tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post3694885851992882402..comments2023-06-11T03:51:05.671-05:00Comments on Susan's Pendulum: The Power of BaptismSusanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16152213210269075304noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-50987445366711558732013-03-28T18:22:06.400-05:002013-03-28T18:22:06.400-05:00I know some people care a LOT that we say the righ...I know some people care a LOT that we say the right vocables for God's name. "Jeee-zuz" or "Hay-zuse" are not okay; only "Yesh-oo-ah" is, they say. I can't explain coherently why I think it's nonsense to say that it doesn't matter how we say His name (in English or Chinese or Spanish or German) and yet it DOES matter whether we say His name "Lord" or "Allah" or "Satan." (I understand that "Allah" really is only the language equivalent of "God" and that some Muslims who become Christians call the true Lord "Allah" just like I call Him "God" sometimes instead of by a more specific name. That's not what I'm talking about though.)Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307213773466556564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-75084541442815934682013-03-28T16:44:08.568-05:002013-03-28T16:44:08.568-05:00You are right. For some reason I was thinking het...You are right. For some reason I was thinking heterdoxy instead of a fundamentally different religion.<br /><br />Re: His name, should we be saying "Yeshua?"<br /><br />Good question.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10724010539548978167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-70127437224143498262013-03-27T13:20:39.099-05:002013-03-27T13:20:39.099-05:00:)
I thought Pieper's felicitous inconsistenc...:)<br /><br />I thought Pieper's felicitous inconsistency was about how Christians could believe wrongly about certain articles of doctrine and yet still trust in Christ. This part of the Narnia story, though, would essentially be the same thing as a Muslim spending his whole life worshiping Allah, but thinking that Allah was merciful and loving. <br /><br />But then the question becomes "What IS it for God to be merciful and loving?" It's not just that He wants us to be nice. But that He sacrifices Himself. Can people "misunderstand" Judaism or Islam or Hinduism to be about a self-sacrificing God who joins Himself to undeserving sinners? I don't know. <br /><br />And <br />how important is His name? <br /><br />If you called God "Satan" but still understood Him to be the way the Bible describes the true God to be, would it <i>matter</i> that you had the wrong name attached to Him?<br />Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307213773466556564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34185942.post-39255792597301899032013-03-27T12:24:39.372-05:002013-03-27T12:24:39.372-05:00Is it maybe a demonstration of what Pieper called ...Is it maybe a demonstration of what Pieper called the "Felicitous Inconsistency?"<br /><br />This is a gut reaction. I haven't read the book, so I don't about the role of Baptism in the story. <br /><br />(maybe if I haven't read the book, I should keep my mouth shut? lol)Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10724010539548978167noreply@blogger.com