Christian A: the Spirit told me to do X.
Christian B: the Spirit told me that X is wrong.
What keeps us from saying that either this Spirit doesn't exist or can't communicate very well, and skipping church to watch football instead?
Friday, December 15, 2006
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hmmm... hypotheticals are hard. But in this situation, I would see the most clear-cut options as what you said, and also a very individualistic relativism.
And now I'm going to pack for Disney World.
Yay Disney World!
This seems similar to something I considered the other day while listening to a discussion on trailblazing. 1) Fill a room with ESR and Bethany students. 2) Ask them to compare and contrast the merits and drawbacks of A vs. B (literally). 3) Sit back and watch in amazement as they fill up an hour's time doing so.
I had a conversation just this past weekend about a particular song going through my head during worship, in response to a query to the HS... but my interlocutor was prone to deny existence of said HS.
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