Beyond the absolute/relative truth binary wrt postmodernism

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

That is reminiscent of another conversation…

@SixDays

Who is the arbitrator of “factual truth”? Google? Wikipedia? Facebook? Fauci? Lol!

@Dale

Reality is. After saying that truth came from the reality of the data in God’s creation and from the reality of the data in the Bible, and that if they appear conflict, the interpretation of one or the other or both is in error, a YEC once asked me for chapter and verse were the Bible says that truth comes from reality.

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

@Dale

I’m not just talking about Maggie but Rich Sterns, George Müller, myself and multiple others. I can understand your desire to dismiss such evidence, but that does not make it justifiable.

@MarkD

enjoy

I absolutely do.

@Dale

Here is a good example of my enjoyment: Cabela’s.

Also recall the several providential timings involved in my nephrectomy. It would not be false to say that that was enjoyable (not necessarily fun, however ) because I knew I was safe in my Father’s hands, whether I lived or died.

 
I was reflecting on those last night, and especially about the ‘enjoyability’ of my nephrectomy, and it brought back to mind @Colleen_Peters’s pair of choice quotes,

@Colleen_Peters

In light of the fallacious thoughts that subtly penetrate my mind and skew my judgement I want to cultivate G. K. Chesterton’s dictum in my life as well as I’m able … words I smiled to read - “An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.’ I think the key is to be mindful of the bounty in my life.“All the business of religion is gratitude.” (Thomas Traherne)

It was definitely an inconvenience, not to complain about, but definitely also an adventure to be enjoyed, especially given the big picture. I need to keep that in mind about more trivial inconveniences!

I’m also reminded of vacations. I don’t remember where I read it years ago, but someone has described them as being a different set of problems to be solved than our workaday experiences. My wife is the planner (she solves the planning problems) and I get the inconvenient problems to solve adventures that arise when plans go awry.