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$\"\"$ As I meant to mention some days ago, but apparently neglected to actually post, Jim West has responded not once but twice to my post expressing my lack of understanding of his outlook<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In one of them, he says that he is OK with not being understood by me, since Bultmann wasn\u2019t understood by Barth<\/a>. That\u2019s all well and good, but I wonder whether Barth\u2019s theology might not have been better if he\u00a0had<\/em> understood Bultmann \u2013 in which case, perhaps Jim should offer others all the help he can, in case the situations are similar.<\/p>\n

In the other post, he provides a list of people whose opinions he cares about<\/a> \u2013 unlike mine. And since Jim places God in his list of the living rather than the dead, at least those who suspected that he might be connected with\u00a0that<\/em> school of thought may now understand him better. In which case, this was all worth it!<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/p>\n

The above picture is from the alas now defunct Dr. Jim\u2019s Thinking Shop and Tea Room<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"