), and you certainly dont hear much about divorce, suicide Reason and sagacity cannot visualise Him. And the one thing that every single wisdom tradition or religious group teaches is the way. Matthew 13:52. Thanks for this insight. The list of aspects offered doesnt quite get us to a means by which to assess exclusivity. It is no more Western and modern than the Greek-named constellations are ancient and Greek or the Arabic-named stars are Medieval and Arab. There are a variety of reasons (speaking myself) that I believe while having doubt and disparaging my trust in God (Jesus) does not solve the dilemma (my own opinion) but creates more problems ( I was not raised Christian either in fact I did not become a Christian until a few years ago). It does though offer means to consider qualitative differences. Polls, Statistics and other Data I do. Do you know many others like yourselves? Eye-witness accounts on Mount Sinai, the Mount of transfiguration, the road to Damascus and on and on. In these chapters God fashions "the man" (ha adam) from earth (adamah), breathes life into his nostrils, and makes him a caretaker . We go crazy in solitary confinement, when stranded on an island, when lost in the wilderness solo. Also, be sure to read the book rather than a blurb to see what I am after. Also check out The Inner Eye of Love by a Jesuit named William Johnson, or try books by Dom Bede Griffiths, a fellow convert with C. S. Lewis but who spent his life in India dialoguing with people of other religions. The Christian trusts God even when things do not always make sense this tensions exists in the Christian message and story (but it exists in everyones story) the four Gospels are not shy in displaying this reality. I read the first chapter or whatever was free that you sent. Those are all things that can be looked at. Ted Cruz proudly stated that any president who doesnt pray on his knees to Jesus Christ every day isnt fit to be commander-in-chief. . Instead, it should be understood as participation in the mystery of the transformational journey toward union with God in love. And we can also look at those experiences, and see if there is an element of illusion about them. What should be the impact? We're raising 50k for our campaign. This way of knowing, too, is a pluralistic way of knowing and can be reflected upon both with and without special pleading. And for doing it at Westminster Theological Seminary, just as Paul Seely did. Evidence can be internal, which whether or not you rationally elaborate upon or take the direct perceptive route nonetheless still falls into that domain. Open your eyes to what there is to see, or let Jesus open them for you (Mark 8, by daubing mud) and I theres not that much problem. Enns believes that there are many different views of God and that we human beings cannot tell which is the correct ones, and that it is better that we do not know for certain than that we do know for certain. Its not that we dont know, its that our knowing is ultimately so relative. I would take as examples of this people such as Jesus and the profound impact on the entire world for the good, that his truth has produced, and by extension, His Apostles and their experience. How we study and understand these relationships, and their separate parts, and the enjoyment of the results of that understanding, are very important, fulfilling, stretching etc. Concepts of God can propel or retard in this context. To the person without that God-Given faith, none of this makes any sense or is believable. Sorry for the aimless rambling and thanks again for your post! enns has published three books hijacking the agenda: economic power and political influence (winner of the gladys m. kammerer award, presented by the american political science association to honor the best book published during the previous year in the field of u.s. national policy), incarceration nation: how the united states became the most But the Bible is not an instruction manual or rule book but a powerful learning tool that nurtures our spiritual growth, argues Bible scholar Peter Enns. Thanks for an honest perspective which does not offer more than can be proven. Your explanation, though a bit slippery to grab with my hands, is similar to some of my conclusions, though none have given me their answer. Evidence: The heavens declare the glory of God. I have posts on my blog, Scrivenings, about depressions and suicide among Christians, and their gullibility, i.e., religious affinity fraud. Meaning external, physical evidence. 610-341-5800. Peter Enns is Abram S. Clemens Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania. I didnt say anything about your knowledge of other religions. the way is the path of becoming a new person because one is allowing God to lead you in a sense. I suspect that leaving the Westminster cocoon could be unsettling, but you are still ensconced cozily in the moderate to liberal Christian cocoon. Probably a different version of God I would presume. I think there is a model there where the subjective, but real experience of God is the starting point for understanding the perceptual equipment, which will help us to acknowledge the existence of a real Being that makes the subjective states or experiences real. What religion, denomination, sect or cult doesnt seek to also inculcate an acceptance of mystery and paradox?. In passing, he also makes a very interesting observation about contemporary Protestant theology: "I live in an ecclesial world in which those who value