tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2299146913760847803..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: How is Biblical Prophecy compatible with genuine free will in a context of linear, sequential Time? Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-46920616224656001602013-07-05T18:45:40.032+01:002013-07-05T18:45:40.032+01:00@Ugh - Glancing through Open Theology, it doesn...@Ugh - Glancing through Open Theology, it doesn't look more than superficially similar to Mormonism in the form given by Ostler. I would guess it is mostly likely to be different because the thing about Ostler's account of this issue is the way that it is locked into an overall and (mostly) coherent theological metaphysics which regards common sense and comprehensible linear sequential time as a given.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-75095114997845676062013-07-05T17:43:28.068+01:002013-07-05T17:43:28.068+01:00As I read this passage from Ostler I wonder how is...As I read this passage from Ostler I wonder how is this that different from so-called Open Theism which seems to be so controversial?Ughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267287853892482870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-7047579456016605162013-07-03T10:30:47.905+01:002013-07-03T10:30:47.905+01:00@Im - "I read that frequent communion was goo...@Im - "I read that frequent communion was good for you "<br /><br />I felt that it was, but the collapse of Christianity in the Church of England means that that is no longer possible for me and communion is now more like monthly.<br /><br />I don't see that as me evolving - in fact I feel worse for it, and am somewhat harmed by it - but rather a mixture of the CoE changing, crossing lines; and of my greater understanding of realities. Then I try to adjust to the the corrupting church and clearer realities - within constraints of my general feebleness. <br /><br />I would not advise anybody to use my example as a model of Christian life - except insofar as becoming a Christian in the first place (becoming a Mere Christian).<br /><br />In this blog I try to remove obstacles to conversion, conversion to Mere Christianity (that is the purpose of this post, or the one on the Trinity). <br /><br />Beyond that I having nothing to teach - except that there are several real Christian Churches, and all of these are potentially valid.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-87458470848481837552013-07-03T07:36:51.870+01:002013-07-03T07:36:51.870+01:00Thank you for your explanation. Of course, I overs...Thank you for your explanation. Of course, I oversimplified. I have read posts of yours about the Church of England and even about your thought of converting to Roman Catholicism.<br /><br />I only wanted to convey the fact that your older posts had more references to Orthodoxy and your latest posts are more focused on Mormon theology. It's only about your blog: I don't know you personally and I don't claim to know your spiritual views. A man is more than a blog. But it's always difficult for me to express subtle things in English - this language created by God to punish me for my sins<br /><br />" so do not find churchgoing to be a natural or especially pleasant activity - indeed, it tends to be more of a least-worst thing than a positive thing - "<br /><br />This surprised me because I read that frequent communion was good for you and that's why you didn't embrace Catholicism, because there was not a parish near you.<br /><br />I know that you have always been a spiritual seeker and your journey took you to Christianity. But it seems to me that you are still evolving and I wonder if the journey will come to an end and you will find a position. Anyway, following your thoughts is always interesting.<br /><br />Greetings from Central America<br />imnobodynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-22492567851073051982013-07-03T06:16:38.311+01:002013-07-03T06:16:38.311+01:00@i - You have not captured the nature of my intell...@i - You have not captured the nature of my intellectual journey; because Mormonism was there from before I became a Christian - I began reading about it more than five years ago - and you miss out the Church of England (which is my actual denomination by Baptism and Confirmation, and which church I attend and have attended frequently since I became a Christian), and the Roman Catholic church, which I investigated in considerable depth and indeed intended to join at one point. <br /><br />A lot of the intellectual journey has been within the Church of England - for example I used to consider myself Anglo-Catholic but now as Conservative Evangelical Anglican.<br /><br />I am 'not a joiner', indeed when I try to join *anything* a powerful inner resistance arises and gets stronger with time; so do not find churchgoing to be a natural or especially pleasant activity - indeed, it tends to be more of a least-worst thing than a positive thing - and I am not properly or fully a church member and never have been, and am somewhat semi-detached. <br /><br />Naturally, a lot goes on in my life of which I don't write in the blog - in particular my family is of primary importance, but I don't write of them. <br /><br />Taking all in all, I am now theologically Mormon (more or less), and I do not rule out becoming a Baptized Mormon at some point, but at present I do not have any plans to do this.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-59437031339930717312013-07-03T06:03:22.523+01:002013-07-03T06:03:22.523+01:00Bruce, I have been witness of your intellectual jo...Bruce, I have been witness of your intellectual journey from Mere Christianity close to Orthodoxy to Mere Christianity close to Mormonism. I guess your reading of McMurrin and the rationality of Mormon theology was the turning point. <br /><br />So, I am curious, what keeps you from embracing Mormonism? (For me it's the history of the golden plates and indians being the lost tribes of Israel)imnobodynoreply@blogger.com