Re: [asa] A case of non-biological ID

On 1/21/08, Vernon Jenkins <vernon.jenkins@virgin.net> wrote: "foremost
among whom are your preferred authorities Bultmann and Tillich."

Careful what you write, vernon. I don't recall ever saying either of these
two gentlemen were my "preferred authorities." As a matter of fact, I don't
think I mentioned Bultmann at all.

As for CSL, I admire his writings immensely and have a number of them in my
personal library.

I did mention Tillich, of course -- just in passing. I have read some of his
stuff -- he is most difficult to understand. One thing I did understand is
his "three ideas," as expressed in the book PAUL TILLICH (1968) by J.
Thomas:

1. There is an infinite difference between the temporal and the eternal.
2. Revelation is necessary for one to know God.
3. There is an inevitable paradox when human language tries to express the
divine.

Wich makes sense to me. God searched ME out -- I did not "find him."

John Spong also wrote: "Definitions of God do not exhaust his reality. All
concepts of God are necessarily limited human ideas. Do not identify your
own concept of God with God."

The book YOUR GOD IS TOO SMALL expresses these ideas from one in a more
conservative camp.

I suspect (w/o looking) that CSL also expressed the idea.

Blessings

Burgy

www.burgy.50megs.com/h4h.htm

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