AC 2584 [3]
. . . the quality of the doctrine of faith
. . .when it is regarded from Divine truths,
that is, from the Word,
then each and all things,
of both reason and memory,
confirm it;
but this is not the case when it is regarded from human things,
that is, from reason and memory-knowledges;
for then nothing of good and nothing of truth is conceived;
for to regard it from the Word
is to regard it from the Lord,
whereas to regard it from reason and memory-knowledge
is to regard it from man.
From the former comes all intelligence and wisdom;
from the latter all insanity and folly.
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It's funny how this is true for both some atheists and some fundamentalists ("young earth" creationists, especially). Both expect some sort of external validation for God and the Bible. But the Lord must be the center from which all outer things emerge. The Lord must be assumed, not concluded. Thus, when a literal-minded atheist reads the Bible, they cannot derive anything but insanity and folly, and, ironically, neither can the fundamentalist.
- From Anonymous
so right on... to regard wisdom from reason .... is the source of insanity and folly..
How we get ourselves into trouble..
Some wise man or women said this... "Those whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with hubris". Voltaire also noted that " Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you support atrocities. "
- cheers Norm
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