I Will Honest to God Probably Never Read This Again

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Sorry, couldn't resist.

I feel really bad for saying that I will probably never read it again, but I don't see a situation in which I will ever need/want to reread a book in which a man is arguing for pretty much the distancing from God. He's pushing for a love-centered society which is great from the outside, but it means we will eventually separate ourselves further from God. That's what the quote from the middle of the book got wrong--it says that God will distance Himself from us as we progress in love, but in reality, we will separate ourselves from Him when we turn too much to others and learn to "rely" on ourselves more than Him. His points are not biblically sound and his reasoning is redundant. Yes, he quotes Kant, Kierkegaard, Heidegger, and even Augustine, but I don't think any of them would truly agree with how he quoted them. Especially not Kierkegaard or Augustine. What he is saying goes completely against what Augustine believes (the whole de-mysticizing the Bible, that is). Augustine delighted over the mystery of the Bible and took all of it literally. Yet Robinson uses him and others as if their opinions matched his...Augustine would have ripped him apart.

I don't know, I just wasn't impressed with Robinson.

PS I commented on Michael and Zelda's posts.


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  1. Phillip VoApril 16, 2018 at 11:29 PM

    I agree that this is something I probably won't read again... It was rough and honestly, it is too easy to tear up his argument. Whatever it is that may be. It's honestly really hard to follow at some points, but his main argumentative statements are weak. That is all.

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