At the same time?
I don't think it is.
The difference between right and wrong, weak and strong, think about it.
I think the fundamental problem here is that it is not possible to entertain more than one difference at a time.
You can't check your mirrors and drive in a straight line at the same time, for example. You can hold you arms still and turn around for a second, no problem, but you don't "know" that you are headed in a straight line for that second, you "assume" you are headed in a straight line for that second. And if you can't tell, what then?
What are the implications of this? Well, it is something to do with blind faith. You can tell your mind is making a difference when you check, but the rest of the time, all you can do is "assume" your mind is making a difference. You can tell you see what you see when you check, but the rest of the time, all you can do is "assume" you see what you see. At some point, you have to accept that there is more going on in the world, than you know what to do anything about, more than you can say will help one way or the other. You have to have faith.
If you have to have faith, then why pursue avenues of doubt? Why question God, who by definition does not get in the way any way, who simply warns when danger is imminent and offers advice based on experience when life gets hard. That's the God I serve anyway, not a miraculous God, who turns the tide of the impossible back on itself, though certainly He had a part in that, but a God who makes the cut. A God who says "No you cannot tell the difference between right and wrong, weak and strong at the same time" and leaves it at that.
All the arguing about who is right and wrong can go jump for all I care. Think about it, if someone says "you're wrong" is that "weak wrong" or "strong wrong"? They can't tell the difference! They've already decided you are wrong and that's final. And if they can't tell that difference, what other differences can't they tell? All that time preparing to show yourself to have the faith that men demand of you and you are told simply "wrong"? "Wrong" in what way? "Wrong" to what extent? And all your good works are to be simply abandoned?
No, that is why we come to a God of mercy and forgiveness and justice. Because without Him we can't tell what difference we should be paying attention to, without Him we can't justify one difference over another. How do you justify right and wrong, more than weak and strong? How do you forget right and wrong, for weak and strong? This is the argument of the ages! And the time is now! Weak and Strong Rule the Day, Right and Wrong is for the Reward of the Night. Do you think I speak in riddles? No! No! I am just glimpsing a parallel where wrong is not necessarily weak, and right is not necessarily strong!
I don't think it is.
The difference between right and wrong, weak and strong, think about it.
I think the fundamental problem here is that it is not possible to entertain more than one difference at a time.
You can't check your mirrors and drive in a straight line at the same time, for example. You can hold you arms still and turn around for a second, no problem, but you don't "know" that you are headed in a straight line for that second, you "assume" you are headed in a straight line for that second. And if you can't tell, what then?
What are the implications of this? Well, it is something to do with blind faith. You can tell your mind is making a difference when you check, but the rest of the time, all you can do is "assume" your mind is making a difference. You can tell you see what you see when you check, but the rest of the time, all you can do is "assume" you see what you see. At some point, you have to accept that there is more going on in the world, than you know what to do anything about, more than you can say will help one way or the other. You have to have faith.
If you have to have faith, then why pursue avenues of doubt? Why question God, who by definition does not get in the way any way, who simply warns when danger is imminent and offers advice based on experience when life gets hard. That's the God I serve anyway, not a miraculous God, who turns the tide of the impossible back on itself, though certainly He had a part in that, but a God who makes the cut. A God who says "No you cannot tell the difference between right and wrong, weak and strong at the same time" and leaves it at that.
All the arguing about who is right and wrong can go jump for all I care. Think about it, if someone says "you're wrong" is that "weak wrong" or "strong wrong"? They can't tell the difference! They've already decided you are wrong and that's final. And if they can't tell that difference, what other differences can't they tell? All that time preparing to show yourself to have the faith that men demand of you and you are told simply "wrong"? "Wrong" in what way? "Wrong" to what extent? And all your good works are to be simply abandoned?
No, that is why we come to a God of mercy and forgiveness and justice. Because without Him we can't tell what difference we should be paying attention to, without Him we can't justify one difference over another. How do you justify right and wrong, more than weak and strong? How do you forget right and wrong, for weak and strong? This is the argument of the ages! And the time is now! Weak and Strong Rule the Day, Right and Wrong is for the Reward of the Night. Do you think I speak in riddles? No! No! I am just glimpsing a parallel where wrong is not necessarily weak, and right is not necessarily strong!
