tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post115279853637948953..comments2023-10-20T09:37:46.092-04:00Comments on The Philosophical Midwife: Can a Good Christian be a Good American?Dr. Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00209597695197799059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post-89196471055690237272012-04-13T15:05:33.994-04:002012-04-13T15:05:33.994-04:00I think about this often.I think about this often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post-1155798650637772562006-08-17T03:10:00.000-04:002006-08-17T03:10:00.000-04:00Great site loved it alot, will come back and visit...Great site loved it alot, will come back and visit again.<BR/><A HREF="http://8hsew.be/williston_north_dakota_weather.html" REL="nofollow">»</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post-1155344702805522832006-08-11T21:05:00.000-04:002006-08-11T21:05:00.000-04:00Great site lots of usefull infomation here.»...Great site lots of usefull infomation here.<BR/><A HREF="http://finel.at/gala_chat.html" REL="nofollow">»</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post-1152941563747073422006-07-15T01:32:00.000-04:002006-07-15T01:32:00.000-04:00(((This ideal of self-reliance is fundamentally at...(((This ideal of self-reliance is fundamentally at odds with Christianity.)))<BR/><BR/>This has been something that I have been grappling with lately. Everytime I hear/read a Christian use some variety of the phrase, "believe in yourself" I shudder just a bit. This occurred most recently when reading Pat Williams' very good book "Coaching Your Kids To Be Leaders". Because so much of the book puts forth ideas and concepts that I believe were based on sound biblical principles, I find myself wanting to "excuse" this phrase -- or mentally add ... "believe in yourself ... and the unique giftings the Lord has given you." <BR/><BR/>It does seem to me that there may be a healthy way to "believe in yourself" if that belief falls under the foundational belief that all you do you do to the glory of God ... and that when you say "believe in yourself" what you are really thinking is "believe in your abilities and giftings because they come from the creator of the universe." But I don't think that's what most Chirstians mean when they say it.The Rowdy Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06830617536063075806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post-1152886443154589592006-07-14T10:14:00.000-04:002006-07-14T10:14:00.000-04:00Thanks, good doctor. I've meant for some time now ...Thanks, good doctor. I've meant for some time now to make my way over to your little corner of blogdom. I find your posts quite articulate and insightful, if almost always false (at least when they're philosophical in nature). ;-)Dr. Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209597695197799059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post-1152884497704530792006-07-14T09:41:00.000-04:002006-07-14T09:41:00.000-04:00Oh, snap!Nice post, Franklin!Oh, snap!<BR/><BR/>Nice post, Franklin!Doctor Logichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182745193512661770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13195130.post-1152806933999517312006-07-13T12:08:00.000-04:002006-07-13T12:08:00.000-04:00On reflection, I'd guess that you're largely right...On reflection, I'd guess that you're largely right when you say how evangelicals are likely to understand the claim that the U.S. is a Christian nation.<BR/><BR/>But I'd still like the press the issue. It seems to me that Evangelicals don't mean to make a claim of purely historical interest. Rather they mean to say something about the character the U.S. has, or at least should have, at present. It is to this claim that my post is addressed. Perhaps I should have put it this way: though perhaps in a certain way the U.S. is a Christian nation, in a certain other highly salient sense it is not.Dr. Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00209597695197799059noreply@blogger.com