new nets: centered set and the evangelical impulse

What drives a concern for thinking about set theory?  This is a sub-text in this ongoing conversation.  Maybe set theory is a ruse for being soft on sin.  We don’t want to obey the Bible’s teaching on sin, so we are trying to find a way around it, and set theory is a convenient sin dodge.  The bounded set seems to be driven by a concern for moral rigor or moral purity. Therefore any attempt to consider a different approach must be driven by a concern to accomodate to the surrounding culture when it comes to sin.
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young pastors, young fathers, sons

I know these guys. They are young pastors. Many of them are young fathers. And they are sons. It’s the latter that most impresses me. A son is not always an easy thing to be. Because the world is hard on fathers. Mine fought in the Big War, was shelled in the heaviest day of shelling in the Big War, survived injury, came home, went to college, went to work. They didn’t have a clue in those days about Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. Men muddled through. His father was gassed in the previous Big War. As I said, the world is hard on fathers, almost as hard as it is on mothers.
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