tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post4722111457774466913..comments2024-03-17T19:56:31.931-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: New Lutheran Quote of the DayWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-13600029999568821772013-03-21T22:24:24.641-05:002013-03-21T22:24:24.641-05:00Thanks -- that makes sense to me.
-David Bentlage...Thanks -- that makes sense to me.<br /><br />-David BentlageHerr B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01033820653397188569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-78165713007528761372013-03-19T19:36:39.042-05:002013-03-19T19:36:39.042-05:00I have always taken that to mean that expressing t...I have always taken that to mean that expressing the substance of what is true invariably involves rejection of what contradicts that truth. That is why truth's quotation marks invariably mark what is said as "fighting words." William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-71624531768151354922013-03-19T19:31:45.599-05:002013-03-19T19:31:45.599-05:00Right before this section, Sasse says "Kierke...Right before this section, Sasse says "Kierkegaard observed that truth's quotation marks are polemical." What do you think he means by that? The thing that came to my mind was when, e.g., the nonreligious talk about "truth" (in quotes) and tolerance. Those quotation marks seem to be clearly asserting a position.<br /><br />Is there a Kierkegaard reference that comes to mind that might shed some light on what Sasse is saying?Herr B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01033820653397188569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-90262894901395308842013-03-10T18:28:48.313-05:002013-03-10T18:28:48.313-05:00It goes to show that you can be conservative and c...It goes to show that you can be conservative and charitable too.<br /><br />Peace and Joy!<br />George A. MarquartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com