[open]For all our Non-Christian Friends

There is a debate ongoing on the "Suggest a New Forum" forum about the creation of a progressive Anglican sub-forum in the STR forum that would permit posts from non-trinitarians as well as trinitarians and be geared towards progressive (trinitarian and non-trinitarian) Anglicans, Old Catholics, and even possibly Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox. Non-Christians would be allowed to post respectful non-debate fellowship posts or questions. Any in those categories with an interest are invited to head over and post their thoughts:

http://www.christianforums.com/t4802...-proposal.html

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Anyone got any good and liberal books on the Bible?

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you came to the right place for that.

i'll give you some authors and you can research which book you'll interested in :

John Shelby Spong
Marcus Borg
Paul Tillich
Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher
John Dominic Crossan
Hans Kung
Rudolf Bultmann

to name some.

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“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
― Albert Camus

I have some lengthy posts regarding faith, belief, and other mental musings, and am looking for a little dialogue with the type of people who frequent this haunt. I used to post similar threads somewhere on CF back in the day, but don't recall where, and would prefer to avoid the Debate fora, as I recall those having a fairly vicious atmosphere. Is this thread an appropriate place to post them? (Lengthy as in a few pages in a Word document).

I think we could have one of the folks who has a special badge open you a thread.

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. I affirm the Nicene Creed.
For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- Romans 8:38-39

My daughter, 17, has been asking me questions about basic Christianity, many inspired by The DaVinci Code.
I don't feel best qualified to answer, partly through ignorance and partly because my answers often confuse even me!
Could anyone recommend a good introductory book for teens? Something direct and not too academic, preferably. Thanks

Pretty much anything with "for dummies" or "idiot's guide to" in the title is usually a good read, even if you happen to know a great deal on the subject. Avoid anything along the lines of "The Da Vinci Code for dummies," however. The Da Vinci code is highly inaccurate, but not for the reasons most of the Church goes on and on about (I honestly don't care whether or not Jesus had a wife, I'm happy for Him either way, but Brown's treatment of symbols and art is revolting).

I recommend the book Sophie's World.

The History Channel's also another good place on certain days.

Taking an intro to philosophy class is usually a pretty good idea, because early Christianity was influenced by the Greek philosophers (parts of the Gospel of John don't make sense if you don't know what Logos means), and most of the western philosophers in the past couple thousand years were Christians.

I honestly recommend avoiding the Left Behind stuff because those usually deal with specific doctrines that are not universal among Christianity.

The Matrix movies and Fritz Lang's Metropolis also work to some degree (the hero is symbolic of Jesus).

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It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the Dew of Mountain that thoughts acquire speed,
The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning,
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.

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greetings and salutations

High!

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It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion,
It is by the Dew of Mountain that thoughts acquire speed,
The hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning,
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.