tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009563.post5917315912780325102..comments2023-12-22T03:49:21.303-05:00Comments on Reflections of a Happy Old Man: Orthodoxy Scientifically ExplainedLarry Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11571190213288384302noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009563.post-87797189826944580182007-03-12T12:32:00.000-04:002007-03-12T12:32:00.000-04:00Julie, my dear, "believe in" means many things to ...Julie, my dear, "believe in" means many things to many people. It may simply suggest an attitude, as you seem to have done here, or it may denote heartfelt convictions that guide a person's actions. And there are many other variations in what the words mean to various people.<BR/><BR/>The gospels make a great deal out of it, which led early church authorities, especially Constantine, to the emphatic implication of Jesus' often quoted statements about "belief" to mean that you must believe every statement that the "Church" makes of a theological nature, such as literal truth of every word of the Bible, inerrancy of the word, etc. <BR/><BR/>After a great deal of struggle numbers of people throughout the history of the Church gained a measure of freedom from these "mind forg'd manacles". Praise the Lord.Larry Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11571190213288384302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8009563.post-38057492293265714372007-03-10T10:00:00.000-05:002007-03-10T10:00:00.000-05:00I guess not... unless you don't need an explanatio...I guess not... unless you don't need an explanation. The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement - but the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. It bothers me not in the slightest to believe in things which might be apparently contradictory; logic only gets one so far.anonymous juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055080538242335793noreply@blogger.com