Re: Do such narrow categories really define who we are?

Paul Arveson (arveson@oasys.dt.navy.mil)
Thu, 22 Feb 96 19:48:54 EST

In message <9601208248.AA824856456@ccmail.orst.edu> "Gladwin Joseph" writes:
> Dear friends,
>
>
> Some related thoughts....
>
> Is there a real need to categorize us according to our
> respective positions? Why the preoccupation in defining who
> we are, why not allow our hearers to decide who we are. Any
> term i believe falls short of both the richness and openess
> of both Creation (God's view) and Evolution (Our view).
> Didn't Jesus say "they shall know you are My disciples by
> your love for one another" [paraphrase]. I hope that we who
> belong to the same family hold to our diverse
> perspectives with love for each other and for the
> Person of Truth. Always being open to fresh insights from
> any direction that the Spirit may choose to blow.
>

Yeah, that's been the trouble with words ever since Heraclitus complained about
how confining they were. His disciple Kratylus eventually stopped using them
entirely, and just waved his hands.

(Following are the rest of my comments....):

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