{"id":9290,"date":"2025-07-18T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=9290"},"modified":"2024-12-21T21:04:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T21:04:25","slug":"looking-at-hugh-rosss-book-2023-rescuing-inerrancy-part-12-of-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=9290","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Hugh Ross&#8217;s Book (2023) &#8220;Rescuing Inerrancy&#8221; (Part 12 of 25)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0091 Now,&nbsp;<em>the ground<\/em>&nbsp;has shifted so much in&nbsp;<em>my parallel to chapters 1 through 4,<\/em>&nbsp;that I wonder, &#8220;Should I go over the storyline again?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the 1200s, scholars regard&nbsp;<em>the human thing<\/em>&nbsp;as&nbsp;<em>grace [inflows] nature<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the 1200s, grace and nature became more and more distinct and separated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, they are spoken words.&nbsp;&nbsp;Plus,&nbsp;<em>the theology of grace [inflows] nature<\/em>&nbsp;does not allow scholars to explore&nbsp;<em>the fact that different labels imply different referents<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;If intellectuals are convinced of anything, it is the saying, &#8220;To name it is to know it.&#8221;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thinkers can name &#8220;grace&#8221; 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will do.&nbsp;&nbsp;Each exaltation, grace<sub>3c<\/sub>&nbsp;or nature<sub>3c<\/sub>&nbsp;serves as the perspective-level normal context.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>A well-framed perspective-level actuality<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;veils&nbsp;<em>the actuality that &#8220;grace&#8221; and &#8220;nature&#8221; are distinct and separate<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The perspective-level potential<sub>1c<\/sub>&nbsp;is adjusted to exclude the non-exalted term<sub>1c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0092 By the 2000s, when Ross writes, certain concessions are apparent.&nbsp;&nbsp;Both&nbsp;<em>content-level category-based nested forms<\/em>&nbsp;distort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On one hand (A), post-modern theologians argue that the normal context of the Bible<sub>2<\/sub>, especially of the Creation Story (Gen. 1-2.3) and of the Primeval History (2.4 to 11)<sub>2<\/sub>, is ancient Near Eastern civilization.&nbsp;&nbsp;This normal context allows the theologian to qualify revelation<sub>1<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;This is the topic of chapters 1 through 4 of the book under examination.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Dual revelation<\/em>&nbsp;in Church history and doctrine is covered in chapters 5 and 6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other hand (B), Razie Mah&#8217;s blogs from July through October 2024, have been collected into a three-part e-book,&nbsp;<em>Original Sin and the Post-Truth Condition<\/em>&nbsp;(available at smashwords and other e-book venues).&nbsp;&nbsp;Post-modern expertise<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;considers reason<sub>3a((1a))<\/sub>&nbsp;for the average person to be an intellect<sub>3a<\/sub>&nbsp;operating on a human will<sub>1a<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;This intellect is not considered to be metaphysical.&nbsp;&nbsp;If not metaphysical, then what is it?&nbsp;&nbsp;A pale imitation of the positivist intellect?&nbsp;&nbsp;No, it the subject of manipulation, just like&nbsp;<em>the mind of lab rat that is placed in a maze<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0093 With this (A and B) in mind, here is&nbsp;<em>the interscope for exaltation of grace<sub>3c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;(A),<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide30.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide30-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0094 One aspect of the theologian&#8217;s knowledge concerns&nbsp;<em>what anthropologists have learned about civilizations of the ancient Near East over the past two centuries<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;On the content level, the normal context of ancient Near East civilization<sub>3a<\/sub>&nbsp;brings the actuality of Genesis 1-11<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;into relation with the potential of&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8216;qualifying revelation&#8217;<sub>1a<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;How is revelation to be qualified?&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>Revelation<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;cannot be independent of&nbsp;<em>the cultural milieu of the ancient Near East<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0095 On the situation level, the normal context of salvation<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;brings the actuality of the believer&#8217;s personal relationship with God<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;into relation with the possibility of &#8216;the church&#8221;<sub>1b<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;What does the church do?