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Excellent Q! That was great detective work...in fact, I found a section that sounded most like it in that very book (chapter IX), but I guess I shoulda kept on reading. ::: tips hat :::

Hello Quahom1, thank you for the prompt response. Origen is an early Christian church father (early third century CE), therefore it is intrinsically a question of historical Christianity. ;) An index of Origen's works can be found on CCEL.org for further information (bottom of the...

So, on the latest issue of Newsweek there is a quote attributed to Origen of Alexandria. It is far better to accept teachings with reason and wisdom than with mere faith. However, I cannot find in CCEL or any of my library sources a reference for this quote. Does anyone recognize it and...

From a traditional Christian viewpoint (not my own, but seeing it from their perspective), consider an example posed by one of my own. Let's say you are poor and in debt beyond what you have any capability of paying. I have enough money to pay all of your debts and completely eliminate them...

I always have to ask someone to define their terms for me. Sometimes what we are discussing needs refinement before it can move forward. Using a Jewish example, if someone asked me what I believed about henotheism, I would ask them to define it. Using a Christian example, if someone asked a...

Sorry to be absent a few days; been quite a week with finals. My three points can be classified as such: 1. Argument from Experience 2. Argument from Experience 3. Cosmological Argument *OR* Teleological Argument (whichever is closer to cosmology) Essentially what Dauer said; the...

Hello TrueBoi, I can only speak in my tradition of Christianity. I'm not too sure I can answer in 9th grade English, but here goes (And remember not to plagiarize...write it out in your own words. This post is prolierated enough that any teacher worth her salt can find it via a Google...

Hysterical. Absolutely loved it. "Blessed are the Cheesemakers." "Well, obviously they meant any producers of dairy products"

Kinda. I haven't read enough of Spong to know, but Borg is a classically-trained theologian who is trying to get stuff to work out without a worldview shift. Still, I read both, and I don't have a problem with it! :p Potentiality is potential, as in possibility. If God knows everything, then...

I am. I recently read God Christ Church by Marjorie Suchocki, and it was an amazing book. I highly recommend it for its down-to-earth examples and practical implications of process thought. She also has an appendix that explains in technical detail the nuances of Process Theology. (side...

I just got a new book from my mother for my birthday...she teaches at a Catholic High School, so she sends me the best of their stuff. Reading currently The Holy Longing by Ronals Rolheiser.

[Master of Ceremonies] Hello all, thank you, thank you. Please, remain seated...the show will start in a few minutes; we had some trouble with the projector, but it will only be a few minutes. In the meantime, here's some words of introduction from our custodian: [Cross+Flame] My, what am...