tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post3317291363446577683..comments2023-05-26T10:55:27.696-04:00Comments on Jc_Freak: CALVINIST RHETORIC: Idealistic AbstractionsOr “Plato: Imagination Taking Shape”*Jc_Freak:http://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-74903368281325885882015-06-04T17:12:51.348-04:002015-06-04T17:12:51.348-04:00I happen to be reading "Augustine, Manichaeis...I happen to be reading "Augustine, Manichaeism and the Good" by Lee, Kam-Lun Edwin who asserts that many Manichean residual elements can be found in Augustine's writing.<br />And that specific elements of predestination are derived from it.<br />Other authors, seem to attempt to put the puzzle together, as Augustine getting frustrated with Manichaeism's logical dilemmas, and finding answers to his quest within NeoPlatonist doctrines. Academia seems to assert today that Christian theology would find its primary source of NeoPlatonist influence from Augustine's theology.<br />I had a book a number of years ago (wish I could remember the title) where the author showed how even up to his latest years, Augustine practiced a form of mystical meditation as part of a NeoPlatonic practice for attaining to the "one".<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-62837141810867628632011-08-26T01:05:01.218-04:002011-08-26T01:05:01.218-04:00Kevin,
Excellent question. I think that Dave Hun...Kevin, <br /><br />Excellent question. I think that Dave Hunt (whose Arminianism is a bit questionable) and some others absolutely are. Arminianism is historically most similar to Semiaugustianism, and that belief certainly had some Platonic influence.<br /><br />However, I don't think that Arminianism is as reliant on it as Calvinism is. I would argue that most of us at SEA are not Platonist in the least. Indeed, even our similarity to Semiaugustianism is based more off of tempering something with biblicism rather than be based directly off of semiaustinians. <br /><br />While it is not entirely wrong to ground beliefs off of abstractions (something which certainly is necessary given God), it is when you take it to the degree that some Calvinists do that it becomes a problem.Jc_Freak:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14780031497091443526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5021346565171482910.post-61884569832335540992011-08-25T13:27:18.500-04:002011-08-25T13:27:18.500-04:00I like your sense of humor. ;)
Do you think A'...I like your sense of humor. ;)<br /><br />Do you think A's are at risk of "idealistic abstraction" when it comes to our understanding God's love?Kevin Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472900037134045450noreply@blogger.com