the judgments- which are also based on blind faith that there's a highly constrained reality of his choosing. <br /><br />"The ultimate question is: are we attempting to honor God in our thoughts and deeds or scorn God?"<br /><br />That's a good one John.<br /><br />I was going to say "God created cretins" but I see reading the definition that would be inconsiderate. They deserve extra love and understanding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CretinismDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496392728357471483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-80124528767105012182011-10-19T09:33:52.143-04:002011-10-19T09:33:52.143-04:00We are all heretics.
We cannot grasp any truth, b...We are all heretics.<br /><br />We cannot grasp any truth, but dimly, and we are prone to error. Our senses are limited as are the minds with which wrestle with ideas. The fact that God is not of this world, only multiplies the complexity of the effort, and multiplies the consequent errors which each of us make. We try the best we can with the tools given to us to figure out who we are, who God is and how best to respond to God.<br /><br />The ultimate question is: are we attempting to honor God in our thoughts and deeds or scorn God?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245470576919732592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-40129288066958578412011-10-19T09:19:02.352-04:002011-10-19T09:19:02.352-04:00Well I'll be dogged! I assumed Gary was a disc...Well I'll be dogged! I assumed Gary was a disciple of Norman Pittenger.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396901667077846319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-10695603691023958632011-10-19T09:15:18.227-04:002011-10-19T09:15:18.227-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18396901667077846319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-39618241692897024442011-10-19T08:21:30.610-04:002011-10-19T08:21:30.610-04:00A little truth mixed with a lot of unproven specul...A little truth mixed with a lot of unproven speculation and human philosophy. The result is heresy. It isn't Christianity.Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574147787996161877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-64685786328772060282011-10-19T08:05:54.959-04:002011-10-19T08:05:54.959-04:00What God created was "creating" and not ...What God created was "creating" and not a "creation".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-6085529665871147782011-10-19T07:33:35.480-04:002011-10-19T07:33:35.480-04:00There is a lot to absorb here. I find that much o...There is a lot to absorb here. I find that much of the language is abstract and presumes the reader already has certain basic knowledge - which I don't. <br /><br />That being said, certain issues jump out at me, such as the assertion that we are partners with God in "healing" the world. This presumes a universal brokenness, as well as a general inadequacy in creation - that creation is, and will continue to be broken and incomplete without our co-creative input.<br /><br />The brokenness I see in the world comes from failed human relationships. The world itself is not broken. And while the perceived failure of human relationships is real, I suggest that this perception we humans have is based on the human belief and aspiration that we can do better - and this "relational optimism" is from God. That being said, I find myself rejecting the catagorical notion that the world is in need of healing. <br /><br />May I suggest instead that we can be better stewards with the resources which God has placed in our hands, including our relational resources, including physical tools and social tools such as empathy, kindness and love.<br /><br />And the created universe is not necessarily incomplete - but instead it is filled with possibilities, possibilities inherent in certain random factors present in unhuman nature as well as inherent in human and divine choice, and finally in the unfolding of time, and each of these agents defy predetermination. <br /><br />Nothing is complete until it ceases to be.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245470576919732592noreply@blogger.com