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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] learners vs
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> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 08:11:48 -0700 "Blaine Borrowman"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Here is a saying I found written on the wall
> > of one of the jr high classrooms I subbed in
> > some time ago. I don't know who wrote it. But . . .
>
> > "In times of change, learners inherit the earth,
> > while the learned find themselves beautifully
> > equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."
>
> That seems very profound. I see lots of stuff like that when I
> browse through a copy of Readers' Digest.
>
> Are the graffiti scribbler's sentiments echoed in scripture?
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 08:11:48 -0700 "Blaine Borrowman"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Here is a saying I found written on the wall
> > of one of the jr high classrooms I subbed in
> > some time ago. I don't know who wrote it. But . . .
>
> > "In times of change, learners inherit the earth,
> > while the learned find themselves beautifully
> > equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists."
>
> That seems very profound. I see lots of stuff like that when I
> browse through a copy of Readers' Digest.
>
> Are the graffiti scribbler's sentiments echoed in scripture?
Matthew 18:3-4 And he
said, except ye become converted, and become as little children, ye shall not
enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself
as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of
heaven.
Luke 18:16
But Jesus called them unto him and said, Suffer little children to come unto me,
and forbid them not, for of such is the kingdom of
God.
> Children are "learners," are they not? Do you know of any other single factor they share in common?
> I remember one of Bob Dylan's songs ("the times, they are a-changin'
> ") said something similar. Was Bob Dylan prescient or was he imbued with
> the arrogance of youth?
>
> If somebody scribbles, "In times of change, learners are too
> ignorant to cope, while the learned know how to survive and proper," will
> you post that, too?
Probably not. It has no
relationship to my main theme, which is that new revelation needs to be ongoing
as circumstances change. It has to be dynamic, not static. Just to
make this point more clear, consider the following:
The Jewish Rabbis try to write new
advice for new situations, in light of the old Law of Moses. This is
called Midrash and Halachot, or Oral Torah. Another name for this is Oral
Tradition. They do this to enhance the modern Jew's understanding of how
to sanctify life in today's complex world. They do not believe in new,
direct revelation from God. They reject any new scripture, even that which
Christians accept. To do so would threaten their entire foundation of
belief of themselves being God's chosen people--the standard bearers that all
should look to for enlightenment.
Do you not see a relationship
between this Oral Tradition approach and the traditional Christian Belief System
to which most Christians adhere, which says there can be no new revelation, the
Bible is the whole word of God and we need no more Bible, that infant baptism is
needed for children to be saved, that the mode of baptism doesn't matter
(sprinkling, immersion, whatever), or that baptism itself is not needed, or that
one is saved by easy grace alone, no works are required?
> Just
wondering
Just wondering.
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