Comments on: The Exclusivity of Living as like Narnian as We Can http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/03/03/the-exclusivity-of-living-as-like-narnian-as-we-can/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Reggie http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/03/03/the-exclusivity-of-living-as-like-narnian-as-we-can/#comment-225 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:15:16 +0000 http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/03/03/the-exclusivity-of-living-as-like-narnian-as-we-can/#comment-225 It would have been so much easier to say "we all have a worldview" but if you want to go and make up new words, fine. Just don't correct the babies when they say something wrong. Good thing your wife is doing the teaching. "Worldviewish," hmmm, I'll have to use that one in the pulpit. But I agree, if atheists aren't religious then neither are we. But they are...and so are we, separate from our Christianity though...religious about many things above the true God. Well, it may not go in THE dictionary but I have approved it in my WORD thesarus. It would have been so much easier to say “we all have a worldview” but if you want to go and make up new words, fine. Just don’t correct the babies when they say something wrong. Good thing your wife is doing the teaching. “Worldviewish,” hmmm, I’ll have to use that one in the pulpit. But I agree, if atheists aren’t religious then neither are we. But they are…and so are we, separate from our Christianity though…religious about many things above the true God. Well, it may not go in THE dictionary but I have approved it in my WORD thesarus.

]]> by: Eric McCarty http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/03/03/the-exclusivity-of-living-as-like-narnian-as-we-can/#comment-217 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:21:40 +0000 http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/03/03/the-exclusivity-of-living-as-like-narnian-as-we-can/#comment-217 One more thing, why does Keller use the term "religion" in the title of his Exclusivity message? Let's abolish that word from the dictionary and all common usage. If Atheists aren't religious, fine. We aren't either. We're all Worldviewish. Put that one in the dictionary. One more thing, why does Keller use the term “religion” in the title of his Exclusivity message? Let’s abolish that word from the dictionary and all common usage. If Atheists aren’t religious, fine. We aren’t either. We’re all Worldviewish. Put that one in the dictionary.

]]> by: Eric McCarty http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/03/03/the-exclusivity-of-living-as-like-narnian-as-we-can/#comment-216 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:46:00 +0000 http://www.hbcjc.org/blog/2008/03/03/the-exclusivity-of-living-as-like-narnian-as-we-can/#comment-216 No, I haven't listened to any more of his stuff. He's good, but he aint you. By that I mean he aint as good lookin', of course. "Because of grace, the exclusivity of Christianity necessarily leads to the most inclusive worldview on the planet." Can I get that on a T-shirt? That's why I don't need too much of Keller. That's good. And I can get that 8 blocks from my house. And I totally agree that stripping Atheism of the distance it likes to spread between itself and "religion" may be the biggest and best step we can take. I think "worldview" is the term which best describes all of our perspectives and we must program ourselves to think in those terms and say that word. Colson argued in How Now Shall We Live that Christianity, Atheism, Islam, etc. were all worldviews in that they answered certain basic questions like . . . 1. Where did we come from? 2. Why are we here? 3. How can we make things better? 4. Where are we going? It's been a while since I read it, but I think those are the main points. Each worldview answers those questions (or tries) and the answers have enormous implications personally and societally. And every individual answers those questions whether they like to or not. Even if you say "I don't know", you've made an answer that even an agnostic would admit is potentially a damning one. Colson argued well that Christianity was the true worldview because it matches reality and works the best. Worldviews, Worldviews, Worldviews. We've all got 'em. No, I haven’t listened to any more of his stuff. He’s good, but he aint you. By that I mean he aint as good lookin’, of course.

“Because of grace, the exclusivity of Christianity necessarily leads to the most inclusive worldview on the planet.” Can I get that on a T-shirt? That’s why I don’t need too much of Keller. That’s good. And I can get that 8 blocks from my house.

And I totally agree that stripping Atheism of the distance it likes to spread between itself and “religion” may be the biggest and best step we can take. I think “worldview” is the term which best describes all of our perspectives and we must program ourselves to think in those terms and say that word. Colson argued in How Now Shall We Live that Christianity, Atheism, Islam, etc. were all worldviews in that they answered certain basic questions like . . .
1. Where did we come from?
2. Why are we here?
3. How can we make things better?
4. Where are we going?

It’s been a while since I read it, but I think those are the main points. Each worldview answers those questions (or tries) and the answers have enormous implications personally and societally. And every individual answers those questions whether they like to or not. Even if you say “I don’t know”, you’ve made an answer that even an agnostic would admit is potentially a damning one. Colson argued well that Christianity was the true worldview because it matches reality and works the best.

Worldviews, Worldviews, Worldviews. We’ve all got ‘em.

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