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Chris Grant
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| Posted 6/20/2003 6:09 AM (GMT -6) |   | quote:
Does anyone know what Pinnock's position on divine embodiment is?
Here's a quote from Pinnock's _Most Moved Mover_ that was provided to me by LDS philosopher David Paulsen:
"If [God] is with us in the world, if we are to take biblical metaphors seriously, is God in some way embodied? Critics will be quick to say that, although there are expressions of this in the Bible, they are not to be taken literally. But I do not believe that the idea is as foreign to the Bible's view of God as we have assumed. In tradition, God is thought to function primarily as a disembodied spirit but this is scarcely a biblical idea. For example, Israel is called to hear God's word and gaze on his glory and beauty. Human beings are said to be embodied creatures created in the image of God. Is there perhaps something in God that corresponds with embodiment? Having a body is certainly not a negative thing because it makes it possible for us to be agents. Perhaps God's agency would be easier to envisage if he were in some way corporeal. Add to that in the theophanies of the Old Testament God encounters humans in the form of a man."(pp. 34, 35.)
In _Does God have a Future?_ John Sanders appears to distance himself from Pinnock's views on this matter. I posted the original question for Greg to round out my understanding of the opinions of the Big Three of Open Theism on this issue.
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 6/22/2003 2:40 AM (GMT -6) | |
In _Does God have a Future?_ John Sanders appears to distance himself from Pinnock's views on this matter. I posted the original question for Greg to round out my understanding of the opinions of the Big Three of Open Theism on this issue.
Doc: I'm honored to be among "the Big Three"  . I've talked with Pinnock about this, and he doesn't have a resolved opinion on this matter. He's just raising questions. I think the questions ARE worth raising. To me, a lot hangs on whether one is ascribing to God an INNATE embodiment or saying that God at different times and places CHOOSES to be embodied. If God were INNATELY embodied, he would, it seems, be INNATELY limited in a contingent fashion (viz. why THIS body rather than THAT) -- and I, for other reasons, think this an impossible supposition. But I agree with Pinnock that we should not just glbbly dismiss all the "coming" and "going" language in Scripture as anthropomorphic.
Doc
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