In what follows I will show that the first assumption is clearly wrong and that the second assumption glosses over certain important distinctions Whitehead
made about his doctrine of ingression.
Not exact matches
The funny thing
about baptisms for the dead is that Mormon
doctrine itself
makes the practice meaningless!
At this level you not only are able to critique the texts and
doctrines and their relationship to one another, but you are able to
make judgments
about the whole thought system and belief system altogether.
I would never expect a nonmember of this church to understand enough
about its
doctrine to
make an honest assessment of anything other than superficial, publicized topics.
Considering that it took the Church
about 300 years, long after they had
made up their minds
about theology, to start picking scripture to match that
doctrine, and that the oldest known copt of the bible has over 27,000 «corrections» written all over it, how can you be sure that the New Testament isn't full of false
doctrine to begin with?
It is your task to teach newcomers
about Christian
doctrine and Christian behavior and that sort of thing; it is our task to
make sure that newcomers know
about local traditions.
«I guess I may be too insistent that a Christian has to
make central some traditional
doctrine about Jesus.
The main problem with the Way of Fundamentalism is that if you decide carte blanche that there are
doctrines of faith that can not be scrutinized by reason, you risk
making huge mistakes
about your faith.
Hence, Whitehead notes: «I am not
making any judgment
about the details of their theology, for example,
about the Trinitarian
doctrine» (AI 169).
Am not anti-Christ nor Anti-Jewish just like all Muslims am a monotheist so must be rather Anti-Polytheists & Disbelievers... but believe me it is not hatred but rather pityness for the innocents and hardness towards the wicked transgressors... Guess that is all
about it unless few of our brother got the message wrong!?! Since we learned from the Quran verses that there will be in paradise from the Jews, Christian and others from other beliefs... and since God forgives any thing else other than to assign for him partners as polytheists do, then that means many of Christians and Jews are monotheist towards God although might show otherwise of fears from dominant
doctrine... As it seems few Christians have realized some how they were wrong some where, then had to introduce that Trinity to correct it to show as if monotheist but
made another mistake by having God the One Divided into Three then and remained Divided as Three as now and for eternity...!?
While there is room for talking
about such a step, one should not ignore the specific contribution
made by traditional cultures to the whole process of formulating Christian
doctrines.
Like a spiritual corpse, he is unable to
make a single move toward God, think a right thought
about God, or even respond to God — unless God first brings this spiritually dead corpse to life (Boice and Ryken,
Doctrines of Grace, 74).
«4 The reason for the idea is the
doctrine of the immortality of truth; holding a correspondence view of truth, Hartshorne feels he requires the unfading everlastingness of all occasions in God to
make the notion of truths
about the past intelligible.
There is no explicit
doctrine of the Trinity in the gospels, but these sayings
about the Counselor became important material for the formation of that
doctrine when, because of certain external pressures in the fourth century, the relation between God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit needed to be
made explicit.
One hates to
make old arguments, but if this education teaches (as other sections of the report
make clear that is must) the familiar
doctrines about how very wrong it is to impose any kind of normative standard on the many forms that peoples» desires can take, on what basis does it exclude pornography or the sexualization of young girls as legitimate forms of the varied human sexual appetite?
It follows that there is a genuine purality of propositions to be
made about man, and despite ultimate unity of a systematic
doctrine of man (anthropology in that sense), there are in principle several sciences that can and must treat of man.
People are doing this to not stand out, its a way of
making one feel imporetant, as with most if not all so called religious leaderrs they know very little or anything at all
about the
doctrines of the religion their in and this is a Fact.
While many of the catechists and leaders of RCIA were concerned
about questions such as multiculturalism and inclusive language, the participants whom RCIA is to serve want a greater emphasis upon
doctrine and what
makes the Catholic Church distinctive.
I was once fired for reading
about and investigating some
doctrines that
made my boss uncomfortable, though I never disagreed with the doctrinal statement.
While it does not exclude a lengthy period of time over whichGod may bring
about distinction within his creation, nor many subordinate means through which he may have executed his designs, the
doctrine here manifestly excludes pure chance: «By the word of the Lord the heavens were
made, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.
And though they eventually
made up, their disagreement has lived on in American evangelicals» waxing and waning debates
about God's sovereignty and the
doctrines of election and free will.
Often times I am looking for a clearer understanding of a time period in Christian history (generally because a modern author has
made some wild and confrontational claim
about how a certain
doctrine or denomination arose).
However, in inference pattern (2) no explicit claim is
made about metaphysical
doctrines of any kind.
Heck, I was thinking the same thing
about the atheists that have their own self
made doctrine of love and tolerance.
I
make my living studying and teaching these important
doctrines and I have convictions
about them.
They
make inaccurate claims
about some of the most basic principles of Christian
doctrine.
In Religion in the
Making Whitehead says that Christianity starts with a tremendous notion
about the world and that this notion is not derived from a metaphysical
doctrine, but rather from our comprehension of the sayings and action of Christ.
(It was a pretty short book) So if he started with the as.sumption that miracles don't exist, then how can he
make a definitive statement
about the
doctrine of the Trinity that is everywhere taught in the Bible?
He wants Christians to move on from milk
doctrines and teachings that
make us feel warm and fuzzy, to the meat truths of the Word that we mull over, think
about, and digest (cf. Heb 5:11 — 6:3).
