Ted said:
"My own view is not fully formed; I don't know exactly what I think, relative to "soul" and the Bible, let alone what I think of consciousness"
You say you don't have your mind made up. Could you be open and honest and share what you are struggling with? What prevents you from taking a position, specifically? Is it just that you haven't thought about it, or do you see problems with no answers?
...Bernie
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Davis [mailto:TDavis@messiah.edu]
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 12:15 PM
To: asa; Dehler, Bernie
Cc: D.F.Siemens@ame8.swcp.com
Subject: RE: [asa] RE: (fall-away) TE and apologetics
Bernie,
I appreciate your willingness to engage these issues. My own view is not fully formed; I don't know exactly what I think, relative to "soul" and the Bible, let alone what I think of consciousness--many top philosophers don't have a good idea about the mind/brain issue, either, so I don't feel too badly about that. But, since I don't have a clear view on this myself, I am not committed to any one model for interpreting scripture, either.
You call for some focused discussion, which I applaud. How about this. Suppose we discuss this article by David Siemens, who likes to participate here:
http://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/2005/PSCF9-05Siemens.pdf
If David wants to expand on any of his points, I'd like that very much. But this could be a starting place. Would you agree?
Ted
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Received on Thu Sep 24 12:29:29 2009
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