tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952289.post1266078140535458263..comments2023-09-27T14:44:36.183+01:00Comments on Gnaws: Easter and all that..Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952289.post-19465571742535495752010-04-21T22:12:08.362+01:002010-04-21T22:12:08.362+01:00Do you know, I think that's true. I suppose f...Do you know, I think that's true. I suppose for a simple distinction we could call the "righteous" and the "unrighteous" ;) Some might associate this with the so-called "Religion Gene".<br /><br />I was reading the rather excellent book (on historical theology) "Early Christian Doctrines" at the time I read your post first time. Got to the point where Kelly says that the early church simply hadn't worked out which model to use. There's a habit, particularly with fundamentalism, to believe that whatever they believe today, the Early Church did as well. And it's not true. For example, even as early as the 3rd century theologians such as Origen could challenge a literal view of the 6-day creation. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/gen1st.htmGerrarrdushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08837978839416558477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952289.post-8462234580488157342010-04-14T22:59:53.503+01:002010-04-14T22:59:53.503+01:00Hi G, Many thanks for your perspective.
I hadn&#...Hi G, Many thanks for your perspective. <br /><br />I hadn't realised it was such a "plastic" set of ideas for some, I suppose even this plasticity is itself not universally accepted either. All far too nebulous for my geeky brain to comprehend or accept, you know I really do wonder if some of us are hard-wired this way and some not, like a propensity for being musical or something like that.Steve Borthwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361597018502017407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952289.post-46799932201739452452010-04-09T10:06:34.909+01:002010-04-09T10:06:34.909+01:00Thanks for you thoughts, Steve.
Your friend seems ...Thanks for you thoughts, Steve.<br />Your friend seems to have explained one view of the atonement. There are dozens of others. And the Bible varies between them as well - God vindicating Jesus, Jesus as sacrifice, which requires a whole realm of explanation from the OT, Jesus as Passover lamb. And we've since then elaborated loads more. The essential truth in there is that on the Cross, and through the empty tomb, Jesus (and God through him and the Spirit) has done *something* momentous - something that changes the world and us. And all the theories of atonement in the world are just models of what it might mean.Gerrarrdushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08837978839416558477noreply@blogger.com