J Burgeson wrote:
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> George's post does not address Ps 137 directly, but he does suggest (points
> G and H) that there is ethical advances within scripture. I grant this
> observation; I am less comfortable with the concept that God's ethics are
> also evolving.
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I don't think I said that "God's ethics are also evolving" - though a
person who is sympathetic to process theology might be open to such an idea.
But if God limits divine action in the world to what is possible through
creaturely agencies then the _expression_ of God's ethics in the
world will show
some development. Cf. my post on the binding of Isaac. I don't think that God
used to like child sacrifice and then evolved to a more enlightened view. But
how is God to act to get rid of it by acting within the world?
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
"The Science-Theology Interface"
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