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1) He was never a Christian to begin with. 2) He is burning forever in Hell. Good riddance.

You know -— you might want to consider reading some of the works of Matthew Fox, a latter-day Christian mystic. Fox was a Catholic priest until he was silenced by the Roman Catholic Church, so he became an Episcopal priest. For a real eye-opener (and mind-opener!), read the writings of Meister...

It appears that this forum, Liberal Catholics and the ELCA/ELCIC Lutherans are still relatively sane. I've heard VERY bad things about CF in the time I've been gone and stopped by to look. If I stay at CF, I'll probably stay in here but avoid politics, social issues, etc. -— kinda looks like...

Oh, I'm sorry: I thought your response (the one to which I responded) was serious. I wasn't aware that you were being sarcastic. My bad.

I made a list which includes the following: 1. I have talked about cleaning out the garage for five years: this year, I'm actually going to clean out the garage; and while I'm at it I'll go through the books on my bookshelves, get rid of the ones I have no intention using and donate them; and...

My congregation uses ELW, and we love it. I'm not sure why some hymns weren't included in ELW; but we culled through the LBW, With One Voice and hymnals from other denominational traditions and made our own "hymnal-ette" of about 200 hymns and now everybody is happy!

"Conservative values" does not equate with "political conservatism" or "social conservatism". Politically, I'm a socialist; socially, I'm a social libertarian. I'm 56 and gay, and I've been out since 1970 when I was 15. (Yes, I came out in high school in 1970!) As far as political...

Oh, I figured Jesus hates me because I'm gay and I'm in a 21 year, same-sex relationship with the same man. At least that's what the Republicans, the fundagelicals, the Tea Baggers and the True Christians® tell me. Seriously - could you imagine having to share Heaven with the likes of ME? :kiss:

I don't think fundagelicals have made an idol of Jesus, per se: I do believe they have turned Scripture into a god unto itself, that they worship that particular god (called bibliolatry) and they have decided that they alone are the True Christians®. I believe in doing so they've pretty much...

To be specific, the Democratic Socialist Party in America, and I have been for quite some years. I know it's hard for fundagelicals and Republicans to believe this, but I'm actually a socialist as a result of my own religious beliefs: I'm quite aware that only conservative Christians...

...laid off from the job I had for ten years (the company is in serious danger of going bankrupt, and it has nothing to do with the surgeries) but my walking speed is up to almost two miles an hour! Oh -- and in the midst of all those surgeries, I got really, REALLY mad at God, very nearly...

I wouldn't advise her against marrying him, but knowing how conservative my sister is I'd ask her if she'd thought through the differences in her religion and his, and how she was going to reconcile those differences. No, I really wouldn't give her hair style a second thought. Terribly...

Wow -- participating on another board and answering 2,500 questions has made this one REAL easy to assess. Your roommate is a control freak with emotional problems. Unfortunately, there is no incentive for her to do anything about her behavior as long as the people around her are cowed and...

WE'RE the liberals your pastor warned you about!!! (Or, to be grammatically correct: "WE'RE the liberals about whom your pastor warned [you]!")

What's scary is that YOU were the one who pegged ME as a conservative! (I re-read C.S. Lewis again, and I really DON'T have a problem with anything he says! ;))

Did you see the hook echo on the one which passed just to the northeast of St. Paul? And for that matter, on the one which just passed through Waterloo, IA?

I like the way "pro-homosexual group" is used. It adds so much to the general tone of condescension in the referenced article. :sigh:

Bump: this is too important, and too dangerous a situation to let slide onto the next page.

It's FAUX NOISE, whose idea of being "fair and impartial" is describing any Republican who makes a serious mistake as a "Democrat" (Senator Larry Craig, Rep. Mark Foley, Jack Abramoff) and who has excoriated both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama while giving John McCain a free pass (despited...

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF PARTS OF NORTHERN IOWA MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA MUCH OF WESTERN WISCONSIN A LARGE PART OF IOWA EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 205 PM UNTIL 900 PM CDT (10:00 PM...