Christian orthodoxy as a concept seem invariably to drift towards either Rome or Constantinople or some amalgamation of the two which is represented by no existing church. I also think such proper locus can help one find meaning, less in understanding reality and more, in creating or otherwise affecting reality. But It comes at a high costthat of calories to feed the brain. Why? I do not think the gospel stands on whether we can read Paul's Adam in the . Find it on Amazon: http://amzn.to/19X9WC7Find it at CBD: http://bit.ly/1dnBcesPeter Enns discusses the inerrancy of the Bible as an often contentious topic. To me, simply, neither these two billion adherents nor their leaders really seem all that differentiated from their peer adherents of Allah, Brahma, and more in sacred task of transforming the world. Maybe dramatically more so? Id take the liberty of summarizing that your belief in God, to the extent you do, is based on faith, not fact. But if he gets a response in morse, he doesnt need to empirically see whats on the other side to begin the process of knowing the other side. even if our lack of understanding gives us a sense that our existence is meaningless and that, if one could, one would not choose existence. How could God (if He does exist) reject anyone who was honestly searching? Which then opens up the question of what reality it what knowing we are engaged in. What gives? Academically, I graduated from Messiah College in 1982 (Behavior Science), WTS in 1989 (MDiv), and Harvard University in 1994 (PhD, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations). @peteenns. That instead, my friend needed to see realia like a man in a soviet prison who goes to the very cell wall and taps a message in morse. ), In chapter 5 Learning from the Christian Mystics Benner discusses a knowledge of God that is transrational and contemplative.. I would never ever suggest this is a unique property of Xty. I get asked now and then, Pete, youre a reasonably intelligent guy, with a Ph.D. and everything. http://edward-t-babinski.blogspot.com/2015/08/christians-or-non-christians-who-suffer.html Call it a transcendental trust like Thoreau had, or like John Hick in our own day. Its not utopia but Ill take it. Instead of humbly stating this belief as an opinion, Joker3857 blatantly says "then dont be one". Scientism and that we can only know things based on empirical evidence or data is also obviously wrong. When asked, do you believe God exists?, I cant help but response with, what do you mean by God?'. So Im not really sure what your point is. Even today Christians keep founding relatively new and youthful institutions devoted to walling themselves up against questions, like Liberty Christian U, or Tim LaHays Heritage Christian U, or Patrick Henry U, or all the televangelist stations on TV. Wonder of breathing and wonder of stars and wonder of babies are indeed wonders. It is in this context, that Christianity, for me, is a profound disappointment. Outside of his academic work Enns is a contributor to HuffPost and Patheos. It loads making sure we hold the correct beliefs with too much weight; we then shore up our set of beliefs in a fortress of impregnability, making them the source of our trust and so-called certainty rather trusting in the living God. And there are also periods of painful disillusionment and depression that look like withdrawal symptoms that even Christians suffer after at least partially self-Inducing and sustaining a high on Jesus for years. as yours. This happens not in our mind, but in our spirit. To paraphrase a much more succinct statement on the matter faith without works is a setup for very damaging failure. There are emergent properties associated with all healthy relationships, and these are put at risk when we struggle with knowing and doubting to maladaptive degrees. With this, I think wed not only find less conflict but more hope realized. He has written or edited over a dozen books and many articles and essays. Lese Exodus for Normal People: A Guide to the Storyand History of the Second Book of the Bible gratis von Peter Enns Verfgbar als Hrbuch Jetzt 14 Tage gratis testen. . There can be various degrees of certainty, of course. Read Dr. Enns full CV, B.S. Sorry, curious. Peter K. Enns Professor, Department of Government and Brooks School of Public Policy and Robert S. Harrison Director of the Cornell Center for Social Sciences Summary Peter K. Enns is a Professor in the Department of Government and the Brooks School of Public Policy and Robert S. Harrison Director of the Cornell Center for Social Sciences. In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. He is a cohost of the popular podcast The Bible for. Hey Ed; I can definitely understand what youre saying and thats why many people go thru many religions while on this path of truth. Which may be revealed when two people have mutually incompatible direct perceptions in these experiences. Thoughts? ~ Jackson Browne. It isnt about intellectual knowing and many people butcher Christianity when they think it is Im afraid. http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/cruz-any-president-who-doesnt-begin-every-day-his-knees-isnt-fit-be-commander-chief-nation. Yet how is this testimony for more than such kind of belief being an adaptive trait? And even ones blindness to this And lAck of understanding the necessity of grAtitude for thAt Is not a barricade to the reality of the creator of ones flesh & spirit. What of our spiritual experiences then? Many dont understand