Sunday, 15th October, 2006

Reason: in Christian Faith and Theology

Last session we had some reasoning exercises. The interesting thing about this was reason became hunting for details of relevance to support our argument. We were reasoning for things we may not necessarily believe, we found we were scavenging to find basis to support and bolster our quest, preparing our mighty arsenal to bury the opposition.

Our quest in this instance was “The case for ID Cards" and “Why cheap air flights were a bad thing". We all found pros and cons with both subjects, but working together as a team pulled us together, and we found common ground. We planned to get the contentious issues we might loose on out of the way early so we could move on and they would be forgotten (including us as it turned out).

This did enlighten me, what became more important was not the cause or grounds for what I believed in when arguing for a principle, but the need to support my colleagues in the venture we were undertaking. I found this disconcerting as I was almost believing the unfounded rubbish I was making up to backup our case, a case I had no real conviction in. I can now see why politicians are expected to tow the party line and I have a better understanding why politicians appear so bipolar.

11th October
I went to a Local Deanery Cluster meeting on Wednesday. It was interesting to see how easily people sided the fence in a debate, opting for one of two sides. The alternative third view point didn’t even get a look in. Still I am sure they will consider it next time.