Galileo: Historical Christian (Church) Belief?
Keeping in mind my previous post concerning Doug Pagitt, I’m reminded of another problem I have with Pagitt’s writing which I don’t believe is reflective of just Pagitt, but also ‘emergent theology’ as something of a whole.
In my previous post we saw Pagitt give praise for the different ways the Gospel has been presented to different cultural contexts, including different understandings and presentations of God. From how I’ve read and understand Pagitt’s book, however, this doesn’t seem (to me) to present a united, coherent whole. Consider how Pagitt opens the first chapter of his book:
I am a Christian, but I don’t believe in Christianity.
At least I don’t believe in the versions of Christianity that have prevailed for the last fifteen hundred years, the ones that were perfectly suitable in their time and place but have little connection with this time and place. The ones that answer questions we no … (Read more)
Galileo: Truth isn’t Absolute
I’ll be honest up front: this entry has almost nothing to do with Galileo.
What this entry has everything to do with, however, is the problem I have with certain people (notably authors and speakers) who call into question the nature of ‘truth’ through illustrations (Galileo being a favourite) which are in no way applicable to the nature of truth, however relevant those illustrations may be with respect to our view and understanding (and necessarily interpretation) of truth. What then occurs is that any subsequent dialogue concerning ‘what is truth’ is marred by this misunderstanding and failure to properly distinguish between nature and view (of truth), thus any ensuing dialogue is inherently flawed. It’s a favourite of the Emergent church, which brings me to Doug Pagitt, nothing against Pastor Pagitt.
I was reading A Christianity Worth Believing when I came across the following:
“There it is in gray and white: … (Read more)
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