The Ooze Book Review: Through the River

Jim,

Thanks for the honest and concise review of our book, Through the River. We appreciate you taking the time to read it and process it. In your review you outlined one of our key objectives – to make the topic of epistemology and the impact it has on our lives accessible to a wider audience. One of our great challenges in writing the book was to give a taste of all that is involved in the history and the theory while not allowing ourselves to jump into too deep of water.

In fact, our objective was to provide “Simplicity beyond complexity.” as Einstein has said. Some will say we did that well, others my think we oversimplified. But if it helps a mom understand her truth lens and that of her daughter who is away at college, then we have succeeded.

I do have a question about one of your comments. You seem to criticize the idea that truth can be known at all. Did I read that correctly? You are right that all three of the truth lenses we talk about in the book are based on the assumption that truth can be known. We do refer to those who do not believe that truth can be known. In our analogy they are not the rock dwellers who believe that people can know all truth if they work hard enough at it, they are not the island dwellers who believe in a personal truth and they are not the valley dwellers who believe that there is truth you know and truth you are learning in community. Instead, those who don’t believe in truth are those who are floating down the river. It is our hope that anyone who does not have a firm belief that truth can be known will settle in one of these communities and avoid the disastrous end to their trip down the river.

I guess I would ask how you view truth and what can you share about your journey to understand God more clearly and grow in Him?

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