tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091569635929754577.post2714363627561051494..comments2023-04-17T05:34:55.243-07:00Comments on In the Mind of a Fish: The Wonder VIIIArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02265755251623523661noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2091569635929754577.post-1305389541587570952012-11-28T14:39:13.307-08:002012-11-28T14:39:13.307-08:00Art, I have enjoyed this series you've written...Art, I have enjoyed this series you've written. I agree wholeheartedly. If our theology is an attempt to construct a system of thought consistent at every point and able to explain everything that exists, then it is an act of imagination, more like the writing of a fantasy novel than anything else, and anyone who can point out an inconsistency can cause the whole system to come crashing down around our ears. <br /><br />But if our theology is an attempt to acknowledge that which IS, that which already exists, and then ask good questions about it, it's inevitable that the answer to some of those good questions is going to be, "I don't know. And yet -- it is." Then it is less like imagination more like good science. I think any good scientist (or theologian) is a creature full of wonder and inquisition, more captivated by the questions than the answers.<br /><br />The Enlightenment age (which I think we are just not coming out of) rightly rejected "blind" faith that refused to ask questions about articles of the faith. But they (we) made the mistake of rejecting/ignoring anything about which we could not find satisfactory answers to our questions. Now, I hope we are recovering a sense of wonder, recognizing not all questions about God and the universe can be answered by our pathetically small little brains, and accepting wonder and mystery as part of our faith once again. WillieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13852957646142280684noreply@blogger.com