One of the few things in life that cannot possibly do harm in the end is the honest pursuit of the truth.
Peter KreeftArgumentation is a human enterprise that is embedded in a larger social and psychological context. This context includes (1) the total psyches of the two persons engaged in dialogue, (2) the relationship between the two persons, (3) the immediate situation in which they find themselves and (4) the larger social, cultural and historical situation surrounding them.
Peter KreeftTags: relationships psychology culture argument sociology dialogue
An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say.
Peter KreeftTags: logic sincerity argument listening
Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto.
Peter KreeftTags: reason
Conscience is thus explained only as the voice of God in the soul.
Peter KreeftTags: god soul conscience
If you place [your bet] with God, you lose nothing, even if it turns out that God does not exist. But if you place it against God, and you are wrong and God does exist, you lose everything.
Peter KreeftThat's what's so striking about the title of Kushner's book: When Bad Things Happen to Good People. How is that fair?
Well, the answer to that is that there are no good people.
We are all insane. That is what original sin means. Sin is insanity. It is preferring finite joy to infinite joy, creatures to the Creator, an unhappy, Godless self to a happy, God-filled self Only God can save us from this disease. That is what the name "Jesus" means: 'God saves'.
Peter KreeftThis is the secret of life: the self lives only by dying, finds its identity (and its happiness) only by self-forgetfulness, self-giving, self-sacrifice, and agape love.
Peter KreeftTags: love agape philosophy christianity god spirituality catholicism secret-of-life jesus-shock self-giving
If your life is Christ, then your death will be only more of Christ, forever. If your life is only Christlessness, then your death will be only more Christlessness, forever. That's not fundamentalism, that's the law of non-contradiction.
Peter KreeftTags: philosophy christianity jesus spirituality theology catholicism jesus-christ fundamentalism christ christology christlessness jesus-shock
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