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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:38 PM Original message |
Questions for DU Christians |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Recommended. nt |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. I'm a Girardian Christian. |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Follow up question |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Again, as a Girardian, there are parts of the Old Testament that are important. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Don't mean to be answering for him, but... |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. I can admire that brand of Christianity even if I don't believe it myself |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
26. And exactly how would you propose |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. If you could ask that again respectfully, I might be moved to answer. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Somehow, I doubt it |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. read your own sig line SS |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #38 |
43. Nice try |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. I would like to give you a very general overview I have |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Greetings from another Baptist. Things were different then. |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. Yes they were, but I am not |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:36 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I have a small problem with what you posted. |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Why do you assume I literally believe in a burning hell? |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
39. depending on who you ask... |
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GKirk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 05:38 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. I think everyone should be forced... |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 07:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Didn't George Carlin say that? And if they didn't just kill 'em. Just kidding. |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. Well, I'm not a Christian anymore, but I think I can answer why this thread will probably be short. |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. That was sort of the impetus for my questions |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
9. Should all of America |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. False equivalency. I don't blame the 2,000 year old book |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 10:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. 1. If, for the purposes of this dialogue, we have to begin with the assumption that The Bible is |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Lets start with the assumption |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
40. yes, I think so |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. 2. No, partly because I don't go to church anymore and haven't done so for |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
18. You know that I'm going to pull out the One True Scotsman here |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:31 AM Response to Reply #18 |
41. Thats not a Christian's job |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-02-11 11:16 PM Response to Original message |
12. The problem with the Bible |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #12 |
19. If that's the case, then do we even need the Bible at all? |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 09:26 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. That's for Christians to decide, and I'm not Christian |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And thus my questions |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. No argument on the points |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Absolutely! |
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napoleon_in_rags (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
13. The role of the Bible itself is a theological debate. |
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EvolveOrConvolve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. If it has become so ambiguous |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
28. Here's a take, thinking you might be barking up the wrong tree. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:51 AM Response to Original message |
34. The Bible is what it is and should be left alone |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. If that were true, none of this |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
35. The problem with all this... |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:12 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. good post |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Spreading the word doesn't mean imposing a religion. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #42 |
45. That's your interpretation |
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jeepnstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. They're wrong. Dead wrong. |
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skepticscott (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Again, that's your interpretation |
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darkstar3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 06:00 PM Response to Reply #35 |
48. This is another example of why I had a problem adhering to Christianity. |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:08 AM Response to Original message |
36. heres my take |
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