tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835063886876365150.post6854779096872283608..comments2023-05-16T10:50:33.775-04:00Comments on The Electoral College Student: The Salvation of MysteryAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01428295174262920096noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2835063886876365150.post-80897836054859108362011-05-01T21:20:52.701-04:002011-05-01T21:20:52.701-04:00I agree with a lot of this, and actually when it c...I agree with a lot of this, and actually when it comes right down to it, I enjoy a lot of the questions and ambiguity that the Bible raises, too. I think the difference is that there is some ultimate truth at the bottom of Jesus's words. Yes, he wants to overturn the old system, but he has something that he is putting in place. Pontius Pilate asks, "What is truth?" In a way this statement refers you back to a part EARLIER in the Gospel of John when Jesus says, "I am the Way and the Truth and the Life." <br /><br />Pilate's questioning is incomplete then. He's right to question the current system, but ultimately, he doesn't take the leap of faith in the ultimate authority of truth that Christianity calls followers to. Instead, he stays with the questioning of postmodernism. <br /><br />Of course, the biggest critique that Christianity shares with postmodernism is its critique of the Enlightenment and of reason in general. I'm not saying that Christianity is necessarily antithetical to reason (otherwise why would I have spent 3 years in political theory), but it does not accept reason alone as the ultimate authority on the larger questions of human existence and morality. Postmodernism, on the other hand, throws out the system and seems to support more questioning or a sort of free-for-all. <br /><br />Anyway, thanks for another really good, thought-provoking post. I wish you luck with your blog!Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11708022607046379611noreply@blogger.com