If Dante were around today (and if he could hold back from talking about Italian politics), he might blog this instead of counting on people finding it in Canto XIII of the Paradiso.
“And lead weights to your feet may my words be,
that you move slowly, like a weary man,
to the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ of what you do not see.
“For he is a fool, and low among his kind
who answers yay or nay without reflection,
nor does it matter on what road he runs blind.
“Opinions too soon formed often deflect
man’s thinking from the truth into gross error
in which his pride then binds his intellect
“It is worse than vain for men to leave the shore
and fish for truth unless they know the art ;
for they return worse off than they were before.”*
* Cf. "A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring." (Alexander Pope)
Or rather, as proverbs puts it...(referring to the beginning of the posted quote anyway) "He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him."
Posted by: anonymous at May 13, 2006 07:42 PMBTW- of topic, but you can see more stuff on Enns book at www.foolishsage.com or
http://my.opera.com/BarryHofstetter/blog/show.dml/253519#comments
peace
Posted by: Sam at May 14, 2006 08:13 AMThanks Sam.
He defintely beats Carson on being concise. But they had different goals, to be sure. Carson's focus required more space.
The incarnational model sounds great at face value--there are many natural comparisons between the written and incarnate Word. But I'm still working through a lot of this, and being hesitant on purpose.
Our view of Scripture is so important that it necessitates a lot of care and concern approaching any discussion on inerrancy. I think the initial reaction within conservative evangelicalism to Enns' book reflects this concern. It's the natural reaction to presumed novelty (whether correctly or incorrectly presumed). That and the desire for pastoral care on behalf of the faith of Christians who don't really study these issues out.
I liked this quote in one of the links you gave me--
"Scripture is like the ocean: on the shore, the youngest “babe in Christ” can splash around, but even the greatest theologians will never dive to the bottom."
Posted by: mgemb at May 14, 2006 10:36 PMMGem,
Hey! Speaking of Dante, a great modern novel about Dante is The Dante Club. If you like Dante, I would highly recommend this book.
MBS~Soli Deo Gloria
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