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Good luck with school. :)

Meti and Yeti? Are they relatives? :)

I read some of the better points at the beginning of this topic. I agree that Christianity was subject to many pulls among its early followers. And if those followers came together under one creed does not mean to say that all previous difference it to be edited out. The Gospels are proof of...

My interpretation is simply that. It is not a truth, simply as way of addressing an issue I can never entertain complete surety of. It may be simplistic but that is the intention of my comment. I have not the ability to write a essay length perception drawn from various conjectures. I simply...

To be said, when we are considering certain problems then those words and events most associated with such an overall concern would therefore have more meaning. If I were in grief all things related to death and loss may be most visible, later hope and freedom. If I were in humour I would see...

I have a question to ask. How is evil treated in the east? I have seen pictures of paintings that were Buddhist and Hindu showing Hell, and Heaven in Confucian art. There were demons and hell of a kind there. Is this influenced by Christian beliefs, or is there a real sense of evil, or...

It is a very major question. How does God account for the actions of individuals if we have Free Will? Some fundamentalists would see it as a reason for dismissing others as foolish. My thought it is that there is something beyond the immediate reasoning at work here.

The main Gospel of Thomas is quite an eye opener. Some think it's Q.

It is interesting to read Polycarp's comments on language. I wonder how much the Aramaic or the Greek conveyed so much more than is readibly conceivable from the English? Truly the Bible is a deep deep well to drink from.

The Pharisees were the letter of the Law. Jesus was the spirit of the Law. That is my interpretation.

For all the protests about the sacrosanct nature of scriptures I can quite agree. The New Testament has undergone various different suggestions on its origins and compositions. What these theories tell us is not truth or claims of truth but of possibilities and possible possibilities. Sometimes...

I always have questions. The past week was not good for me. Faith can be a brittle thing. Everything is a journey though and sometimes we step in poop.

My reply on the other post was as much a reply to this as that. I was signed out during posting and had to come back. I hope I did not post in the wrong one.

Though the news and situation is quite regrettable it is worth emphasising that the document was over 40 years old. The world has changed greatly since then and even the Catholic church has.

To say that Jesus were simply a man out to connive and trick people for material gain is to see too narrow a picture. Whereas I was not there 2000 years ago and so cannot prove your idea wrong it does suggest that you think that fooling people with promises is easy. In that way I believe you...

I am not addicted but I do enjoy using it. It makes for an interesting distraction during the day and evening. The internet has become like television. There is simply use and perhaps too much sometimes.

The arguments over gay bishops has become almost intolerable. The righteousness of conflicting interpretations has become a meaningless argument in itself.

That link is interesting and does work! I believe the question elsewhere has been raised as to why Jesus did not pen his words himself. In the light of such articles it focusses the question stronger. It especially highlights more the question of why we have no trace of Jesus in contemporary...

It sounds like an interesting article yet the link does not work for me.

I like that. Are you a writer? Or a preacher? It makes for interesting reading. My particular problem is that I hear the voice but not the words. I have also become confused of what Christ is or was or may yet to be. How faithfully does doctrine reflect Jesus when He rebelled against doctrine in...