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"Well, a few more pages in to the chapter, and he has switched voices and now is maki…"

Balder replied Aug 17, 2011 to Becoming Animal

17 Apr 22, 2015
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"Reading a little more of Abram today, I'm reminded of Thomas Merton's Taoist-influen…"

Balder replied Aug 17, 2011 to Becoming Animal

17 Apr 22, 2015
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"This looks great, Christophe.  Thank you for the heads up.  As you know, the theme o…"

Balder replied Aug 17, 2011 to The Fierce Light

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"Yes, he does do a bit of anthropomorphizing in his book.  Since he does this mostly…"

Balder replied Aug 17, 2011 to Becoming Animal

17 Apr 22, 2015
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"Yes, good connection.  I think Abram would go along with that, but would likely insi…"

Balder replied Aug 16, 2011 to Becoming Animal

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"I'm still, very slowly, making my way through this book.  Some recent sections of th…"

Balder replied Aug 16, 2011 to Becoming Animal

17 Apr 22, 2015
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"Hi, Ed, thank you for clarifying that.  Yes, I agree it would be problematic to try…"

Balder replied Aug 16, 2011 to Polydoxy: Theology of Multiplicty and Relation

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"To be clear, I wasn't opposing metaphor and reason or appealing to 'false reason' in…"

Balder replied Aug 16, 2011 to Polydoxy: Theology of Multiplicty and Relation

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"  Yes, I agree; Mary.  I am pretty sure that's how Borg views this -- as exceeding t…"

Balder replied Aug 15, 2011 to Polydoxy: Theology of Multiplicty and Relation

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"Marcus Borg and Shelby Spong both come to mind as well-known Christian thinkers that…"

Balder replied Aug 15, 2011 to Polydoxy: Theology of Multiplicty and Relation

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