Wow we conservatives are such a backward lot
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- The ultimate effect of conservative fundamentalism upon the Church is one of cultural irrelevance. Fundamentalism tends to see the world as something to oppose rather than to engage and influence. As a result there naturally follows a disregard for anything deemed “worldly” and this includes among other things, intellectualism. Fundamentalists will say “The only book I need is the Bible” and thus remain uniformed about the world and incapable of meaningful influence. This same attitude is expressed toward the study of theology and Church history, which results in a sophomoric theology – wholly inadequate to shape a coherent biblical response to the complexities of life and culture.
Is this why my favorite science is biology? Why I enjoyed getting the animal cards until I had them all and they started sending duplicates? Or why I enjoy John Grisham novels? Or why I like Michael Crichton's novels? Or like The Lord of the Ring? Or like Dragonlance? Or that my all time favorite fictional character is Raistlin from the Dragonlance books? Or the fact that I like comic books? Or that I really enjoyed the three Jurassic Park movies? (Ok the second one I could have lived without the LA stuff) Or perhaps why I enjoy a good game of Madden on my Xbox? Or maybe why I like Edgar Allen Poe short stories? Or John Steinbeck? Or Hemingway? Or Twain? Or Swiss Family Robinson? Or Robinson Crusoe? Or Jack Londson?
Also if I'm so intellectually deficit, why do I know Latin, Hebrew, and Greek? And why do I have the book checked out of the PTS library for learning French? (Up to chapter 2)
If you want to read intellectual deficiency, go read a liberal introduction to the Old Testament like Michael Coogan's The Old Testament: A Historical and Literary Intro to the Hebrew Scriptures. Now compare it to the conservative Eugene Merrill's a Kingdom of Priest. Check the footnotes in Merril where he goes into great detail on where you can find out about information that HE DOESN'T agree with. Now try the same thing with Coogan. BTW, there are no footnotes in Coogan. Which one is more intellectual?
posted by Gary @ 4:26 PM
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Coogan :)
That was lots of fun to read last year.
Not!!!
One of these days I'll have to run into you and say hi.
I've only been reading it for about the last three classes and its disgusted me to put it mildly.
What room is your Greek Exegesis class in? Maybe I'll stop by when I get off the bus Friday before 8:30 or are you there right as the class begins? Because I know I'd be probably staying in my room with my feet propped up as long as possible in the morning. I've never been a get up and go morning person. MOre of a... eh its that time again.
I'm usually there early. I'm a "get there 15 minutes prior" type of person.
By the way Room 2.
How has Tappy been?
Well, I still haven't figured out his lectures yet. I have very few notes. But overall, I like him. He's definitely more conservative then the textbook he's chosen since he believes Abraham,Isaac, and Jacob are actual people and not myths.
Yesterday he spent time talking about how he felt the church today had strayed to far away from the doctrine of hell. He feels it needs to be discussed and not put on the back burner. As he was talking, it sounded very evangelical to me.
And during the introductory to it, it pleased me to no end when he said he didn't like the NRSV since I hate that translation.
that should be introduction to the course for when he spoke of the NRSV
I have noticed not too many (actually only one) of the professors at PTS like the NRSV. Dr. Humphrey complains about it in every class going as so far as to call it trash and misleading.
Sorry I missed you this morning. We will have to get together next week. Can you stay for lunch on Wednesday?
I can eat lunch from 11:15 to Noon on Wendesday. Then I am in the computer lab for my workstudy hours. I might also be in the technology lab seeing how to edit videos some time during the lab hours.
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