Comments on: Consequences, pt. 2: Postmodern Legos http://kevin.vandekrol.com/entry/039 The knowledge of God is very far from the love of Him. Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:36:16 -0400 hourly 1 By: brookshanes http://kevin.vandekrol.com/entry/039/comment-page-1#comment-109 brookshanes Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:42:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=46#comment-109 A church with a marketing plan is doing such because there is nothing growing naturally. The consequence is that we have many churches that should just die but they do not because they market themselves and fill their seats with consumers.<br/><br/>I wonder if the consequence realized within some people reading your post (or anything contrary to their opinion, for that matter) is a turning away to read something more agreeable.<br/><br/>We all believe our own actions have no consequences but good consequences. If everything we did resulted in goodness we would not have a concern; however, most of what we do results in some negative consequences. Justification for suicide, abortion, and euthanasia stems from this philosophy: the world is better off without us - and especially people who are not like us.<br/><br/>Therefore we must be careful about categorical assurances regarding negative consequences resulting from human action. The scope of all action is never outside of a supreme influence and therefore must not be completely negative.<br/><br/>This is a long-winded way of saying thank you for getting my brain warmed up and toasty tonight. A church with a marketing plan is doing such because there is nothing growing naturally. The consequence is that we have many churches that should just die but they do not because they market themselves and fill their seats with consumers.

I wonder if the consequence realized within some people reading your post (or anything contrary to their opinion, for that matter) is a turning away to read something more agreeable.

We all believe our own actions have no consequences but good consequences. If everything we did resulted in goodness we would not have a concern; however, most of what we do results in some negative consequences. Justification for suicide, abortion, and euthanasia stems from this philosophy: the world is better off without us – and especially people who are not like us.

Therefore we must be careful about categorical assurances regarding negative consequences resulting from human action. The scope of all action is never outside of a supreme influence and therefore must not be completely negative.

This is a long-winded way of saying thank you for getting my brain warmed up and toasty tonight.

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