tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2602395647816545525..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: The importance of non-writers to a writers group... The Inklings exampleBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-36292088775055555442013-05-27T07:36:39.964+01:002013-05-27T07:36:39.964+01:00@C - It depends.
Owen Barfield was an anthroposop...@C - It depends.<br /><br />Owen Barfield was an anthroposophist (follower of Rudolf Steiner) and a valued, although intermittent - because he lived in London - Inkling. <br /><br />But the development of interesting discussions would be thwarted if fundamental Christian assumptions were recurrently challenged - for example, if the divinity of Jesus kept having to be argued every time He was mentioned - then there could never be any advanced theological discussion based on that assumption. Which would rapidly become tedious!<br /><br />Conversation only thrives within shared assumptions - for the Inklings these were at least theistic - but essentially Christian. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-62719207643151113792013-05-27T07:00:41.696+01:002013-05-27T07:00:41.696+01:00How do you feel about the importance of non-Christ...How do you feel about the importance of non-Christians in a Christian group? <br />The Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323413604073160469noreply@blogger.com