One other thing that got brought up was that sometimes the reason that you're doing something changes the essence of what you're doing even when the outward actions are the same, with an analogy about building a motor car to go on a long road trip or to commute to work, as an argument for why the research into the Synod of Ancyra Whitby might in fact be theology in one case and history in another, but I don't think it quite hit the mark.
And yes, I think engaging in theological discussion with people who don't share your faith perspective is both really interesting and often enlightening and informative. I think it's particularly important for Christians to listen to and understand Jewish perspectives on the Hebrew scriptures and have than inform our interpretation, but figuring out what the Christian interpretation is, is a job for Christians.
There's no teacher - it's just a group of friends reading a textbook a chapter at a time, and then meeting once a fortnight to discuss the questions at the end of the chapter (or occasionally some other questions we come up with ourselves if the ones in the book aren't up to scratch). I think we talked about it at Thronescamp, and you were like "that sounds really cool, but I have too many things on my plate at the moment", but if you ever do feel like you've got space for it, you'd be very welcome to join.
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Date: 2023-09-24 02:13 pm (UTC)From:AncyraWhitby might in fact be theology in one case and history in another, but I don't think it quite hit the mark.And yes, I think engaging in theological discussion with people who don't share your faith perspective is both really interesting and often enlightening and informative. I think it's particularly important for Christians to listen to and understand Jewish perspectives on the Hebrew scriptures and have than inform our interpretation, but figuring out what the Christian interpretation is, is a job for Christians.
There's no teacher - it's just a group of friends reading a textbook a chapter at a time, and then meeting once a fortnight to discuss the questions at the end of the chapter (or occasionally some other questions we come up with ourselves if the ones in the book aren't up to scratch). I think we talked about it at Thronescamp, and you were like "that sounds really cool, but I have too many things on my plate at the moment", but if you ever do feel like you've got space for it, you'd be very welcome to join.