Posted: Jun 09, 2018 4:19 pm
by Skinny Puppy
pelfdaddy wrote:Believers will find ways to make even this unaccountable circumstance fit nicely into their theology. Stranger still...Various believers will find various ways to make it fit their various theologies.

And there...perhaps...is one of the oddest features of theology; it's infinite flexibility--it's aptitude for adapting to any and all problems (whether through an application of arbitrarily conjured-up fundamental principles at one end of the spectrum, or the spitballing of ad hoc rationalizations at the other).

The reasoned and logical perspective identifies this as a weakness (that which explains everything explains nothing), while apologetics allow it to masquerade as a strength.


Hi pelfdaddy :wave:

From an ex-Pentecostal POV, we would have used this to explain it:

MATTHEW 5:45

Would you agree or disagree?