Comments on: Sorry Zebras http://wavesministry.org/blog/sorry-zebras/ We are committed to reaching out to and serving the students at Pepperdine. Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:55:02 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Daniel Dugger http://wavesministry.org/blog/sorry-zebras/comment-page-1/#comment-990 Daniel Dugger Wed, 13 Oct 2010 05:44:09 +0000 http://s291716324.onlinehome.us/?p=23#comment-990 “Jesus is perfectly man” – the implications of the statement bothers me. It seems as if it’s trying to make a contradictory statement true. I think inherent in the concept of man is imperfectness, and inherent in the concept of God is perfection. So it seems as if the statement says that Jesus is perfect and imperfect at the same time, which is logically impossible. The rejoinder to this idea is God is beyond our comprehension so he can do things beyond our logical minds. This is problematic though, because can’t we now justify any sort of illogical theological statement, with its justification being God is beyond our comprehension? Can’t we say that there is one God and there is many gods or that God is absolute good and he is absolutely evil? And when someone says that doesn’t make any sense we just respond, well God is beyond our comprehension. So should we still believe that God is beyond or understanding? and what do we do about the divinity and humanity of Christ? “Jesus is perfectly man” – the implications of the statement bothers me. It seems as if it’s trying to make a contradictory statement true. I think inherent in the concept of man is imperfectness, and inherent in the concept of God is perfection. So it seems as if the statement says that Jesus is perfect and imperfect at the same time, which is logically impossible.

The rejoinder to this idea is God is beyond our comprehension so he can do things beyond our logical minds. This is problematic though, because can’t we now justify any sort of illogical theological statement, with its justification being God is beyond our comprehension?

Can’t we say that there is one God and there is many gods or that God is absolute good and he is absolutely evil? And when someone says that doesn’t make any sense we just respond, well God is beyond our comprehension.

So should we still believe that God is beyond or understanding? and what do we do about the divinity and humanity of Christ?

]]> By: Mark Langer http://wavesministry.org/blog/sorry-zebras/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Mark Langer Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:08:03 +0000 http://s291716324.onlinehome.us/?p=23#comment-28 One more thing is that I don't think that anyone would truly want a God that could be completely described or explained. We are built with a desire to be fascinated, how could we possibly remain fascinated with God if we could fully understand him? And since we can't fully understand him, how in the world could we attempt to completely describe him? One more thing is that I don’t think that anyone would truly want a God that could be completely described or explained. We are built with a desire to be fascinated, how could we possibly remain fascinated with God if we could fully understand him? And since we can’t fully understand him, how in the world could we attempt to completely describe him?

]]> By: John Keese http://wavesministry.org/blog/sorry-zebras/comment-page-1/#comment-2 John Keese Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:36:40 +0000 http://s291716324.onlinehome.us/?p=23#comment-2 Oh snap, I can make comments on this. Great post, Thomas. May I add this... We only begin to know God when we admit we know hardly anything at all. Perhaps that is why Jesus said we must take on the likeness of a child to enter the Kingdom... Oh snap, I can make comments on this. Great post, Thomas. May I add this…

We only begin to know God when we admit we know hardly anything at all. Perhaps that is why Jesus said we must take on the likeness of a child to enter the Kingdom…

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