It is of course true that we project our own ideals, beliefs, and values onto God<\/a> (or other figures we idolize, literally or metaphorically). But I simply cannot agree that this makes it meaningless or pointless to ask \u201cWhat would Jesus do?\u201d or other such questions. Presumably an analogy from a scientific equivalent might help make my point. If a scientist asks \u201cWhat would Einstein think?\u201d he or she is presumably not anticipating that by doing so their mind will suddenly transcend their normal limitations and achieve genius. The point, surely, is to recognize one\u2019s own limitations, and try to do better.<\/p>\n Many Liberal Christians are aware that what we think about God<\/a> is all metaphor and projection. It is at best a transcendent God drawing near to us in an ineffable way that we do insufficient justice to using inadequate concepts we can understand. At worst, it is us projecting our limited thinking on the infinite. I\u2019m not sure we could distinguish between these two cases, or if we did so it would make any difference. But the very fact of trying to relate to the infinite<\/em>, to a reality that we conceive of as ultimate goodness, is an attempt to transcend our limited horizons \u2013 to \u201cthink outside the box\u201d as it were. And surely the attempt to do so is worthwhile. Otherwise, the history of religion has taught us nothing. Time and again, what are claimed to be divine revelations with hindsight can be recognized as sounding just like the thinking of the age that produced them. And so the fact that we often fail<\/em> to see beyond our limited horizons surely should not be treated as justification for not trying to do so!<\/p>\n And so there you have it: I think Wrong is wrong. But perhaps I\u2019m wrong<\/a>. And it sounds like you have the opportunity to be Wrong\/wrong<\/a> too!<\/p>\n With a new regeneration of NT Wrong in the blogosphere, it is time to give him or her a proper blogger\u2019s welcome. And we all know how that is done, don\u2019t we? By pointing out that, as the saying goes, Wrong is wrong. It is of course true that we project our own ideals, beliefs, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-5500995691060102926?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")