I would submit that the subject of my theology, God, is about having relationship with humans.
When I said this in one online forum, I got a terse reply; "state Scripture, chapter and verse."
I choose to ignore him and he still wants an answer. It seemed so obvious that it would be insulting to him and me to respond.
One reason the discussion with my friend is interesting is that we by our personalities and life histories are interested in different aspects of truth. He seems to want to get as clear as possible regarding rational, conceptual, dialectic truth.
I on the other hand want to know "truth" in the sense of how does it express God's personal love for humans. I want to understand the implications of rational, conceptual truth as it would be "felt" by humans.
This will come as no surprise to friends of mine that are clear that "feelings" are a focus of mine. (all together now; Whoooo, feelings, nothing more than... )
Certainly guilty as charged. But for me the connection between "truth" and feelings is compelling because for some reason I didn't have much connection with my feelings for much of my life. And I was strongly taught in "truth." This state of mind became painful and I deconstructed and started to rebuild my life. Recovering the ability to "feel" was an important part of this.
This conversation with this friend is important to me because as much as I value feelings because God said he "so loved the world" and I think he expects that love to be felt, ultimately there is truth that undergirds that love.
Love and truth support each other.
If there is anything to the quote; "The glory of God is man fully alive," than thinking and feeling are partners in that delicate dance.
