Comments on: Why Do I Believe in God?

By: jaket kulit

jaket kulit — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 01:16:24 +0000

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By: Firma

Firma — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:23:36 +0000

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By: Sondra

Sondra — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:46:12 +0000

I have a wonderful story to tell you and it has to do with the Sistine Madonna picture of the angel cherub on the right. I had a baby almost two years ago and I stared at this painting for the entire pregnancy. The Lord told me I was going to have an angel, my daughter came out looking like that angel baby. I can send you a picture if you would like validation on this. I just wanted to know what was the painter’s inspiration and was these figures live creatures.

By: Father Drummond

Father Drummond — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:02:25 +0000

Chuck,

Amen and Amen.

Blessings!

Fr. Stephen,

It seems to me that the core question (or, at least, ONE of the core questions) that Anglicans must wrestle with is the question of the Church. Anglicans must necessarily believe that the Church is divisible (i.e. C.B. Moss in The Christian Faith) to justify their existence as a portion of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. If one becomes convinced that this cannot be so (and the historical witness is that this indeed cannot be so), he then must ask: “Where is the Church?” I think this is what many of us are asking now. Certainly this has a bearing upon the question of evangelism and mission. If one does not believe one is summoning others into a body which is not properly the Church, then missions and evangelism become quite a confusing issue. Perhaps this is why today the more Protestant portions of Anglicanism are bearing so much more evangelistic fruit than ACs. Anglo-Catholics are quite tied up doing ecclesiological footwork to make our position legitimate, while evangelical Anglicans are satisfied with the broad definition of the Church provided in the 39 articles. Just a guess, though.

Pax,

RD+

By: The Scylding

The Scylding — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:30:07 +0000

Well – yes, but on a practical level, there is no real difference between denial and denial of access.

By: Wonders for Oyarsa

Wonders for Oyarsa — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:27:02 +0000

I don’t know that postmodernists deny absolute truth (or objective reality) – they question that anyone has access to this. Postmodernism is best characterized by a suspicion of overarching frameworks of meaning – because they think people who say “I’m just looking at things the way they obviously are” most often are actually using this so called “objective truth” they talk about for their own power and advancement. Postmodernism is a valid critique of modernity, but not a positive vision to base your life or society on.

By: The Scylding

The Scylding — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:20:09 +0000

Blue rat – propositional logic as a tool for finding absolute truth is doomed from the outset. As so aptly illustrated by Lewis, reason only tells you what is in your mind – what you already know (see The Pilgrom’s Regress). Propositional logic fails by its own account – see Godel’s Incompleteness Theorem. Of course, if you don’t believe in absolute truth, you’ll have to be a postmodernist – and then you can’t be an atheist anymore, only an agnostic.

By: fatherstephen

fatherstephen — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:31:37 +0000

Bluerat,

Cute name. I well understand your points. We disagree. More discussion is probably just circular. Just as atheists have a point of view on religion, Christianity has a point of view on atheism. Thanks for the note.

By: Fatherstephen

Fatherstephen — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:18:23 +0000

As Orthodox believers, there has ever only been One Church, visible, and it has and does carry on the mission of the Church, East, West, North and South, and bleeds everywhere. But there cannot be a mission of the Church that is not the Church. In the history of missions, ecclesiology may follow, but not in Orthodoxy. There are as many cultural dangers in the Southern Hemisphere and Third World as in the developed nations.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:22:18 +0000

Fr. Drummond — thank you for your cogent thoughts.

I realized after sending my first comment that Orthodox believers (among many others) have faced horrific persecution “up here” for centuries.

The bottom line — may the Lord grant us all grace and strength to stand firm for Him where he has planted us.