tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post7110321085435120558..comments2023-11-20T01:10:41.810-06:00Comments on Seeking the truth...: McKnight Vs. Wright on the Historical Jesus ExploredMarcus Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07729718021822471179noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post-71889589454177679922010-04-13T08:56:53.436-05:002010-04-13T08:56:53.436-05:00FYI...McKnight has just written a clarification of...FYI...McKnight has just written a <a href="http://blog.beliefnet.com/jesuscreed/2010/04/ct-and-the-historical-jesus.html" rel="nofollow">clarification</a> of his article, and it's very much in line with the points I make here.Marcus Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729718021822471179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post-85314422780056338592010-04-08T14:58:30.640-05:002010-04-08T14:58:30.640-05:00I would want make a distinction between the type o...I would want make a distinction between the type of knowledge that we attain by a posture of faith vs. the type of knowledge that we arrive at by ordinary means. Thus I would agree that both are knowledge, just not the same kind of knowledge. This holds true for knowledge of historical events.Marcus Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07729718021822471179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4669291590397336050.post-14255735112057417252010-04-08T07:14:53.357-05:002010-04-08T07:14:53.357-05:00I think my major place of disagreement is that I d...I think my major place of disagreement is that I don't think an act of faith is necessarily not knowledge. If it results from a process that God has initiated in order to bring us to believe the things that are true, then it's about as reliable a means of coming to understand the truth as you can get. I don't see why we shouldn't call that knowledge. But that's probably just a difference in our underlying epistemological views.Jeremy Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441308872350317672noreply@blogger.com