Theos-Talk Archives (May 1994 Message tl00039)

John:

Re: the posting spiritual truth verses historical truth, it sounds like
Paul was upset by his bad review.  This is definately a part of writing
that anyone making things public needs to get used to.  Still, i don't
know about his comments putting spiritual and historical thinking
opposite each other.  Spirtual insight will give one a great advantage
in studying history.  And history always illuminates any issue, for all
issues have a history.  Of course, when one is studying history one has
to always be careful for distortions that arise with time (i.e.  the
phone game that kids play).  But, taking such factors into account,
historical understanding is invaluable.

Furthermore, spirtual truth doesn not get caught up in conflicts and
dualisms as does the lower mind of rationality.  So, it seems kind of
silly comapring spirtual insight to historical understanding as they
each stem from very different levels of comprehnsion.

Just wanted to say this.

Don