tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post5441427806315775682..comments2024-03-27T09:11:00.450-04:00Comments on Incinerating Presuppositionalism: Lennox's 10, Part VBahnsen Burnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11030029491768748360noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post-31582428438401833082015-04-18T17:48:28.820-04:002015-04-18T17:48:28.820-04:00Ydemoc wrote "So what we have here is: A conv...Ydemoc wrote "So what we have here is: A conversational donkey should be taken as literal, because nothing is too hard for God. Meanwhile, moving mountains, well, that comes across as just a little too far-fetched. So we'll interpret that passage as figurative"<br /><br />Very interesting. There is another side to it: The latter must be seen as figurative because it can be tested and will never produce the expected results. There must be a ready explanation for certain failure. As for the donkey case, the event is pretty much over. How they pick and choose can rest on various motivations.samonedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502545219196104567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post-12385059557182839822015-03-01T23:08:39.028-05:002015-03-01T23:08:39.028-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ydemochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498165330193613762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11714522.post-40669467738205747022015-03-01T23:07:53.536-05:002015-03-01T23:07:53.536-05:00Hi Dawson,
Excellent series!
Regarding the who...Hi Dawson,<br /><br />Excellent series! <br /><br />Regarding the whole literal vs. figurative dispute within Christendom...<br /><br />A few years ago I asked my Christian relative about the conversational donkey that we read about in the Old Testament (Numbers 22:28-30). He admitted that he was unaware of it; however, it apparently bothered him enough that he consulted a pastor to see what the deal was... to see if, as a Christian, there was some way to make sense of it or justify it (i.e., in the context of Christianity, to rationalize it). <br /><br />The pastor told him, essentially, "If God can create the whole universe, why is it so difficult to accept that He can make a donkey talk?"<br /><br />That was all my relative needed to hear, as it convinced him that the story of a conversational donkey was true -- literally.<br /><br />Yet, sometime after that, I asked my relative about Mt. 17:20: <br /><br />Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. <br /><br />What was my relative's response? He said that this passage should be interpreted figuratively! <br /><br />So what we have here is: A conversational donkey should be taken as literal, because nothing is too hard for God. Meanwhile, moving mountains, well, that comes across as just a little too far-fetched. So we'll interpret that passage as figurative.<br /><br />Wow. I, too, continue to be glad that these aren't my problems!<br /><br />YdemocYdemochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03498165330193613762noreply@blogger.com