Well I can't write this completely off. However there is nothing inherently demonic about being fundamental unless what your fundamental about is false. Believing fundamental facts is as right as rain. The fact Mr. Tillich tries to indict an entire category and can't be bothered to distinguish between fundamentally wrong (what can be demonic but even this is not inherently demonic) and what is fundamentally correct, is disturbing. Fundamentalism in general does not cause these attributes and results. A better but still not perfect word would have been fanatical instead of fundamental. Regardless I am not fundamental beyond having faith in fundamental conclusions which have withstood 200 years of scrutiny.
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I appreciate the effort but it is still too much to soon. I need good reasons to invest this much time. More quotes would be better. I intended to agree with anything I possibly could just to make your prediction false but that quote above is so alarmingly inaccurate when devoid of clarification that I could not do so in good conscience.
I have no idea what to do with this. It needs context.
I have no interest in some treatise on how to define and quantify what is called theology. I care about research as to what is true and reasonable. I am not much into semantic debates as they are usually irrelevant. I care about whether Christ died for me not what category the information is found in. BTW it is officially historical biography.
I can't haul off and read a list of books without cause. I would like some more quotes please.
You have fairly surmised that quotes on Tillich cannot be clarified without further reading. What I gave you was what you would find offensive with Tillich. I believe that I even said you would reject his theology. Everything else you have surmised just means that you have made statements without understanding. I leave it to you to begin reading ( I'll not waste any more time and effort in quoting more of Tillich) Tillich's work. What is on the internet would suffice to lead you into understanding the greatest theology today. The quote that you have no idea of what it said is documented. Father Keefe, a genius in my estimation, has written the best critical comparison of Thomism and Tillich's Systematic Theology. The quote simply states that Tillich's theology cannot be judged outside of his theology. Meaning, that you cannot judge Tillich's theology by your Baptist' indoctrination.
If you dig deeper in Tillich's theology, do not jump into his Systematic Theology. Begin with the internet, move to his books ( recommended; The New Being, The Shaking of the Foundations, The Courage to Be, The Eternal Now.) That is a lot and I don't expect you to begin a discussion for years.
If you read Tillich's History of Christian Thought, you will learn about Tillich's thought process and where his theology comes from. His Systematic Theology is not historical theology, but an "amalgamation of the historical and the constructive elements". . . . "The historian and the philosopher, both of them members of the theological faculty, must unite in the theological task of interpreting the Christian message, each with his special cognitive tools." . . . "Historical theology can be subdivided into the biblical disciplines, church history, and the history of religion and culture." . . . "Biblicistic theologians are inclined to admit only the former group to full theological standing and to exclude the third group completely." Systematic Theology, Paul Tillich, Vol. I, p. 29.
I'm glad you admit that your Christian heritage has survived for the last two hundred years. Just a reminder, Christianity has been around for 2000 years. This then leaves all Christianity in question. Hence, my contention with full understanding of each denomination that participates in a discussion. Terms and words, symbols and doctrine, etc., all need to be recognized and collaborated.
