Comments on: Thoughts on the Trinity

By: ichsteh

ichsteh — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:06:33 +0000

You’re probably right, Matt.
Here’s another thing that’s changed about my plausibility structure: back in seminary in my Modern Age and Gospels classes (where we learned a little bit about the history of historical criticism and “German liberalism”), I couldn’t understand why theological liberals would claim to remain loyal to the creeds and confessions while completely stripping them of meaning (e.g. seeing the resurrection as a metaphor, etc.) I didn’t see what the motivation was. Now that I live in Germany I see this kind of thing all the time. On the one hand, orthodox Xity (as I understand) gets a lot less respect and air time in Germany than in the States, but on the other hand, it truly is woven into the culture in a way that it’s not at home – kind of like dry, dead nettles that still get stuck in a dog’s fur.

By: mattboulter

mattboulter — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:08:53 +0000

It seems to me that the only “plausibility structures” which preclude “a Christian worldview” are those of secular modernity. Outside of those narrow confines, it is remarkable how the Creeds and the Scriptures can be read and understood — or indeed written — in any number of cultural contexts.

By: ichsteh

ichsteh — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:40:56 +0000

Wow, thanks. Thanks for reading.

By: Olivia

Olivia — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:06:17 +0000

Nice post – your reading of the Trinity totally resonates w/ me.

Also, a very funny post; I laughed out loud a couple of times:

“…God sitting around doing nothing, just enjoying his bad self before he created us.”

“I sat there silent and cool as a cucumber”