Christianity stands or falls as a living program, a way of life, made concrete in the life of man by the life of God through the life of the concretely living Christ.
Outward failure may be a manifested variant of inward success.
The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.
Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions.
Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it.