tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10020592.post3669494022768199482..comments2024-03-21T12:32:39.345-05:00Comments on Frankly Speaking: The Curse of KnowledgeFrank Bellizzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07949066335378651585noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10020592.post-66093750694000280682007-08-23T18:59:00.000-05:002007-08-23T18:59:00.000-05:00Dee and Bob, thanks for these comments. Both of yo...Dee and Bob, thanks for these comments. <BR/><BR/>Both of you are touching on something that I just came back to in Karl Barth. He says that the church has a distinctive language that comes from two sources: (1) the Bible and (2) Christian history. These two elements of the church's language are not known by outsiders at all.Frank Bellizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949066335378651585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10020592.post-33593115715572924112007-08-23T17:42:00.000-05:002007-08-23T17:42:00.000-05:00Frank, since I've been a pulpit minister for 28 ye...Frank, since I've been a pulpit minister for 28 years this makes sense to me. I think that what I know they at least know it in part and that with only an illustration or two they can get it. But not always. Perhaps that's because my skills are what they should be. Maybe I'm not that good of a tapper.<BR/><BR/>I also thought this would have some relevance to the heritage of the restoration movement. Many have received knowledge from those who have gone on before and now are trying to "tap" out that knowledge for others. They have the knowledge but they can't understand why their "tapping" hasn't resulted in unity which is the goal of their knowledge. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that "head knowledge" is the only source of our problems. Have you read <I>The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture</I> by Shane Hipps? He maintains that the source of linear thinking and head knowledge isn't the Enlightenment but our literature based media. Which now is in conflict with our multimedia culture because of its emphasis on the visual. <BR/><BR/>This sounds like an interesting study and needs some simmering. Maybe the end result should be that "tappers" need more patience with those listening to their taps. Thanks for bringing it up.Bob Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03461895460860113802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10020592.post-11217176176929376762007-08-23T12:46:00.000-05:002007-08-23T12:46:00.000-05:00All of your posts are interesting, Frank, but I fi...All of your posts are interesting, Frank, but I find this one particularly so since my undergraduate degree was in Communication. <BR/><BR/>I hadn't thought about it all before, but the premise makes a lot of sense and I can see where the message can, and I'm sure does, get lost in the church in the way we try to communicate it to others. <BR/><BR/>I find this true in me talking with Tom about things since he doesn't have the strongest of religious backgrounds. Actually, what I see in him is exactly how distorted the "religious message" has been for him. What many religious people get across is the very opposite of what they are trying to get across or hoping to communicate.<BR/><BR/>That's what I see, anyway. <BR/><BR/>I hope you get some discussion on this. Interesting topic and important, I believe. Learning how to communicate our message better.<BR/><BR/>Cheers & Blessings to you all today! Dee<BR/><BR/>of <A HREF="http://deeandrews.net" REL="nofollow">Finding Direction: The Wind Vane Chronicles</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com