tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post114891250644577672..comments2024-03-28T03:14:51.294-05:00Comments on Dad29: GKChesterton: Truth, Pity, Governments, and FanaticsDad29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1148999332815563552006-05-30T09:28:00.000-05:002006-05-30T09:28:00.000-05:00There is a time for both. Sometimes justice is req...There is a time for both. Sometimes justice is required. The same goes for mercy. Because we are a fallen people, our will be imperfect. God's, however, will be perfect.Billiamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15489132492383133253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1148953586801762452006-05-29T20:46:00.000-05:002006-05-29T20:46:00.000-05:00Certainly, Faith AND Reason are required for under...Certainly, Faith AND Reason are required for understanding--and even then, our understanding will be limited.<BR/><BR/>You got it right. In the largest sense, that's what the connection is.<BR/><BR/>But it's also a bit more specific. The reason Mohammedans are wrong is that they have no Trinity; thus they do not understand God the way the Christians do, or even the Jews.<BR/><BR/>Another way to look at it is the seeming "contradiction" between Mercy and Justice. We know that God is all perfections, and thus, insofar as Justice and Mercy are both virtuous, they cannot conflict in their perfection.<BR/><BR/>But that's not too easy to explain to either a Conservative or a Liberal; one will favor the first, the other the second.<BR/><BR/>Ah, well.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12897315.post-1148930307369179992006-05-29T14:18:00.000-05:002006-05-29T14:18:00.000-05:00So you're essentially saying that fanatics ignore...So you're essentially saying that fanatics ignore either truth or faith, depending on their "bent". That faith AND reason are required? This would seem true. Or did I completely miss it?Billiamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15489132492383133253noreply@blogger.com