Thursday, January 24, 2008
Reductionistic Theology
This is a new term for me even though I have always understood what it means. One way that Christians break the third commandment is through reductionistic theology. A prime example of this is open theism that states that God is not all knowing about the future. If God does not know the future then He is less than God and that is taking the name of our God in vain.
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Good 'blog' Joe ... I came across this statement on another 'blog' ... 'generalizing from the particular is a symptom of reductionism, where you take something that is very broad and and reduce it to a single principle or a limited number of items.' It is therefore vital that we understand and interpret scripture in context. If not, we will be in danger of 'seeing' a truth which does not exist, or imposing an interpretation which may be judgemental and legalistic. Long live expository preaching!
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