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David asks > > Hey, tell
me straight if you would. Do I muddy the waters sometimes by jumping
in the way I do? Would it be better, in your opinion, for me to say
less perhaps? Or does digging in on a question sometimes help?
I must admit that sometimes I feel I have wasted my time when I see the
kind of response my posts bring. :-)
David, don't shorten your posts. We hardly
hear from you the way it is -- more, More, MORE! We want
more!
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 1:04
PM
Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Re:Response to David's
Response on Systems
> Lance wrote:
> > David, I believe you missread the
central thrust of the
> > quotation. It has to do with human
constructs. It has
> > to do with the distinction between
relativity & relativism.
>
> Hmmm. Ok. I think I
see better what you are getting at.
>
> Lance wrote:
> >
One ought not to equate one's statement of the truth
> > with the
TRUTH. One could only wish that all scripture
> > was
self-interpreting. Were this the reality then,
> > these "posts"
wouldn't be quite so diverse.
>
> Oh, ok, I hear you now loud and
clear.
>
> Hey, tell me straight if you would. Do I muddy
the waters sometimes by
> jumping in the way I do? Would it be
better, in your opinion, for me to
> say less perhaps? Or does
digging in on a question sometimes help? I
> must admit that
sometimes I feel I have wasted my time when I see the
> kind of response
my posts bring. :-)
>
> Lance wrote:
> > Short
answer to your direct q. No, we can't.
> > We can KNOW the truth
(Christ in you the hope
> > of glory) but all of our articulations
of that
> > (experienced) truth are approximations.
> > Do
you agree?
>
> Yes, I absolutely agree. Nevertheless, I do
think there are differences
> of truth, and how truth might be
articulated. Some matters are better
> articulated than
others. Some matters, by their nature, can never be
> expressed
with words, but only superficially talked about, moving around
> it,
until the person through some kind of revelation or insight sees
> what
it is that you are trying to point him toward. It is this
>
difference between some truths that are more easily talked about and
>
other truths that are less able to be talked about that sometimes
>
creates the illusion that we can know and teach truth across the
board.
>
>
> Thanks for helping me see the point
better. I guess if we all
> recognized this principle, none of us
would be so dogmatic and assertive
> in what we say in this forum.
We would not be trying to grab the tail
> of the lizard, but be pointing
to the lizard. We would try harder to
> hear one another and put
less effort into trying to mold others into our
> own personal
worldview. I'm going to chew on this for awhile. Thanks
>
for sharing.
>
> Peace be with you.
> David Miller, Beverly
Hills, Florida.
>
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every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org
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