Brain Freeze

Check out the comments (30 as of this moment) in the "Tethered to what?" post from May 4. There are some heavy thinkers weighing in!

Perhaps this isn't earth-shattering news, but the main thrust of the initial comments is centered around "epistemology" (on what basis do we claim that what we believe is true?).

Postmoderns have generally, as Jean-Francois Lyotard wrote a few years back, shown an "incredulity towards legitimizing meta-narratives". Which being translated, means that postmodern people are suspicious of any philosophy or religion that claims to have the "Truth" -- which is why, as Karl Thienes and Mitch Tulloch have repeatedly presented, epistemology is a good place to start.

On the other hand, Mark Humphries also points out:

"Our understanding of the historical faith is held together through several strands, namely scripture, historical teachings, the Holy Spirit and any community truly interacting with the gospel...

"One last thought: Let's just admit this is by faith and not some indestructible foundation of knowledge (emphasis added)."

Before anyone gets brain freeze from reading this or the many comments, let's not neglect the original questions of the "Tethered..." post: what are the 'fundamentals', or 'core beliefs' and where are the boundaries in re-imagining (not necessarily re-defining) how we communicate these beliefs?