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Originally Posted by jay santos
You're doing a very good job beating up a straw man on this.
ChinoCoug, Robinson, FARMS, and I all believe there is a knowable fact about God's state whether it be spirit or flesh. If that truth was revealed to Paul and taught to early Christians in 50 AD but then modified between 50 and 150 AD by good people who were influenced by Greek philosophy (nothing personal it's just different than what was revealed by God to man), then that is a bad thing for ChinoCoug, Robinson, FARMS, and me. It may be a great thing for you, and that's fine for you to believe that way. But you needn't bash on the intellectual and professional level of those that say it's a bad thing.
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I'm not even certain what the argument is.
Is Seattle taking issue with the choice of words, "bad", using judgmental language for the incursions of Greek philosophy into Christian religious thought.
For one, I disagree Jay that what Greek thought did was supplant the "revealed word" but rather Greek thinking individuals tried to translate the literal discussions into a framework which corresponded to their understanding. Perhaps they did so inaccurately, and for Robison or any other to make a value judgment as to the impact of that translation may be what gives Seattle heartburn.