that the contentions among faiths is fought (and will be won in the end) not on the grounds of being right, but on the grounds of making the world right. Combining sophisticated quantitative analysis and compelling case studies, Hijacking the Agenda sets a new standard for research on inequality and American democracyand sounds a loud warning that all scholars and citizens should hear." JACOB HACKER, Stanley Resor Professor of Political Science, Yale University Incarceration Nation The Quran Chapter 112, Things are compound elements atoms etc, made of parts. Pete Enns critiques John Piper's recent remarks about the Jewish conquest of Canaan in the Old Testament. It was first proposed by the unorthodox church Father, Origen (ca. These are ideals that I subjectively value. Such as I would imagine the Eastern Orthodox who are known for such practice and perspective on faith. Contemplation is apprehension uncluttered by thoughtparticularly preconception and analysis. I think there are multiple reality tunnels and people make many different claims concerning their personal experiences. Thanks for posting this. Namely the objective facts that these experiences are shared between many parents, that they have roughly the same qualia of experience, and that having a child of your own seems to bring them about. It is vitally important that we respond with a yes when He calls, and this is why humility is sooo important. For me, I often think about thinking in this context more than either a historically analytical school or even Continental. In other words, I dont believe in God because I see no evidence for God or I believe in God because the evidence proves it are both nonsensical claims for me.. Their experiences of the numinous, or visions or miracles also range far and wide, including the claims of Catholics who see the sun dance, or claim saints cured them or just the saints bones, or the visionary experiences of native Americans, New Agers, UFO abductees (whatever they are experiencing), and wide range of different NDE experiences that dont seem to point in the direction of any one religion being the only true one. Some people really hate what I say--and I've lost a couple of jobs because of my views. What does is look like to seek God? AMA. His Attributes cannot be fixed, limited or defined. The question Is God real? is equal to the question Is magic real?. Incarceration Nation You presume too much Ed. Indeed. Westminster Theological Seminary I tend to experience *both* God and people in the manner described. In other words, I dont believe in God because I see no evidence for God or I believe in God because the evidence proves it are both nonsensical claims for me. I think that if all religious believers could accept such limitations, and find in the penumbra thereof, that there is no certainty, and therefore, no grounds for believing to the exclusion of other faiths, wed find less conflict in this world. And it seems that these books coming out by Evangelicals who are now more tentative or moderate or courageously admitting they have doubts are a bit disingenuous, since they all seem to rely on being certain that the God of the Christian Bible exists regardless of ones doubts. You use the word sin in your title; I havent read your book, but I hope that in the discussion in the book you avoid much use of the term. I also suspect that you and Frank probably share many criticisms of your more conservative Christian pasts. Hi, Reddit! Scientists tend to understand everything through the lens of our basic five senses which reside in our body and soul. I say, God. One of the things Ive yet to see in Dr Enns and other Evangelicals take up of evolution is a robust address of its implications to thinking. Here in this comment thread, we havent really talked about the latter. Every disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who draws out from their storage room things both old and new. Peter K. Enns. The Spirit? ), but its also important in a much deeper way. He has written numerous books, including The Bible Tells Me So, The Sin of Certainty, and How the Bible Actually Works. Some people live with more uncertainty than you do. He speaks actively in academic and ecclesiastical venues on topics pertaining the Bible and Christian faith. However, today, philosophers who reject Cartesian or Substance Dualism acknowledge that subjective states like color, pain, and thoughts are objectively real using empirical tools. To dig down a little deeper theologically, I can deeply understand the paradox of the Incarnation of not only a God-as-man, but in the form of a baby in a manager in Galilee in first century Palestine. Peter Enns is a very appealing writer evidenced in his The Bible Tells Me So. Edward, you assume that people cant hold doubt while maintaining a vibrant Christian faith that is simply not true. Out of curiosity may I know your position on 2nd Peter. Professor; Executive Director, Roper Center for Public Opinion Research; Robert S. Harrison Director, Cornell Center for Social Sciences. This implies that Joker3857 believes that one cannot be a christian if they think the bible to have errors. And if you dont fit into the system? Try an approach that says were really not sure but most likely in my opinion this is the one I think it is. Abstrak Permasalahan dalam tulisan ini terletak pada isu doktrin eskatologi tentang kerajaan seribu tahun, khususnya dalam pandangan dispensasionalisme dengan covenant theology. I presume you are referring to Islam in your final sentence? Tweets at @peteenns. As claimed, the Incarnation passed through our material and human existence. I'm attaching my 6 page summary of Peter Enns' new book, Genesis for Normal People: Enns on Genesis.doc (55.5 KB) Dr. Enns attempts to simply explain for average Christians how many scholars read Genesis. Faced with the incoherence of a fundamentalist/evangelical reaction to modernity, I have no problem accepting Pascals Wager and embracing your mystical/existential explanation. Proud men who reject His call are incredibly stupid and foolish beyond measure. 