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Many would call this blasphemy...others progress. What would the Thomas I first met say? I think one of the missions of the church is to save us spiritually and ohysically...but I wonder is the mission of this reform to save the church?

Chinese New Year, Ramadan, and Fat Tuesday? Come on really?

My minister speaks of a masters class he took at Loyola University whose mission is to inspire students to learn, lead, and serve in a diverse and changing world, rooted in the Jesuit tradition of academic excellence and social justice. The Priest basically said the church fathers determined...

In Charles Fillmore's metaphysics, garments of skins symbolize the physical body and the densification of consciousness. Core Interpretation When humanity lost its awareness of spiritual perfection (the "Edenic" state), Divine Love provided a protective casing. This transition represents...

I so wish Iived in a land where the majority of the believing inhabitants were not literalists...and vocal...and insistent...but alas. Now I would imagine what you are relating is graduate level theology...but it is my belief that the world would be a better place if is first became introduced...

First of\nAll you rock.\nThis is a great question set of questions, post in general.

From the Prophet by Kahlil Gibran On Children Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to any. You may give them your love but not your thoughts...

You asked a bundle of questions in your OP. I answered only the first one...and for that you lambasted me with... So it is now made apparent by you you did not want to know the answers to any question but your last one. Which is a huge assumption...that we all treat everything as inferior...

I recall reading after the edict of Milan Constantine's mother, Helena, traveled to Jerusalem and the Holy Land to identify and "label" sacred locations. Based on local traditions and her own investigations, she identified several key sites. I thought that was interesting.

It dont take much to find scripture where our loving G!d aint so loving. But if we play a no free will game is anything evil? Beauty like evil is in the eye of the beholder and we will easily find rationale where something is or isn't evil depending on perspective (ask a vegan) But created...

Alright no free will folks....does that mean forums dont need moderators?

Is the implication that issues with science is similar to issues with virgin birth, seven days of creation?

The end of a year, the beginning of a new, cleanup on aisle three...all your efforts are appreciated by this interloper....continue on with our appreciation which often comes out sounding like complaints as we, the royal we fumble thru life and the net that we are bound by. Me, I will continue...

Obviously we are playing in the playground we know...and what is unknown is what our actions have in the playground we dont know. Early surgeons thought a bloody gown from the last operation indicated a prowess in their field while unbeknownst to them they were transferring disease and bacteria...

Is there a realistic theology? I mean arent all origin stories so full of obvious holes they need to be taken as somewhere between mythology, allegory and parables? We aint so different... Mind (Father): The source or "Thinker." Idea (Son): The perfect "Thought" or "Word." Expression (Holy...

Somehow I see this as indicative of our world today. Of the things our world needs, compassion, patience, and acceptance of what is.... Surely this doesn't fit the realm of unacceptable. It almost (to me) feels like a lesson in developing understanding that I and my frivolous needs for...

Its that time in the Phillipines! I was on a call with the movement when it occurred...it is headed my way in another 11 hours.

Thara ok, I am not smart enough to say it more succinctly

I believe he is saying that his post did not format correctly and when he tried to provide a link to the other thread it did not hypertext the link and instead posted it as regular text.

Merry Christmas... I think of favorite Christmas songs... As a kid it was Must Be Santa as song by Mitch Miller's choir on his Christmas album. We watched religiously the Sing Along with Mitch in the early 60s "follow the bouncing ball" it was basically early karaoke on television as our...