tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post113604072519072235..comments2024-03-28T12:26:52.946-07:00Comments on Metacrock's Blog: The Topos of HistoricityJoseph Hinman (Metacrock)http://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1136156672472437892006-01-01T15:04:00.000-08:002006-01-01T15:04:00.000-08:00Hey right on!Happy new year!Hey right on!<BR/><BR/>Happy new year!Joseph Hinman (Metacrock)https://www.blogger.com/profile/06957529748541493998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11516215.post-1136155229051612712006-01-01T14:40:00.000-08:002006-01-01T14:40:00.000-08:00Happy New Year!Thanks for this essay, which I thin...Happy New Year!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for this essay, which I think is immensely insightful and a great ending for A.D. 2005 (and beginning for A.D. 2006).<BR/><BR/>At certain times I have been bothered by thoughts like: the question is not whether religion (in particular Christianity) transforms people in a positive way, the question is whether it is historically true. I think this is a paralysing question that can be a threat for living the gospel.<BR/><BR/>I am convinced (like you are) that the essential historical statements of Christianity are true. But at least as important is the meaning of these events, and the effect on people who "get it". History has proved that Christianity <I>works</I>; besides (historical, metaphysical, etc.) truth, this seems to me a very good reason for us to "do religion".<BR/><BR/>PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com