tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post924982573163036877..comments2024-03-19T00:26:30.753-07:00Comments on The Jesus Blog: Christianity: outmoded and conceptually misleading.... but inevitableAnthony Le Donnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-12848163662721478222017-01-17T08:50:16.547-08:002017-01-17T08:50:16.547-08:00Shouldn't we conform our selves to God as reve...Shouldn't we conform our selves to God as revealed through Jesus of Nazareth and his resurrection instead of redefining God and Christianity? When someone asks me who I am to define Christianity I say "I don't. Jesus, his apostles, and the prophets do that."<br /><br />TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-18762061516178050132017-01-16T14:52:17.472-08:002017-01-16T14:52:17.472-08:00I agree, its not merely generalisation. But seeing...I agree, its not merely generalisation. But seeing the base processes underlying the foreground application helps to differentiate the mechanisms at play, and determine what may be effective and ineffective.Chris Porterhttp://www.porterblepeople.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-29945829804680485532017-01-15T22:10:24.569-08:002017-01-15T22:10:24.569-08:00Chris, thanks. Yes, nothing I'm observing here...Chris, thanks. Yes, nothing I'm observing here is unique to the Christian experience. But I'm not sure that I'm willing to see the problem of (re)defining or (re)naming Christianity to be reduced to generalization. Anthony Le Donnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01282792648606976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637125351921336084.post-76649198850150415092017-01-15T20:59:09.417-08:002017-01-15T20:59:09.417-08:00"So part of the business of Christianity is t..."So part of the business of Christianity is the constant attempt to redefine ourselves and to communicate this redefinition to those who have misunderstood us."<br /><br />Definition, comparison, communication... This sounds exceedingly similar to the psychological processes of identity formation; be it individual or social (and indeed, both). <br />Perhaps it is part of the 'business of Christianity' because it is part of the business of being human?Chris Porterhttp://www.porterblepeople.com/noreply@blogger.com