2 Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; Agnostics cant figure it out. Instead it looks like people have a wide variety of reality tunnels and interpretations. Peter K. Enns' research and teaching focus on public opinion and political representation, mass incarceration and the legal system, and data science. Love, compassion, empathy, etc. He has written numerous books, including The Bible Tells Me So, The Sin of Certainty, and How the Bible Actually Works. If labels have to be used, I wonder if you would identify, or at least sympathize, with igtheism, which holds that every theological position assumes too much about the concept of God. That said, I can see the contemplative Hindu or Buddhist saying the exact same thing. God means many different things to people. I think the sooner the Church heals the Great Schism and returns to the even the faith of Jesus certainly before Constantine and possibly before Paul, the better she will be on a cosmic mission. Such is life. There do not exist words in any language to specify or define His qualities, peculiarities, characteristics and singularities. People who call others incredibly stupid and foolish beyond measure for not sharing their own religious positions ought to take a look in the mirror. These are subjective, private experiences. 800 spiritually empty words. wouldnt it be more appropriate to say that its possibly an I witness account..the sin of certainty. Pete Enns (PhD, Harvard University) is the Abram S. Clemens Professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania, and co-host of The Bible for Normal People podcast. He has written numerous books, including The Bible Tells Me So, The Sin of Certainty, and How the Bible Actually Works. There is no difference between His Person and His Attributes, and His Attributes should not be differentiated or distinguished from His Person. Again, while it takes a God-given faith to believe the substance of Peter and Johns testimonies, are we to take from your article that we should not put trust in the authenticity of their writings? Basis for my response: 2 Peter 1:15 to 2 Peter 2:2. Biblical scholar and author Dr. Peter Enns will be in Lynchburg for a series of "Evolution Weekend" events February 15-16, joining with many other such efforts nationwide under the umbrella of the Clergy Letter Project.. Evidence based knowledge may not be necessary for a person to believe in God, but it sure would be handy when it comes to rival claims about God between people in different religions, denominations and mystical sects, not to mention between various schools of non-religious philosophical theists, agnostics and atheists. You made some very good points. Given all this and more, my personal choice is simply to continue to acknowledge Gods blessings upon my life and therefore acknowledge God. 2. Heh, that brings back memories of being taught as a child that every breath I took was the providential, direct action of Jesus. Christian mysticism should . To conclude, I'd like to quote Enns one more time. Depending on how you interpret Gods word, I hope He is not good to it in the sense of damning nonbelievers to an eternity of torment. That is what He did for me over 50 years ago. Edit. Lets not let a label lead us toward an equivocation. Thatjust doesnt work for me. Peter Enns (Ph.D., Harvard University) is Abram S. Clemens professor of biblical studies at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. This is perhaps another way to look at the sin of certainty. But may I pose this: Because of the differences in interpreting Adam by biblical scholars, Dr. Enns believes that it is unwise to "cling too rigidly to any one approach" (107). Eastern University does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarships, loan programs, athletic and other programs. Twelve years later, Old Testament scholar Peter Enns has confirmed my suspicions, . Just dont mistakethis as an argument for Gods existence. Its just where my thinking process is. (Yawn.) [1] I like the fruit of this way of knowingeverything from electricity and medicine to electron-microscopesand radio telescopes. . For He received from God the Father honor and glory when such a voice came to Him from the Excellent Glory: This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And we heard this voice which came from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. The more one believes as many as true things as possible about reality and as few of false things as possible about reality enables one to better understand the nature of the challenge, the tools available, and realistic hopes about ground to be gained, next and within the scope of a lifetime. contemplative Just trust in Him. It seems like deep human contact or contact with God can exist only within the framework of these projects, based on the protocols of the overarching system. Personally, I talk to God, make intercession, and he orchestrates