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During my latest re-reading of Niebuhr's "The Truth in Myths," I've become ever more confident of two conclusions. is flawed throughout by the

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The 'great myths" of religion for whose truth Niebuhr argues "have actually been born out of profound experience and are constantly subject to verification by experience." Exactly! It couldn't be said better by any self-professed "empirical" theologian I've ever known. Nor has anyone known to me ever better explained why Christian witness is true, if  it is true: it is not true because it is revealed; it justifies itself to "human faith" [sic!] because it re-presents a truth that "establishes points of relevance with the deeper experiences and insights of human life."

19 March 2010