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Why I still log on to Givemetruth.net
The article following (in the next post) was originally published on InFocus (back when it was called the "Fundamentalist Resource Centre") back in July 2005. It's been a while, but I think it still applies today. These are exciting days to be a Fundamentalist in Australia. God is doing amazing things in churches across the nation. We're seeing a whole generation of pastors get older (no offence guys!) and move into more of a mentoring
In defence of militancy
By David Doran Recent proposals about the nature of Fundamentalism are stirring lively debate. While I have heard of no bloodshed, I am certain that quite a few blood pressures have risen with the discussions. A key term that seems to surface regularly, at least in the discussions to which I have been privy, is "militancy." Most see militancy as a necessary, perhaps even indispensable, facet of Fundamentalism. Difficulties arise, however, when the concept is
Some conclusions
In the last post in this series, I gave three basic propositions. 1) God is always perfectly rational. 2) In God’s image, humans are also rational. 3) Human rationality is limited both inherently and by the effects of the curse. If these propositions are accepted as true, some basic conclusions will follow. It is dangerous to abandon human rationality at any level. It is ironic that “blind faith” expressions of fundamentalism actually parallel post-modern forms
Three propositions on rationality
It’s been a while since the second post, but the more I’ve considered these things, the more I realise just how basic they are to everything we think and believe. The term for what we’re talking about is epistemology. Epistemology deals with the very nature and basis for knowledge. Since everything we think we know is built on some epistemological basis, we would be wise to at least understand what our own epistemological basis is.