The reality of past events is partially preserved as newly synthesized elements in later events but fully and infallibly in the never - failing memory of God.51 Hartshorne explains further that a denial of the full reality of the past would entail the conclusion that no true statements could be
made about the determinate character of past events («Lincoln was assassinated»), whereas acceptance of his
doctrine of the nonactuality of the future entails the falsity of all statements that ascribe completely determinate character to future events.52 «Maybe» is the only correct mode of reference to the future.
Similarly no one religious faith or religious conception of the Ultimate Reality or even any one
doctrine about the relation between religions should be
made integral to Open Secularism.
But I would strongly caution against
making a «law» or
doctrine about it.
Doctrine are those human lessons we've learned over time trying to live under Dogma, and are usually about the mistakes made along the way (doctrine only develops by human actions that caused additional suffering that didn't need to happen - doctrine is about teaching you NOT to do those
Doctrine are those human lessons we've learned over time trying to live under Dogma, and are usually
about the mistakes
made along the way (
doctrine only develops by human actions that caused additional suffering that didn't need to happen - doctrine is about teaching you NOT to do those
doctrine only develops by human actions that caused additional suffering that didn't need to happen -
doctrine is about teaching you NOT to do those
doctrine is
about teaching you NOT to do those things).
His Evolution and the Christian
Doctrine of Creation (Westminster Press, 1967) demonstrates the remarkable change that the use of the process conceptuality can
make in talk
about creation and its mode, and in the scientific corollaries of this world view.
But in many» not all, to be sure» cases of «dividing
doctrines,» we now have a level of stated agreement among many whose contemporary (and still contested) achievement
makes one wonder
about the essential character of doctrinal conflict in the first place.
Running a country should be
about making practical decisions based on the facts, not turning the
doctrine of your faith in to laws.
However, Professor Brian Benestad, who teaches theology at the University of Scranton, argues «If the Catholic schools are required to recognize the union, then you're going to have government... intervening in the school,
making decisions
about whether the bishops» invocation of
doctrine is really genuine.»
To understand what this site is
about, it
makes sense for me to first define the words the site is based upon, Fitness
Doctrine.
About Blog Living Theologically
makes theology practical and understandable for the normal Christian who loves Jesus and the gospel but hasn't formally studied
doctrine.
Some good political points were
made about social issues and America's meddling in other nations (the shock
doctrine comes to mind).
She's not writing so that someday, someone will know
about the
doctrines of the religion, or why she believed or didn't believe, but so that she herself will never forget that among all the unseen and the intangible that
make up an evangelical life, there were things that were real; things that happened, that you could see and smell and touch.
Members of the GCMI would
make public statements in the mass media, to show that scientists were not «unified in their opposition, but in fact were arguing
about it», and would threaten to sue under a Fairness
Doctrine that required balance in the media at the time.
There is a load of alternative scientific viewpoint
about which
makes a lot more sense than the
doctrine pushed by climate scientists.
Canada's anomalous stance on the issue had put the country at odds with pharmaceutical giants such as Eli Lilly, which
made a NAFTA complaint
about the rejection of patents based on the
doctrine in Canada when the same formulations had been recognized in other jurisdictions.
I've talked
about the «castle
doctrine» here before (aka the «
Make My Day Law» or, more negatively, the «Shoot The Milkman Law»).
Since Swartentruber represented himself, this could well mean nothing more than that he failed to
make an appropriate assertion
about his firmly held beliefs (since one is not required to show that their church has a specific
doctrine).
In HL it was held that the detention, under the common law
doctrine of necessity, of a man with autism, who lacked the mental capacity to
make decisions
about his care and living arrangements, amounted to a violation of his rights under Art 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention).
Now Stratas, suspecting that the SCC is
about to revisit the
doctrine of judicial review, is
making a plea for some kind of coherent approach:
Let's start with
doctrine: — Current copyright literature Next to Genie Tyburski and the wonderful Virtual Chase — Virtual Chase Legal Research guide: Intellectual Property Law From Slaw's own Ted Tjaden, some Canadian links — Intellectual Property Law — Canada Pausing only to suppress my occasional cynicism
about the length of time that Canada's policy -
making on copyright has been going on, at least they have good resources explaining the process — Copyright Reform Process A few comparative links: the United Kingdom — Copyright on the UK Patent Office Site Next New Zealand — New Zealand Copyright Law How to do research on Australian copyright law — Intellectual Property Research in Australia Now two important US sites: first the authorized version — The US Copyright Office Next, a wonderful site that reflects some of Larry Lessig «s thinking at Stanford — The Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center And finally, reflecting the fact that so much law in this area reflects not domestic policy -
making, but hard - fought international consensus, an Index to what the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a United Nations agency has accomplished — WIPO Index And to conclude with an American and a European take on international copyright, since I was just in Chicago, look at Irene Berkey's links — International Intellectual Property and finally a European source (actually it's Swiss, but that's not obviousRobert Kraft, in his Diaries, quotes Stravinsky, la justice — c’est une invention suisse)-- Swiss Legal Research Center International IP Links, run by CMS von Erlach Henrici And finally, a nice and quirky piece on the oddities of copyright called — Digital Copyright & Copywrong by Peter Jacso.
The Llewellyn - style contradictions in
doctrines governing statutory interpretation, the ambiguity of the «shadow constitutional norms» protected by canons like Kent v. Dulles, and the ambiguity of textual «ambiguity» necessary to trigger canons like Brown & Williamson
make principled cross-statutory generalizations
about presidential power here (and perhaps elsewhere) almost impossible.