reality beyond the sphere of my influence or capability to manipulate the results. Could it well be that this spiritual sense is very prone to illusion as well? The more I learn about the cosmos and humanitys journey of understanding it, the more the term evidence seems to be an oxymoron. We also know how it may be tricked to produce the illusion of say motion or scale that is not really there. I want to be like you. So thats where I am at this stage of my journey on the whole God thing. Abram S. Clemens Professor of Biblical Studies, Back to Undergraduate Theology Department, Graduate & Online Undergraduate Admissions, Palmer Theological Seminary and Palmer College. One, what does God mean? Now one can doubt that the man, Peter ever lived, but there are extra-biblical references to him as being the head of the church. Culturally, we tend to have a project-based approach toward church life. Rule out experience and youre forcing yourself into mysticism. Ed, these posts are certainly charging you up. Dr. Peter Enns (PhD, Harvard University) is Abram S. Clemens professor of Biblical Studies at Eastern University, St. Davids, PA. You can hold your views and that is simply fine (I respect them) but just because you cannot see the reasons for people maintaining a doubting christian faith does not mean you are right and everyone else should take a step further and doubt the whole thing That is an over simplification of the complexity of the christian faith. One who holds such a faith cannot form a true concept of God, he is *IGNORANT* and will always try to believe in some *creation* of his *imagination* as his god. Peter Enns Age He was born on January 2, 1961, in Passaic, New Jersey, in the United States. Yet since these experiences come across as transcendent many put a higher truth value on them than anything else in life. Anyhow, as I have stated before I respect your thoughts and journey, but I do not think it has to be every doubters Journey. Im more so now in my life in the former group of people. One atheist and evolutionist, Dr. Jerry Coyne, believes very strongly that evolution and Christianity are not at all compatible. However, I tend to apply such experiences to relationships that I have with the people that surround me not to the deities of ancient cultures. http://infidels.org/library/modern/ed_babinski/experience.html, Speaking of the vibrant Christian life, Leaving the Ministry. The rule that clarity is the standard of truth subsequently achieved dominance in the Enlightenment (Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics, 1 vol edition, 486). And this is the connection to mysticism. Are we to have doubts that Lincoln actually wrote it there are no living eye-witnesses needless to say. As we give exercise to examples, we often discover these characteristics are more descriptive than prescriptive in their nature. I mean, youre already done this with respect to Christian Mystics. I count it a great privilege to help students keep their horizons in front of them and come to know God better on their life-journey. .without faith one cannot please God His words, not mine. The universal and self-evident problem of death 2: The universal . in being with another person expressing love in ones flesh. Something that transcends your petty thoughts as to self, or day to day concerns, and fills you with so much love and gratitude and beauty that if feels your heart will burst. He was dismissed as O.T. I think the fruit are the realities that a religion has caused to create. There are multiple (a lot!) I only presume that peoples experiences of God are a mixed bag that lay along a very wide spectrum. And if Peter didnt write it and the author was not present; is it still considered an eyewitness testimony? read the whole Chicago Statement aloud to his cat, Marmalade. not be confused with experience. Whatever the proper loci are, watch out. He was after all, our first RC President. If the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ does exist, watch out. One of the things about the Western way of knowing is that it isnt really a Western way of knowing. M.Div. Theologian Peter Enns refuses to shy away from asking the larger questions about Christian faith. These failures in relationships (failure to relate, especially failure to love) are far more damaging than our many failures to understand, our sessions of doubt or even our failures to understand how we know. And there seems to be a bit of a one-way mirror phenomenon going on. The only reason I could see us being worried about being wrong about a certain path/religion/idea/concept would be because God (our Creator) might reject us if we chose the wrong path. [pp. Specifically on love as a way of knowing. Mitchel Modine. including the high rate of depression and dropping out among pastors (sure theres always plenty to take their place but look at the turnover! Intelligence, understanding and attainment cannot attain the depth of knowledge to study or scrutinise the Godhead. It goes without saying that the writings you mentioned can contain interesting concepts, but they do not reveal the God of the universe anymore than an Agatha Christy mystery, which I dearly enjoy. Why the need to respond ? 1. Previous Post Wholeheartedness with Chuck DeGroat Theists believe magic is real. When you know something by means of such encounter, you may not be able to express it verbally, at least not in a compelling, coherent, or exhaustive manner. 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