Beliefs cannot be abandoned
G. H. Duggan, S.M. (St Patrick’s College, Silverstream): Professor Geering, while claiming to be a Christian, admits that he is using the term in a sense that is comparatively new and differs widely from what it has meant for nearly two millennia and still means for the orthodox Christian, Catholic or Protestant. He holds that it is false to identify faith with the acceptance of certain beliefs, such as the divinity of Christ, his virginal birth and bodily resurrection, and the existence of a future life. The Christian faith is indeed much more than the acceptance of these beliefs, but if they are abandoned, is it right any longer to describe it
as the Christian faith? And if God is only a symbol for the mystery of life and the purpose of life is only self-fulfilment in this world, how would this Christianity differ from secular humanism? Finally, one can be a conservative in theology without being a fundamentalist or a bibliolater.
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