tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34915849.post2532134656195551950..comments2021-02-18T20:18:41.070-05:00Comments on hillschurch: One Response to Postmodernism - DMinhillschurchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11580362077503241952noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34915849.post-59896086630391814992007-12-09T09:58:00.000-05:002007-12-09T09:58:00.000-05:00Your post rang a few bells with me (saw it in the ...Your post rang a few bells with me (saw it in the sidebar on Next Wave). I'll number my comments according to your points.<BR/><BR/>2. Francis Schaeffer wrote back in the 1970s--maybe late '60s--that we can know truth; but because we are finite beings, we cannot know it exhaustively. I think "substantially" was the term he used. I suspect this comes close to the position of a lot of post-modern Christians.<BR/><BR/>3. James 2:19--"You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder." The whole point of that chapter is that intellectual assent to a list of doctrines is not enough.<BR/><BR/>5. In the book "Modern Times" Paul Johnson wrote that the real divide in politics was between "statists", who believe the power of the state is the answer to all problems; and those who believe in individual freedom (he didn't come up with a catchy short name for them). Liberal and conservative statists may differ about what problems they want to apply the state's power to, but their method is the same; and I'm afraid most elected officials of both parties in the US are statists.postmodern redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07279009105618761553noreply@blogger.com