The Christians would look at this and say this is what the Bible says and the

liberal would say maybe it does but my reflections lead me to conclude otherwise

and so you have a theological method that starts with Schlieck lead me to conclude otherwise.

And so you have a theological method that starts with Schleamacher,

the feeling of utter dependence.

We drop some Harnack and Paul Tillick's methodology

of his kind of existential theology.

When you have a starting point that is,

I am going to stand above the Bible

and determine its authority and how it's going to apply,

you're often a completely different category. So what often would happen even with a sliramacher the truth value of the faith is what it

Evokes in us not what is objectively written down what's's this cash value for me personally?

Well, that's exactly.

William James, whose father, was a Swedenborgian theologian theologian.

Which is, I mean, a terrible theology but a cool name.

Like, don't you read it?

It sort of reminds you of the Muppets.

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