tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post1182812557146420131..comments2023-11-05T22:39:34.996+10:30Comments on Classic Theology New: The Resurrection of Jesus as Future EventWarren Huffahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06641632471131333680noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post-1069500632493216882008-05-04T23:17:00.000+09:302008-05-04T23:17:00.000+09:30I'm sad you don't want to do a post. You could do ...I'm sad you don't want to do a post. You could do one about somewhere/how/when else! Especially because this is getting to the edge of my theological imagination. But for what it is worth, I wonder if the transcendence of God, which is precisely that which allows God to be truly intimate in relationship with creation, could also allow the resurrected and ascended Christ to be 'somewhen' else. IfWarren Huffahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06641632471131333680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post-43201407902366346352008-05-03T23:14:00.000+09:302008-05-03T23:14:00.000+09:30Dear Warren, very nice of you to offer, but I'm ha...Dear Warren, very nice of you to offer, but I'm happy to occasionally make comment on blogs which evoke my interest. Speaking of which, I'm still chewing over what you have to say about the Ascension. 'Somehow else...' yes, that's an interesting thought. When Ted Peters was asked whether he believed in the Ascension of Jesus he said yes. When asked, Well where did he ascend to, Peters is allegedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post-17285776120122618572008-05-02T10:49:00.000+09:302008-05-02T10:49:00.000+09:30Dear Anonymous,Thanks for the response and clarifi...Dear Anonymous,<BR/>Thanks for the response and clarification. Sounds like we are in agreement. We must ensure that God is not nicely wrapped up in literalistic packages while maintaining the possibility of genuine reference. And this latter is not a back door method of achieving the former. And thanksgiving leading into the depth of silence is the mystical end of all our theology. i like it a Warren Huffahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06641632471131333680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post-37857603029172728172008-05-01T19:44:00.000+09:302008-05-01T19:44:00.000+09:30Dear Warren, I don't think I said that theology wa...Dear Warren, I don't think I said that theology was dumb, though I can see how you may have gained that impression from my reference to Wittgenstein, which, I admit, might be a little over-drawn. But the point I was making is that resurrection is the attempt to discuss an event which is undiscussable. I certainly agree that language can be non-literal and yet refer. Why else would I have invoked Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post-35477037703061540692008-05-01T15:33:00.000+09:302008-05-01T15:33:00.000+09:30Dear Anonymous,Thanks for the comment, and sorry f...Dear Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment, and sorry for taking so long to reply. As it turns out I have made one reply, but I am not sure where it has ended up! Perhaps for the best because it ended up a bit on the long side. So here is my shorter response.<BR/><BR/>I begin with your final point about falsifying the resurrection. I think you are absolutely corrrect. If people think that weWarren Huffahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06641632471131333680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5013339306349204192.post-31413626026526415892008-04-30T20:10:00.000+09:302008-04-30T20:10:00.000+09:30While accepting the basic thrust of what you're sa...While accepting the basic thrust of what you're saying here, readers should be aware that this position creates some profound difficulties for theology. I read somewhere (I think it was in O'Collins) that according to one early church apologist resurrection happens in the silence of God. I like that. It's suggestive, it posits a real event but it is also sufficiently non-disclosive. From time to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com