tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17732427.post2185688170237487385..comments2023-06-23T10:26:21.277+02:00Comments on Memoirs of an ex-Christian: QuoteKevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16752824290056143050noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17732427.post-90694239881690194532008-07-01T13:03:00.000+02:002008-07-01T13:03:00.000+02:00Also thinking about it a bit.... how can an imperf...Also thinking about it a bit.... how can an imperfect being such as ourselves even *conceive* of a perfect being? Wouldn't any of our conceptions - by definition - be imperfect?<BR/><BR/>So when we say 'perfect' do we just mean 'much better'?CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17732427.post-42981607869802010462008-07-01T09:29:00.000+02:002008-07-01T09:29:00.000+02:00"True - Unless a perfect authority exists."To deci..."True - Unless a perfect authority exists."<BR/><BR/>To decide that it is perfect means bestowing slavish obedience on it before such an assessment can possibly be made. <I>The obedience is primary</I> and is what holds up the notion of the authority being "perfect".Luis Cayetanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05210714337197709016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17732427.post-39265260764240422872008-06-27T23:00:00.000+02:002008-06-27T23:00:00.000+02:00stephen M said: Unless a perfect authority exists....stephen M said: Unless a perfect authority exists.<BR/><BR/>Which, of course, it doesn't..... [grin]CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17732427.post-92008030441228725622008-06-25T15:50:00.000+02:002008-06-25T15:50:00.000+02:00True - Unless a perfect authority exists.True - Unless a perfect authority exists.Stephen Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044552223998697328noreply@blogger.com