Hello Hoss,
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From: Hoss Radbourne
To: ateo@whitworth.edu <mailto:ateo@whitworth.edu> ; asa@calvin.edu
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Sent: 3/21/2002 3:12 PM
Subject: RE: Marcus Borg
<<<Thirdly, I am interested in why you would be "troubled deeply" by
anything
he writes. He is simply presenting his own POV, different from the
conventional many of us, including Borg himself, grew up with.>>>
I was troubled because as a new convert at that time, I thought (and still
do) my new faith rested on the historicity of Jesus, not just as a guru, but
as Messiah, and the historicity of his resurrection. Today, as a more
slightly more mature Christian, I am troubled by the willingness of scholars
to throw out traditional understandings that took centuries to develop, in
favor of novel ones that are highly speculative and founded on the view of
history through naturalism.
<<<My own inclination has been , for many years, to concentrate on reading
authors with whom I am in tension -- with whom I do not agree. I can
learn
from this activity. I even read "Acts & Facts" from ICR on a regular
basis!
And Gould, Sagan and Dawkins.
Let me recommend to you the book Borg co-wrote with a conservative
Christian, Ned Wright. It is a fascinating dialog on two very different
views, written by two persons who respect each other. Not at home right
now
-- so I don't recall the title -- sorry.
O did hear Borg preach on one occasion. The gospel message was evident.>>>
If I were Borg, I would ask myself why even bother to preach the gospel
message that has no grounding in history, and may just very well be entirely
the invention of humans. But I'm not, and apparently, Borg has found some
OTHER reason for the faith he holds.
Adrian.
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