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It would have been a bit controversial, to say the least, for Jesus to have healed a Roman officer's servant. I looked up the passage: But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I too am a man under...

God walks with us everyday. We are faced with the tree of knowledge everyday. We are tempted by chaos (the serpent) everyday. The story of the garden of eden is one of why things are the way they are. :)

What Jeanott said and what you say here seems to be particularly true of fundamentalists, legalists and conservatives. Not so true of traditionalists (which is why I think all the great mystics were (are) Catholic). Check out the website Lighthouse Trails Research Project. They expose the...

I really enjoyed Rabbi Harold Kushner's book "To Life!" (although it does have some anti-Christian polemic).

The scriptures I look to as a carrier of wisdom is the Judeo-Christian bible, with apocrypha. Commentaries on the Bible that I look to are writings of the early church fathers and some Rabbinical sources. I also like Thomas Merton, Meister Eckhart, Matthew Fox, Keith Ward, Brian McLaren, and...

Very true. For simplicity sake, I use the "self definition" given by fundamentalists to themselves: Inerrancy of the Scriptures The virgin birth and the deity of Jesus The doctrine of substitutionary atonement through God's grace The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ's premillennial second...

That would be me. Ex-fundamentalist. Ex-liberal. Progressively evangelical. Traditionally creedal. :cool:

Was this thread a break-off of another thread? I'm not sure I understand the nature of your question (which was perhaps covered in another thread). Telos (from which teleology derives) means "end, purpose or goal." Teleology is the study of objects with a view to their purpose. Dualism factors...

Heh. You should read "Jesus Unplugged" by Bert Gary. The whole book is a closer look at the 'provocative' side of Jesus. Regarding some of the above situations I think: Was symbolic. Was a pissed-off Rabbi that loved his Father and wasn't afraid to say so. Was Jesus trading barbs with a very...

The important point about the story of Eden is not that it happened, but that it happens. Cryptic eh? :D

Hi Ruby. I think the NT writers DID embellish their stories about Jesus. Each gospel writer used elements that would appeal to the main readers of their version of the gospel. Each writer also seems to have put their own personal spin on events. Paul taylored his words to appeal to those he...

Nice way to put it. I recently heard an illustration (that I found quoted in part on the web) that agrees with your point. It is from Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell: "An answer... raises even deeper questions. ...Truth always leads to more...truth. Because truth is insight...

In your opinion, what paradigm should be used as the "measuring stick"? :)