Blog:Salvation is for the "childlike"? Matthew 11:25: Difference between revisions
Blog:Salvation is for the "childlike"? Matthew 11:25 (view source)
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</ref> calls "childlike" | </ref> calls "childlike" | ||
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# ''having qualities associated with a child'' | # ''having qualities associated with a child'' | ||
# ''resembling a child, especially marked by innocence, trust and ingeniousness'' | # ''resembling a child, especially marked by innocence, trust and ingeniousness'' | ||
That last one ''ingeniousness'' is interesting (imaginative), but not helpful here. Better are the examples of its use given, paraphrased here as such as, | That last one ''ingeniousness'' is interesting (imaginative), but not helpful here. Better are the examples of its use given, paraphrased here as such as, | ||
''the play presented a childlike vision of a peaceful world'' | * ''she replied so innocently, with a childlike expression'' | ||
* ''he opened the gifts with childlike glee'' | |||
* ''the play presented a childlike vision of a peaceful world'' | |||
* ''the witnesses' expression remained childlike, demonstrating no deception'' | |||
And we may wish to distinguish between "childlike" and "childish," with the latter expressing the lesser qualities of a child, while the former is attached to notions of innocence and purity. Nevertheless, none of these definitions or uses imply thought, reason and logic; so we are stuck with "like a child" or "childlike" as unthinking and credulous. | |||
== The "Two Wings": Faith and Reason == | == The "Two Wings": Faith and Reason == | ||