Tuesday, May 20
Re: kristi
I think book 2 (or 3 or 4) might clear things up...
Re: MJ's Book 1 thoughts
Reason is to the mind as love is to the heart (or kidneys :)) The greatest command is to love (God and everyone else) Even though reason says not to. If reason is carried too far (I haven't read Pascal's wager, but have heard some about it) we get what I think Pascal said... Well, it doesn't hurt to believe in God, and if God DOES exist then the benefits are great. That isn't Faith.
Reason cannot work fully with Christianity:
Love your enemy.
Reasonably in this manner you get walked all over...
Forgive your brother 7 times 70 times.
Really... forgiveness has to be tempered... if you just unconditionally forgive you aren't helping anyone
Miracles
By definition unreasonable...
Works
If anyone has reasonably completely worked out (makes sense to me, but I don't think that I came to it reasonably) that works are a result of Faith, not a prerequisite... And if they do have a reasonable argument, why does the debate continue?
Anyone who seeks to keep his life will lose it and anyone who loses it for my sake will find it
Does not make sense...
