Friday, October 8, 2010

Argument From Silence — What Does Brian McLaren Believe?

I mentioned that I had some topics "on the burner" so to speak.  One reason that I delayed this is that it refers to a blog that I no longer have the reference to locate.  I have tried for some time and have failed.  So I leave it to you to accept or reject my characterizations below.

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I have been struck over some period at the number of times that Evangelicals have questioned Brian McLaren with respect to certain points of belief. While claiming orthodoxy in belief, he responds by being surprised at the responses of those Evangelicals while he never answers their questions.  Some have taken this silence on position as evidence of a problem in McLaren’s belief.  Some defenders suggest that the purpose in the vagaries is to keep from scaring off the unbelievers before they get a chance to understand for themselves.  But McLaren says nothing, at least in any place that I have seen.