&nbsp;&nbsp;Among other jobs, the church<sub>1b<\/sub>&nbsp;interprets meanings, presences and messages underlying the words in the Bible<sub>2a<\/sub>, including Genesis 1-11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0096 For example, Saint Augustine, who knows nothing about the civilizations of the ancient Near East, proposes that the reason why Saint Paul calls Christ, &#8220;the second Adam&#8221;, is because we are all fallen.&nbsp;&nbsp;We are all fallen because each one of us is directly descended from Adam and Eve.&nbsp;&nbsp;Other proposals for how we are all fallen follow, such as &#8220;the disease model&#8221; and &#8220;the imputation model&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;These proposals are weirdly, both theological and natural, because that is the way God created us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0097 On the perspective level, the normal context of grace<sub>3c<\/sub>&nbsp;brings the actuality of redemption<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;into relation with the possibilities inherent in &#8216;creation&#8217;<sub>1c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, it is worth noting that redemption<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;in the exaltation of grace<sub>3c<\/sub>&nbsp;is like a blanket that covers&nbsp;<em>the consensus that &#8220;grace&#8221; and &#8220;nature&#8221; are distinct and separable<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>the potential of &#8216;creation&#8217;<sub>1c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;is a similar cover for excluding&nbsp;<em>the possibility of &#8216;nature&#8217;<sub>1c<\/sub><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0098 Here is the interscope for the exaltation of nature<sub>3c<\/sub>&nbsp;(B).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide31.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide31.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide31.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Slide31-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One aspect of the scientist&#8217;s knowledge concerns&nbsp;<em>the substitution of models for noumena, things themselves<\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The substitution gets around Kant&#8217;s slogan.&nbsp;&nbsp;A model (substituting for its noumenon) [can be objectified by] its phenomena.&nbsp;&nbsp;Doesn&#8217;t that sound great?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the content level, the normal context of the positivist&#8230; well, maybe not strictly a positivist&#8230; perhaps, a &#8220;not metaphysical&#8221; intellect<sub>3a<\/sub>&nbsp;brings the actuality of scientific inquiry<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;into relation with the possibility of the &#8216;human will&#8217;<sub>1a<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;The potential is a hallmark of the so-called &#8220;post-truth condition&#8221;.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ross does not discuss this aspect of science.&nbsp;<em>Reason<sub>3a((1a))<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;justifies&nbsp;<em>the immense social pressure<\/em>&nbsp;that&nbsp;<em>post-modern expertise<sub>3b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;places on&nbsp;<em>those who help others towards salvation<sub>3b<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0099 Indeed, the title and subtitle of Ross&#8217;s book suggest that Biblical inerrancy might be rescued by a scientific defense, rather than the other way around.&nbsp;&nbsp;To me, this indicates that Ross has not imagined that modern science goes with the exaltation of nature<sub>3c<\/sub>&nbsp;in a judgment that has been around at least 800 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0100 Yes, the content-level nested form suggests that something else may be in play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>If Biblical inerrancy<sub>1b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;situates&nbsp;<em>qualifying revelation<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>a way that &#8216;something&#8217; gets revealed,<\/em>&nbsp;then&nbsp;<em>scientific institutions<sub>1b<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;may situate&nbsp;<em>&#8216;something&#8217; true about the human will<sub>1a<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;For example, if the church realizes that the handless serpent conducts a sales pitch on poor Eve, then that lesson may apply to the way that a post-modern institution devoted to, say, &#8220;positivist education&#8221;, might conduct a sales pitch that confounds our reason, especially when reason<sub>3a((1a))<\/sub>manifests as the normal context of an intellect<sub>3a<\/sub>&nbsp;operating on the potential of the human will<sub>1a<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How often have people foolishly eaten from&nbsp;<em>the tree of the knowledge of &#8220;value-free curriculum&#8221;,&nbsp;<\/em>then learned to regret their choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0101 On the situation level, the normal context of expertise<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;brings the actuality of a specialized job<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;into relation with the potential of &#8216;an institution&#8217;<sub>1b<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;That institution<sub>1b<\/sub>&nbsp;situates the potential of the content-level nested form.&nbsp;&nbsp;In particular, a post-modern &#8220;scientific&#8221; 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