tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post1383407157660153799..comments2023-04-17T04:32:29.391-07:00Comments on Zealous Convert: Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08769437717108181870noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post-42450161187541853792007-08-20T12:59:00.000-07:002007-08-20T12:59:00.000-07:00J - what I mean is that when we ask our questions ...J - what I mean is that when we ask our questions it's important to know with whom we're talking. But I'm definitely not saying 'don't talk to non-Christians about your beliefs.'<BR/><BR/>I agree questioning has a lot of value and validity - but again, motive is huge.Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769437717108181870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29605581.post-61830783872626001342007-08-10T14:36:00.000-07:002007-08-10T14:36:00.000-07:001) and 4) are spot-on. 2) I'll give you though I d...1) and 4) are spot-on. 2) I'll give you though I don't know where, exactly, I would fit in to this dichotomy - and besides, isn't it a commandment for y'all to "do theology" with non-Christians, thus hoping to sway them into salvation or whatever?<BR/><BR/>3) I have something of an issue with. Recall Abraham's haggling with God over the conditions for the destruction of Sdom. Recall Jacob's angel-wrestling and subsequent renaming as "Israel," which translates roughly as "one who struggles with God." <BR/><BR/>Sure, flat-out disobedience is likely to get you swallowed by a fish, but to not even question? Questioning commandments is what prevents injustice when they are unfairly applied. Back to Abraham and Sdom - when Abraham pointed out that destroying even ten righteous people because they lived in a city surrounded by wicked people was unjust, God acquiesced (it's a moot point that there turned out, alas, to be only Lot's family). Abraham was no serpent, but he questioned, and he scored points for justice by doing so. So as long as we don't lose sight of the fact that God is the final arbiter, don't completely pooh-pooh the questioning process.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11683622475941901572noreply@blogger.com