A thought on leaky abstractions and theology

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Andy

I wonder if the “simple” truths of Scripture are really just abstractions and they sometimes leak (see this), which is why we need people who study and sometimes explain the complexities of theology, for the times when people’s lives don’t fit neatly into the abstractions.

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Michael Culbertson says:

February 20, 2008 at 10:36 pm

Simplifications

It seems to me the “simple” truths are certainly simplifications, and that abstractions are a type of simplification. (I’m not quite sure that the “simple” truths are abstractions, though.) A simplification almost by definition won’t cover all cases because it excludes everything but the central tendency.

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