Be
that discussion about Christianity, or outdated racist science.
This is all the more relevant in light of the current
discussion about Christianity and culture First Things has stimulated.
'' why is it that
a discussion about Christianity sparks such hateful and closed - minded discussion?»
Not exact matches
About ten years ago I got heavily involved in the Bishop Spong discussion about how Christianity should change or
About ten years ago I got heavily involved in the Bishop Spong
discussion about how Christianity should change or
about how
Christianity should change or die.
The
discussion about the relationship of
Christianity to other religions has given new relevance to a long - standing dispute between the Roman Catholic and the Orthodox Churches
about the relation of the Holy Spirit to the other two persons of the Trinity — the so - called «filioque» («and the Son») dispute.
There's been quite a bit of
discussion lately on my blog and all my social media sites
about belief and unbelief,
Christianity and Atheism.
This is most clear in the
discussion about whether converts to
Christianity needed to follow all Jewish customs.
True, the historic creeds — Apostles» and Nicene — are presupposed in all our
discussions, but there is profound significance in the fact that when a modern ecumenical conference goes in search of a conception which will set forth the essential content of historic
Christianity, it does not expect to find it in a philosophical speculation
about God, but in a revelation of his character and his disposition toward man.
What really makes people show disrespectful and not used to civilized / scholarly
discussion is when they go into news forums talking
about the catholic faith,
christianity, judaism etc. and start insulting with a very proud and selfish tone, and in obvious bad faith.
Every
discussion about the «point of contact»,
about the historical and supra - historical elements in
Christianity,
about apotheosis and incarnation, has always revolved around this relation between
Christianity and classical humanism.
Highlights for me included: 1) Belcher's call in Chapter 3 to find common ground in classic / orthodox
Christianity (the Apostle's Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed) which, if applied, would dramatically reduce some of the name - calling and accusations of heresy that have been most unhelpful in the
discussion between the emerging and traditional camps, 2) Belcher's fabulous treatment of postmodernism and postfoundationalism in Chapter 4, where he rightly explains that when talking
about postmodernism, folks in the emerging church and the traditional church are using the same term to refer to two completely different things, and where he concludes that «a third way rejects classical foundationalism and hard postmodernism,» and 3) Belcher's fair handling of the atonement issue in Chapter 6, in which he clarifies that most emergering church leaders «are not against atonement theories and justification, but want to see it balanced with the message of the kingdom of God.»
Friendly Atheist: On Tuesday I wrote a post for Relevant Online
about Christianity and evolution that generated a lively
discussion, particularly over at Friendly Atheist, where Hemant Mehta argues that it's not enough to say that the evidence supports evolution; one must concede that the evidence rules God out completely.
And though neither side represented anything resembling a conventional view of
Christianity, what transpired (at least for the first half of the interview), was an entertaining and relatively well - mannered
discussion about the dangerous — but passionately followed — theological perspective and hate - speech of the «church» members.
The
discussion is
about Islam, not
Christianity.
They engage in sincere
discussions about faith and
Christianity.
The forum is home to
discussions about general interest topics like music, travel, and current events, as well as a wide range of dating - specific
discussions and conversations
about Christianity.
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Discussion of issues related to
Christianity / theology and persons with disability, hosted by Jeff McNair, a Special Education professor.Jeff and his wife Kathi have been involved in ministry with adults with intellectual disabilities for 35 years.With the idea of developing maturity through asking the question is small steps toward a goal has grown out of the article they wrote.
In that there has been
discussion of
Christianity on this thread, let me just add that those who understand what
Christianity is all
about are very much aware of the fact that we have a relationship and communication channel with our Creator, through our living Saviour, Jesus Christ.
About Blog
Discussion of issues related to
Christianity / theology and persons with disability, hosted by Jeff McNair, a Special Education professor.Jeff and his wife Kathi have been involved in ministry with adults with intellectual disabilities for 35 years.With the idea of developing maturity through asking the question is small steps toward a goal has grown out of the article they wrote.
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