{"id":662,"date":"2008-03-25T11:37:41","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T19:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2008\/03\/25\/vocab-of-compromise-in-use\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T11:37:41","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T19:37:41","slug":"vocab-of-compromise-in-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oxgoad.ca\/2008\/03\/25\/vocab-of-compromise-in-use\/","title":{"rendered":"vocab of compromise in use"},"content":{"rendered":"

In light of my post ‘the vocabulary of compromise’<\/a>, it was interesting to see one of the words show up on a fundamentalist blog recently.<\/p>\n

This is the post<\/a>, the word shows up in the comments. I will tell you which word it is after the ‘more’ tag … can you pick it up before you look?<\/p>\n

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Give up? The word is ‘dialogue’. You might recall my note on dialogue<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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If dialogue is to occur, these assumptions must be made: <\/p>\n

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  • Neither party possesses the truth\n
  • Each can learn from the other\n
  • The fruit of dialogue will be greater progress toward the truth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Now, the person using the word is coming from the evangelical side of the world. What does his use of the word mean?<\/p>\n

    Would you say that an ‘invitation to dialogue’ was issued? Did ‘dialogue’ take place?<\/p>\n

    If anything took place, were any fundamentalist people edified (strengthened, built up) by the exchange?<\/p>\n

    I’m just asking… I’ve been told that it is a sin to judge motives, so let’s assume all the motivations here are as pure as the driven snow.<\/p>\n

    But something surely took place here, didn’t it? Was it an advance for truth or not? I’m not entirely sure.<\/p>\n

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