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I have only two minor complaints about this site. I'd like a maximizable Post Reply window, and I wish there was a folder tree at the bottom as well as top of the page. That's it.

Who's orthodox? Thomas for sure, but who else? I can hear it now, "hey bud, this is the Orthodox board, non of that sola scriptura here. Now, run along and play with your little Liberal friends." I just think things should be labeled accurately. Orthodox is not the same as Conservative...

Well, like wil I find the whole matter inconsequential in the wide lens. It's a scuffle for status and I have no standing being merely an interested bystander. I have no petard to hoist.:) It's all good fun!

Thanks for the history in a nutshell, Juan. From what I can see there is no Liberal Christianity faction. Such would be comprised of Anglicans, Christ Church, liberal Methodists, maybe reformed Quakers... All would still hold to the same essential confession of Christ, but also hold more...

I agree. And as wil has pointed out, the issue is less substantive than it is political. The Liberal Christianity forum is under B&S, which is described as place for General thinking beyond the boundaries of religion and organised belief. But that isn't what Liberal Christianity is. It's...

I still don't understand why Christianity has been separated into camps. Liberal Christianity is every bit as mainstream as conservative Christianity. Just ask some Episcopalians. And anything which lightly touches on Christianity is germane to the topic of Christianity. Why does the...

I've felt that when I was snow skiing. You know, when you're on the very edge of control going just a smidge faster than you can think. I always think that's what the Buddhists refer to as zen, but I'm not sure. Anyway, in those kind of experiences you just do without thought, so no time for...

I'm not sure why religion isn't seen as evolving into it's ultimate purity through divesting itself of no longer necessary functions like science and politics. Why should it still be a tool of hegemonic control? I can't understand the nostalgia for ritualistic anachronisms. If we want to make...

I won't presume to answer your question, it's a good one. I would suggest, though, that religion evolved to provide a central repository for the collective tribal knowledge. The only way for a tribe to get ahead, civ-wise, and considering short lifespans, was to organize a tribal cult to...

Yeah, I'll go along with that definition. There is definitely a life force. My faith in that is 100%.

That sounds nice, but... doubt is an important component of critical thinking. Measure twice, cut once, that's useful doubt in action. I suppose in a non-physical environment, like some supremely enlightened state, there's no use for doubt. But down here on earth we need doubt in almost...

Hi MW! I just want to say first that you're one of the most interesting people I've met, here or anywhere. I'm so glad you're here. The unfortunate reality for a lot of people, myself included, is that it takes two wages earners to live. My wife and I have evolved a complicated arrangement...

We don't ask directions because we know all the other men are as clueless as us. You girls think there must be another man who knows more than us, which we, of course, can in nowise allow! I'm the designated assembler in our family. I get to put together all the Christmas stuff and everything...

[I]What if God was one of us with a prong and an anus... What prevents me is that you have to buy some original premise on faith. You have to believe so that you can believe. I can't do that. [/SIZE][/FONT][/SIZE][/FONT]

Yeah, I would have liked to read his prophecy as well. It would have been interesting. But he could've cut the fiddle farting around and at least spit out a rough draft. The thread title was what he really wanted to discuss it seems, as the conversation between him and BB shows, so it makes...

Oops, wrong thread!

No, a proclaimed prophet is no threat. A pain in the ass, but not a threat. I had the distinct impression from the beginning that we weren't going to get the prophecy, though. In the end we got a link to this person's website. All in all it's no worse than Dondi selling coffee beans. La dee...

Does conniving fall under the category? How about pretending to pay attention? I've perfected that.

Mine is a big black woman with an enormous afro who rides a Harley.

So, PP knows that if he posts his prophecy he'll be banned, but he starts a thread advertising that he's going to post his prophecy. That's pretty disingenuous. Classic bait and switch.