tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post115155444994132912..comments2024-03-25T13:40:30.747-04:00Comments on Faith and Theology: The collapse of theismBen Myershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03800127501735910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1151771600056059682006-07-01T12:33:00.000-04:002006-07-01T12:33:00.000-04:00Yes, classic theism and biblical christianity are ...Yes, classic theism and biblical christianity are diametrically opposed to each other. The problem comes when we define Christianity so loosely...Lady Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10438953974326994533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1151656141434063592006-06-30T04:29:00.000-04:002006-06-30T04:29:00.000-04:00Nicely put, Kim.I must admit that as a Christian I...Nicely put, Kim.<BR/><BR/>I must admit that as a Christian I thought the collapse of theism was a <I>good</I> thing (in many ways), rather than a result of 'fuzzy' thinking. Is it possible to be both a Christian and a theist? I feel that clear (christological and trinitarian) thinking leads to a rejection (more or less) of classic theism - or at least its heavy qualification such that it is radically transformed.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1151594507329714782006-06-29T11:21:00.000-04:002006-06-29T11:21:00.000-04:00Have I got this right? The recovery of the God of...Have I got this right? The recovery of the God of the church has precipitated an ecclesiastical crisis, while the fundamentalists fight a rearguard action in defence of the god of the philosophers. So the likes of Karl Barth are the cause of the decline of Christianity, while the likes of Jerry Falwell are crypto-onto-theologists on a mission. If it isn't true, it ought to be. What a hilarious scenario!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1151590250694486882006-06-29T10:10:00.000-04:002006-06-29T10:10:00.000-04:00"bourgeois theism"? Is that a common theological ..."bourgeois theism"? Is that a common theological term?Looneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15801436449971512320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1151584481585744932006-06-29T08:34:00.000-04:002006-06-29T08:34:00.000-04:00"christological and trinitarain insights and quest..."christological and trinitarain insights and questions"? Aw c'mon, did he skewer and barbecue any sacred cows or not?Weekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1151582063954461012006-06-29T07:54:00.000-04:002006-06-29T07:54:00.000-04:00Theism has been "collapsing" in Europe for quite s...Theism has been "collapsing" in Europe for quite some time; if it had not been, then Communism and Nazism could not have made headway. However, it is far from collapsing in the United States. By most statistical measures, we are neither more nor less theist than we were when George Washington took office as the first President.<BR/><BR/>As a philosopher trained in secular institutions, I note that classical theism is more respectable among English-speaking philosophers now than it was thirty years ago. Clear thinking helps.Mike Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18100363229707213441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14261952.post-1151580160935620382006-06-29T07:22:00.000-04:002006-06-29T07:22:00.000-04:00God is dead, long live God?God is dead, long live God?byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com