re the arrogance of christians dean and i write lots and lots about absolute truth and arrogance vbv r d eeap cwru edu virgilio dean b velasco jr writes i strongly suspect that we are reaching an impasse here which is why i deign from commenting much further i agree that we ll probably never agree and i m starting to feel frustrated and i m tired of having my conversations with my husband dominated by this topic just kidding i do have to say though that participating in this discussion has been a good learning experience for me my views on this topic have evolved and clarified through this and i suspect that we may not disagree as much as we think i admit that i m strongly prejudiced against evangelical christianity and i may not always be rational in my reactions to it i grew up in ec and went to an ec college it was definitely the wrong place for me and i react strongly to any implication that ec or conservative christianity has any sort of stronghold on true christianity i shudder when i remember the condescending attitude i had about other christians who didn t adhere to the ec model i have come to see that my real objection to this whole notion of absolute truth is the actions i have seen it lead to i have had some very bad experiences with evangelical christians claiming to know the truth and judging me or others based on their belief that they have the answers knowing the truth doesn t seem to leave a whole lot of room for others opinions i can accept your belief in absolute truth as long as you don t try to use that belief to try to force others to comply with it and you are very careful that you don t hurt others with it love your neighbor seems to go totally out the window when one knows the truth and believes that everyone should be living by that truth other people have convictions about the truth every bit as strong and sincere as yours based on careful searching prayer and their relationship with god don t dismiss them because god didn t lead them to the same conclusions as yours this is not directed personally at you dean carol alvin caralv auto trol com
