tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649179563624525119.post3589961051042535071..comments2023-06-22T13:59:01.275-05:00Comments on The Scientific Universalist: The Theology of RightSammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11513507615980707905noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649179563624525119.post-40580268885896987082011-03-21T21:41:12.724-05:002011-03-21T21:41:12.724-05:00It sometimes makes me wonder that if the people Go...It sometimes makes me wonder that if the people God revealed himself to can't get it correct and spend all their time trying to be <i>right</i> to the exclusion of others, maybe God didn't do what we have been told that he did. Just another of my many questions.Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148676728860411325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2649179563624525119.post-6102424012643812262011-03-19T08:21:14.623-05:002011-03-19T08:21:14.623-05:00I believe the problem is in considering religious ...I believe the problem is in considering religious faith as a truth claim. Of course if one assumes the Bible (or whatever Holy book) is a divine revelation, it naturally follows that strict adherence to its teaching is literally holding to the truth. When Jude's epistle exhorts Christians to "earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints," it wasn't an appeal to be right for the sake of being right. It was an appeal to cling to that truth which God has revealed through his prophets and apostles, truth which would lead to eternal life.<br /><br />Once we depart from that and accept the right of everyone to form their own opinions and to agree to disagree with their fellow travelers, we also depart from the idea that there is something known as THE TRUTH. And whatever errors of judgment we make only affects us in this life, and not in some purported afterlife.<br /><br />I do believe there are good ideas and bad ideas. But I make that judgment based upon the results (here on earth) of holding and following those ideas. In my opinion, it is worthwhile to expose bad ideas and promote good ones. I'm only interested in being "right" only so far as I am being positive and doing good. That is my most important thing.Doug Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027574195522869708noreply@blogger.com