Jasonlylescampbell's review
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism
by Timothy Keller
Jasonlylescampbell's review
The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
Jasonlylescampbell's review
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Excellent so far. His explanation of judgement from Volf's work Exclusion and Embrace is incredible. Volf (a Croation who has seen the violence in the Balkens) says that understanding divine justice (that God will punish the wicked) is the only way for us to break free from the human cycle of violence.
Keller: "The human impulse to make perpetrators of violence pay for their crimes is almost an overwhelming one. It cannot possibly be overcome with platitudes like 'Now don't you see that violence won't solve anything?' If you have seen your home burned down and your relatives killed and raped, such talk is laughable--and it shows no real concern for justice. .... Volf says the best resource for this is belief in the concept of God's divine justice.
Look at this quote from Volf's book:
"My thesis that the practice of non-violence requires a belief in divine vengeance will be unpopular with many ... in the West ... [But] it takes the quiet of suburban home for the bir...more
Keller: "The human impulse to make perpetrators of violence pay for their crimes is almost an overwhelming one. It cannot possibly be overcome with platitudes like 'Now don't you see that violence won't solve anything?' If you have seen your home burned down and your relatives killed and raped, such talk is laughable--and it shows no real concern for justice. .... Volf says the best resource for this is belief in the concept of God's divine justice.
Look at this quote from Volf's book:
"My thesis that the practice of non-violence requires a belief in divine vengeance will be unpopular with many ... in the West ... [But] it takes the quiet of suburban home for the bir...more
