Post by Josh on Aug 28, 2008 18:42:42 GMT -8
I thought this interchange was worth a separate thread.
Elsewhere, Mo wrote:
To which I responded:
Mo, I haven't read all that you guys have posted here today (I'm really looking forward to it), but this quote stood out to me.
I've been thinking now for a couple weeks about how we've spent so much time discussion apologetics but very little time disscussing what I see as the "grandeur and adventure" of the Christian faith.
Don't get me wrong- I love discussing apologetics, but apologetics is like scaffolding for artists working on a beautiful painting or like the blueprints for Notre Dame.
Too much talk about apologetics and so little talk about the heartbeat of Christianity is like talking about the intricacies of the space shuttle but never taking it for a flight, or even talking about what a flight is like.
Are you open to some of that kind of conversation, though it might be subjective to you?
Part of me feels like one difference between our upbringings in the Church might have a lot to do whether or not we found any lasting inspiration in expressions and experiences of faith in that upbringing.
Mo then responded:
Josh,
I'm always open for anything you'd like to tell me. But I have two reservations here.
1. A lot of my points and questions remain unanswered. They got lost among the flood of writing we did. That's my own fault big time because I put too much stuff into the single posts. Maybe I should have made my points step by step but that would have meant that we would have proceeded very slowly and I don't seem to have the patience for this. However, so many unanswered questions and topics.... I find it a bit unfair to proceed to the next one.
2. Keep in mind that from what we've discussed so far, I see no serious evidence for Christianity even being true, all the other way around. So, to use your analogy, it's like you're asking me to ride an imaginary spaceshuttle.
That being said: I'm curious to know all about the supposed grandeur of Christianity.
Elsewhere, Mo wrote:
I for my part see no grandeur and no adventure in the safeguard that is religion.
To which I responded:
Mo, I haven't read all that you guys have posted here today (I'm really looking forward to it), but this quote stood out to me.
I've been thinking now for a couple weeks about how we've spent so much time discussion apologetics but very little time disscussing what I see as the "grandeur and adventure" of the Christian faith.
Don't get me wrong- I love discussing apologetics, but apologetics is like scaffolding for artists working on a beautiful painting or like the blueprints for Notre Dame.
Too much talk about apologetics and so little talk about the heartbeat of Christianity is like talking about the intricacies of the space shuttle but never taking it for a flight, or even talking about what a flight is like.
Are you open to some of that kind of conversation, though it might be subjective to you?
Part of me feels like one difference between our upbringings in the Church might have a lot to do whether or not we found any lasting inspiration in expressions and experiences of faith in that upbringing.
Mo then responded:
Josh,
I'm always open for anything you'd like to tell me. But I have two reservations here.
1. A lot of my points and questions remain unanswered. They got lost among the flood of writing we did. That's my own fault big time because I put too much stuff into the single posts. Maybe I should have made my points step by step but that would have meant that we would have proceeded very slowly and I don't seem to have the patience for this. However, so many unanswered questions and topics.... I find it a bit unfair to proceed to the next one.
2. Keep in mind that from what we've discussed so far, I see no serious evidence for Christianity even being true, all the other way around. So, to use your analogy, it's like you're asking me to ride an imaginary spaceshuttle.
That being said: I'm curious to know all about the supposed grandeur of Christianity.
