Monday, August 21, 2006

Wanting to have my cake and eat it too

As the purpose of this blog is to attempt to re-construct a worldview that is the closest to the truth I can achieve this side of eternity (got to dream big!) I am not interested in chasing rabbits trying to disprove the beliefs of people I disagree with. The transparent nature here is to build one thought at a time, testing the spirits (ideas) as we go.

For this purpose I am prepared to be accused of having a double standard. My thoughts come out from the mish-mash of everything I've ever come across, read, heard, once believed true or false... not every thought I write here will have specific scriptural references [yet...]. From you the reader and contributor, I need two things before I can entertain incorporating your comments into this worldview:

1. (assuming you believe Jesus Christ was the son of God and died to pay the penalty for your sins, of which you've confessed to God and turned away from, with the risen Christ's help - i.e. you are a christian) please specify a specific sentence or idea of mine that needs correcting and provide at least a scripture reference, and ideally the scriptural context that bolsters your position.

2. (from everyone, including interested non-believers) please specify a specific sentence or idea of mine that contains a flaw of logic that needs to be corrected. I'm sure there will be plenty of these, however [stated pre-supposition #1] it is my belief that logic is an irremoveable aspect of the absolute truth which constructs the reality live in we and is described in the bible, and that paradox (apparent contradiction) is not necessarily excluded by logic.

If, however, one of my ideas triggers a story you'd like to tell and it really has nothing to do with what is said here, I'll reply that it's "not useful" (or possibly delete...)

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