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What is so unspeakably horrid about the idea of God loving his people so much, even to the point of self-sacrifice? Of showing that God's power is not one that pounds into submission, but one that gives up everything? I don't think the crucifixion was a necessary part of God's salvation plan...

We're not dead yet! We want to go for a walk!

Hi, Dondi. Thank you for sharing with us this new step in your walk with God. I lean toward the universalist heresy myself, the only caveat being that I don't know what hell is other than separation from God, and that is something we choose. But, I can't put myself in the Universalist camp...

"Love one another as I have loved you."

Is it possible to love without freedom? Can there be freedom without the potential for suffering?

I think actually people may choose to be aesthetic Christians and Jack Spong falls into that category.

The best way to alert Brian and all the mods is to report the post. Click on the little flag button on the post. :)

God is sovereign over all, not just the bits not explained yet by science. In fact, you could think of 'science' as a subset of 'theology.' God is Ground of Being, to take a phrase from Paul Tillich. Very nice! :)

Delightful post, Thomas. What a pleasure to read your brimming over with joy at the discovery of these treasures of thought. Maybe it is a sad fall-out of the Enlightenment that we have a more difficult time envisioning the body (and resurrection, transformation) as part of the afterlife.

You are a person. Crawl in the 'morning,' walk upright, then with a cane, and then carried by 8 pall-bearers at 'night.' :D

You can say that again. :D I should refrain from starting new threads late at night.

Good rep for you! :D (guess I gave too many easy clues)

I can be measured, but I can't be proven to exist. Some people experience more of me than others. Some people experience me differently than others. But everyone experiences me. I slow down the faster you go. I fly and I crawl, I run away from you frequently. I am always...

I think that would fall short. Psychology is wrapped up in everything humans do, and I belive that religions often are a 'management process' for psychological needs. I think that is a good thing. It is a terrible thing to live with existential angst. But, it is not logically necessary to...

I think it is a shame Thomas, but I can't say I blame you. I really like your postings on your faith and religion. But, I agree that it is very frustrating to know that EVERY post you make about your religion is going to be jumped on from six different angles. I guess a bit of my own...

My patience with people who reject evolution on religious grounds has worn thin. Most of them are ready to say that I'm not a true Christian anyway, so I've decided I might just as well say that they are dead wrong about this, and when this view is pushed into public schools it also...

I think the life of Bread was just fine. :) YouTube - Bread - It don't matter to me

Yes, that's him. Especially relevant as he was an orthodox Christian writing to promote the scientific view of evolution.

Hi Chris. Hope you are well. :) From my perspective your answer puts the cart before the horse. Our lives have meaning, and religions (not just those that talk about salvation) are ways to connect with that meaning. I agree with your second sentence. Saved from insignificance? I...

In the spirit of discussion and polite debate, :) "Saved from what?" must be one of the most common questions Christians get from others. How do you answer this question? What does it mean to be saved? Our Bible sutdy group started Romans Chapt 10 this morning. We got all of 4 lines...