Kierkegaard's philosophy dissertation was entitled "On the Concept of Irony with constant reference to Socrates". Hence he was arguably a student/disciple of Socrates, and like Socrates, he considered that he, too, had a "a mission from the god". However, in Kierkegaard's case, it was not a mission from "the god (Apollo) at Delphi", but, rather, a possible metaphorical "mission" from the Christian God of Protestantism (whatever brand practiced by the Danish National Church --- perhaps a brand of Lutheranism; I'm unsure on that point).
Like Socrates, Kierkegaard refused to accept "pat answers" to his questions. Also like Socrates, he tried to "gadfly" his fellow Danish citizens into taking their religion more seriously and their relationship with God more personally/subjectively. The rhetoric and dialectic he employed are eminently "Socratic", including the much overvalued (in my opinion) so-called "Socratic Irony" --- considered as a Socrates who is only being "ironical" about his lack of knowledge of certain points. Personally I don't think that Socrates was being "ironical" when he professed a lack of knowledge, since he KNEW both (1) what he KNEW and (2) also what he did NOT KNOW.
At any rate, most Christians ought to admit that God is unknowable, which is why they have to take God's existence "on faith", rather than "on knowledge". And using dialectic and rhetoric to expose this (and any other sort of) "lack of knowledge" among one's interlocutors or fellow citizens or debate partners is ABSOLUTELY SOCRATIC --- as well as a constant in Kierkegaard's so-called (by you questioner) "view".
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Kierkegaard's philosophy dissertation was entitled "On the Concept of Irony with constant reference to Socrates". Hence he was arguably a student/disciple of Socrates, and like Socrates, he considered that he, too, had a "a mission from the god". However, in Kierkegaard's case, it was not a mission from "the god (Apollo) at Delphi", but, rather, a possible metaphorical "mission" from the Christian God of Protestantism (whatever brand practiced by the Danish National Church --- perhaps a brand of Lutheranism; I'm unsure on that point).
Like Socrates, Kierkegaard refused to accept "pat answers" to his questions. Also like Socrates, he tried to "gadfly" his fellow Danish citizens into taking their religion more seriously and their relationship with God more personally/subjectively. The rhetoric and dialectic he employed are eminently "Socratic", including the much overvalued (in my opinion) so-called "Socratic Irony" --- considered as a Socrates who is only being "ironical" about his lack of knowledge of certain points. Personally I don't think that Socrates was being "ironical" when he professed a lack of knowledge, since he KNEW both (1) what he KNEW and (2) also what he did NOT KNOW.
At any rate, most Christians ought to admit that God is unknowable, which is why they have to take God's existence "on faith", rather than "on knowledge". And using dialectic and rhetoric to expose this (and any other sort of) "lack of knowledge" among one's interlocutors or fellow citizens or debate partners is ABSOLUTELY SOCRATIC --- as well as a constant in Kierkegaard's so-called (by you questioner) "view".
Kevin