But what we are not willing to do is hold on to a belief just because it has precedent. We are willing to eliminate cherished beliefs if we deem them to be false or improbable. We are interested in what is actually true instead of what we want to be true. Progressives are truth-seekers, not truth destroyers. Years of being addicted to certainty has forced many progressives to take another look at evangelicalism’s version of truth. However, we cannot simply take what we have been given and blindly accept it as truth. In reconstruction, it is certainly possible that we would end up with the same beliefs as before. Deconstruction allows us to take apart those ideas that were simply handed to us by our tradition and reassess them. Evangelicalism has convinced itself of a certain historical narrative that is neither accurate nor useful. Deconstruction is not used as a means to destroy history, but to rebuild it in such a way that it has integrity and testifies to the truth of humanity. About DeconstructionĪ significant problem Alisa has with Progressive Christianity is their implementation of deconstruction. We should embrace intellectual diversity by welcoming the perspective that it brings. However, what Alisa fails to understand is that having a church where everybody believes the same things results in a lack of perspective and leads to, or more than likely is a result of, indoctrination. She could not grasp just how people could believe such different things and yet still worship together. About Intellectual Diversityīelieve it or not, one of Alisa’s criticism is how diverse her experience in Progressive Christianity was. These summaries are based upon my experience within Progressive Christianity with some of my own thoughts sprinkled throughout. In other words, Progressive Christianity is not one thing. There are also various reasons why a person might find themselves in a progressive church, even if they do not hold to all the beliefs their church does. Progressive Christians represent multiple denominations within Christianity. Not everything contained below is believed by all progressives. First, a general note about Progressive Christianity.
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