tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post4238652246398944670..comments2023-10-02T03:19:31.569+11:00Comments on Dead Flies and Perfume: How helpful are taxonomies of unbeleifMike Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13382354162198484322noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505749622183039650.post-21531981322933754302010-02-08T22:03:37.676+11:002010-02-08T22:03:37.676+11:00Hmm, dont know where I'm going with this
List...<i>Hmm, dont know where I'm going with this</i><br /><br />Listen? Pay attention to what people actually think? These are good places to go. And I agree with you about the incoherence of most people's beliefs. What might be a more interesting question is whether it is more fruitful to highlight such inconsistencies in order to shame people into conversion (I remember Francis Schaeffer advocating this approach, and talking about tearing away people's umbrella of protection by highlighting just how silly and inconsistent their beliefs are in order to force a moment of crisis in which conversion might occur) or whether a it might be better gently and gradually to model and commend the coherence of a life of faith, hope and love.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.com