tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post9159911473087410224..comments2024-01-12T12:39:47.241-08:00Comments on The Christian Monist: A Day in the Pulpit - and Other ThoughtsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-24926830477931519682014-10-29T02:01:43.661-07:002014-10-29T02:01:43.661-07:00Great news about the book! I look forward to readi...Great news about the book! I look forward to reading it in print!Johanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13477699002066225256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-878914472051909043.post-72710182015691355372014-10-21T12:49:50.207-07:002014-10-21T12:49:50.207-07:00But I do want to gently talk about the metaphysica...<i>But I do want to gently talk about the metaphysical problems that Christians can have when they see this material world as junk ( a Platonic idea) and only the "spiritual" has value.</i><br /><br />The main theme of your blog and manuscript; definitely Something that Needs to be Said.<br /><br />I wonder if this "Spiritual Good, Physical Baaaaaad" is just the funhouse-mirror reflection of materialism, just as Communism and Objectivism are funhouse-mirror opposites of each other.<br /><br /><i>Speaking of Plato, many people have encouraged me to read NT Wright. I had never until now.</i><br /><br />Bishop Wright has been talked about on several blogs I monitor, as well as by one of my writing partners (the burned-out preacher). He's a Thinker and he makes a lot of sense.<br /><br />Of course you have some differences with him, but everything about him sounds like the type of Christian where you could sit down opposite him and go back-and-forth about your differences and make your points.<br /><br /><i>I remember a news anchor saying (because it was so confusing) that both were probably telling the truth (synthesis). It is clear one of them were lying, possibly both. But both can't be true. It is a metaphysical impossibility.</i><br /><br />This is probably a "Whose Truth?" situation where both remember something completely different, even contradictory, but both believe it to be true. Whether this is after-the-fact fabrication, misunderstanding plus Entropy, or wanting to be the one who's Right.<br /><br /><i>Last Page: The book I've been working on for 10 years is much nearer completion. I'm working with an outstanding editor who works for Penguin Books and she has helped me to hammer the book into shape (and to shave 3,000 words from the manuscript). I'm excited to see the light at the end of the very long tunnel.</i><br /><br />Is this the one where you first came to my attention and had an online manuscript linked to your blog for a while? As I said above, it's something that needs to be said.<br /><br />My own writing for the past couple years has mostly been fanfics; if the email address you gave me years ago is still valid, I can share some of them with you privately.<br /><br /><br /><br />Headless Unicorn Guynoreply@blogger.com