Greg Anderson

Chris,

We are children of the western dream. We want an iron clad sorites and a steel tracked proof by induction in which all the dominoes fall where we want them to, in order to show that our claims are true for all x.

This is our inheritance from Plato, Augustine, Luther and Calvin. We cannot help what we are. Hellenism has served us admirably in art, science, and literature, but it is woefully inadequate when applied to theology.

Erasmus and LaPlace recognized this long ago, and before them, Solomon had this to say: … “And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” …