From: "Marc Adler" <marc.adl..@..ail.com>
Date: 2008-06-02 09:35:25
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Subject: Re: 鰯の頭も信心から
Date: 2008-06-02 09:35:25
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Subject: Re: 鰯の頭も信心から
2008/6/2 Kevin Steinbach <lothema..@..ail.com>:
> There certainly is a side of faith that requires this [intelligence]. As
> the phrase "informed piety" suggests, we can't simply rely on "blind
faith,"
> believing everything we're told; this is not Biblical faith.
If I might pick a nit, "this is not biblical faith" sounds ambiguously
like the writer is drawing a distinction between his faith (="this")
and "biblical faith." It might be clearer if you fleshed it out as
something like "that's not what biblical faith is all about." To give
it even more punch (and to communicate the essence of the point), I'd
repeat the "blind faith" part:
"There certainly is a side of faith that requires this [intelligence]. As
the phrase "informed piety" suggests, we can't simply rely on blind faith,
believing everything we're told. Biblical faith is not blind faith, after all."
Also, the quotes around "blind faith" seem unnecessary, since there's
nothing remarkable about the term, and "biblical" doesn't need to be
capitalized.
> That said, one person who contacted me off-list expressed concern that this
> is a misinterpretation; they felt it might be a dig at other religions in
> which people seem to believe in anything they're told to, even a sardine's
> head.
>
> Other thoughts?
Without more context, I think it's impossible to say what the pastor
is getting at.
--
Marc Adler
Austin, TX
لا شيء إلا الضوء
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> There certainly is a side of faith that requires this [intelligence]. As
> the phrase "informed piety" suggests, we can't simply rely on "blind
faith,"
> believing everything we're told; this is not Biblical faith.
If I might pick a nit, "this is not biblical faith" sounds ambiguously
like the writer is drawing a distinction between his faith (="this")
and "biblical faith." It might be clearer if you fleshed it out as
something like "that's not what biblical faith is all about." To give
it even more punch (and to communicate the essence of the point), I'd
repeat the "blind faith" part:
"There certainly is a side of faith that requires this [intelligence]. As
the phrase "informed piety" suggests, we can't simply rely on blind faith,
believing everything we're told. Biblical faith is not blind faith, after all."
Also, the quotes around "blind faith" seem unnecessary, since there's
nothing remarkable about the term, and "biblical" doesn't need to be
capitalized.
> That said, one person who contacted me off-list expressed concern that this
> is a misinterpretation; they felt it might be a dig at other religions in
> which people seem to believe in anything they're told to, even a sardine's
> head.
>
> Other thoughts?
Without more context, I think it's impossible to say what the pastor
is getting at.
--
Marc Adler
Austin, TX
لا شيء إلا الضوء
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