tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31142535.post115333953738702713..comments2023-07-24T09:45:37.392-04:00Comments on Barque of Peter: Battleship EcclesiaGregoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03982931507445593579noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31142535.post-7852022089213997372011-03-07T03:06:45.976-05:002011-03-07T03:06:45.976-05:00Joey,
I'm almost a year late in responding to...Joey,<br /><br />I'm almost a year late in responding to your comment, but what the heck, hey?<br /><br />Anyway, my name used to be "Christopher", but I legally changed it to Kane. I'm the 'Christopher' Gregory identified in this article.<br /><br />A question about your testimony/answer: can you point to anything beyond a subjective anecdotal image of your relationship to God? Something that is empirical, say?<br /><br />I'm genuinely curious because I really don't think anybody can. And that, to me, makes the question of God really suspicious.Kane Augustushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555200343644277026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31142535.post-38573421318186819342010-01-04T22:13:03.074-05:002010-01-04T22:13:03.074-05:00I know I am three and a half years late on this co...I know I am three and a half years late on this comment, so forgive the tag-along tone. <br /><br />I just thought it so terrific that you would introduce your blog by describing the Church as the only safe vessel on the high seas. Not just because the analogy is so perfect and Biblical (and Augustinian), but because it is how I deliver the dumbed-down "reader's digest" version of my reasons for wanting to join the Catholic Church after thirty years of active evangelical faith. When someone asks me why I want to convert if I am already "saved", I say this: <br /><br />Jesus threw me a lifeline years ago on the open sea, and I am attached to His ship while my feet happily tread baptismal water, towed by a rope held by Jesus himself. He will never let go of me, and I am on a sure course toward port. We talk over the railing all the time, and He helps me avoid the crags and sharks. I listen most of the time, and He always casts out a new life ring if I let go. I feel like He is with me in the life ring in a sense, but He is most clearly and visibly on the deck of the ship. Now I would like to come aboard. <br /><br />....aaaand then we usually get into a debate about the particularity of the Church matching that of Christ Himself and how to identify the boat, etc.Joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08607757758729045273noreply@blogger.com