tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post7089001814332405539..comments2024-03-14T08:15:15.207-07:00Comments on CADRE Comments: Christian Humanism: A Self-Defeating ApproachBKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-20132768513358932162007-06-27T15:15:00.000-07:002007-06-27T15:15:00.000-07:00Insofar as the criticisms are directed against som...Insofar as the criticisms are directed against some of the more misguided pieces of secularist humanism (and the parts of it that rubbed off on some strains of Christian humanism), I'm sympathetic to the criticisms. I'm just waiting to see whether that's what Benedict meant. I think he's smarter than the average bear.Weekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-2126831951080080342007-06-27T12:55:00.000-07:002007-06-27T12:55:00.000-07:00Accepting the corrections (which I was going to at...Accepting the corrections (which I was going to attempt myself, but which, much like WF, I'm glad to see someone has done more pertinently than I could {g}), I believe there is a substantially correct criticism in Bill's article, even if it's misaimed as to its targets. I'll try to get back to this later.<BR/><BR/>JRPJason Pratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602238179676591394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-8773114677857059702007-06-27T05:32:00.000-07:002007-06-27T05:32:00.000-07:00Well, I've been beat to the punch, but I'd suspect...Well, I've been beat to the punch, but I'd suspect the Pope didn't meant the old school Christian humanists. Karl Barth once was a speaker at a humanist conference in Geneva, and there he touched on "the humanism of God" ...Weekend Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10425001168670801073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-85418470807413864522007-06-26T22:59:00.000-07:002007-06-26T22:59:00.000-07:00Addendum:I mistakely wrote: "He woefully misunders...Addendum:<BR/><BR/>I mistakely wrote: "He woefully misunderstands humanism if he claims than humanism does not assert that man cannot apprehend universals from particulars through abstraction." <BR/><BR/>I meant to write: "He woefully misunderstands humanism if he claims than humanism does not assert that man can apprehend universals from particulars through abstraction."<BR/><BR/>The change is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-24986991374608720222007-06-26T22:55:00.000-07:002007-06-26T22:55:00.000-07:00Schaeffer is either uninformed or misinformed in h...Schaeffer is either uninformed or misinformed in his presentation of humanism. <BR/><BR/>1. He confuses the existentialism of Kierkegaard with the humanism of Aristotle, Aquinas and Adler.<BR/><BR/>2. That aforementioned humanism describes itself as God's general revelation in creation. It distinquishes between God's special revelation in scripture and God's ongoing revelation in his people. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-74118987420325618382007-06-26T15:18:00.000-07:002007-06-26T15:18:00.000-07:00That certainly helps, Peter. Thanks for the input....That certainly helps, Peter. Thanks for the input.BKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01967809861892681780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6363362.post-54817034322133320992007-06-26T14:51:00.000-07:002007-06-26T14:51:00.000-07:00You may have been misled by the Pope's use of the ...You may have been misled by the Pope's use of the word <I>humanism</I>; I do not think the word (as he uses it) means what you think it means. It is true that its meaning has shifted to something like "human-centered worldview" under the influence of secularists, but I think the Pope had a more original meaning in mind. A <I>humanist</I> used to be someone who had been educated in the Peter Bruinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630941610457041268noreply@blogger.com