First, thanks for both of your responses re: Eriugena. I think you both explained it about the best possible given our meat-brain capacities. Or incapacities. Whatever. I think, as Aaron said, the problem comes when we define God as "infinite" which would mean that all things are of Him. That is why Eriugena (and you) said "nothing" would be a better term.
Moving on, I was preparing my lesson on WWII and came across this bit of info about Bonhoeffer. He said that ethics is determined by two things:
- The need of one's neighbor
- The model of Jesus of Nazareth.
There are no other guides, since Bonhoeffer denies that we can have knowledge of good and evil. Your thoughts?
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