The Battle for God - Preface/Introduction

I am eager to dive into this text and discuss not only Armstrong's perspective, but also look at fundamentalism with some objectivity. I like the idea that we will not only look at Christian fundamentalism, but Muslim and Jewish as well. There are too many world events - and local activity if we are honest - that arise out of a result to fundamentalism.

I want to hightlight a snippet of Eddie's perspective,

"The book on fundamentalism we're reading ties into this because the opposite of critcal inquiry is dogmatism - ignorance - which is injurious to all of us and has afflicted all societies and religions from time immemorial."

I hold the impression that "dogmatism" is not only ignorance, but a belief held by a person or group which is not open to any criticism. A dogmatic person may see a different perspective and may see it's logic, but the belief is held in spite with such vigor and passion. Hence, no discourse exists and if it does, then it becomes a battle for power and influence. Scripture evens tells us that passion wins over logic in some instances.

Now, where is that balance?

Thoughts?

The Book of Amos

Jim Hoggard will be teaching the book of Amos during the Living the Questions Sunday School class on January 18 and January 25, 2009. Please read Amos and if you would like some additional reading for Amos, please don't hesitate to email me at michael_paris@hotmail.com for a PDF copy.

I encourage everyone to share thoughts about your reading and hopefully responses to Mr. Hoggard's insight.