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Not sure if you still come here, but There are some pretty interesting cultural factors that should inform our interpretation: Honor and shame, hospitality, patronage, group boundaries, and the way the earliest Christians thought about who was of greatest concern. I don't have time to discuss...

It's been a month since the OP was posted, but You can pick up any textbook used at a university / college level and start there. I think your questions are legitimate, sensible and worth pursuing; I've done that myself for the last decade. It's a really interesting journey that'll take you...

It's a good point that different people use language differently, but this is not a substantiated argument at all. You are arguing based on labels as opposed to empirical evidence. prog's question of manuscript evidence is a legitimate one and it is not persuasive to say "check out the...

I am not openly emotional but I will tell you with tears in my eyes that if it were not for someone in university, on this board, telling me that things are really different and that highschool doesn't set the course of your life (or something very significant), I would be in a very bad place...

Would like to say something. editing == I have been in CFT for almost 6 years and I modded for 13 months at some point. Over these 6 years I have followed a number of changes in CF, watching processes run their course and begin other processes. I was surprised to find a "mess" like...

Understanding MBTI more will help interpret these sorts of things. I actually came across this a year or two ago and found it quite interesting. There do seem to be kinds of prayer that are more appropriate for certain types, and I would add that having a more appropriate kind of prayer...

" "Many people think Catholics believe in three gods," Stagnaro said, pointing to three knots in a rope. "But," he said as he made the knots disappear, "it's really one God in three forms." People smiled and clapped." Is that in the catechism? o_O Last time I checked what that magician is...

It's nice to see potential parallels. This should not be surprising in the least, because Christianity began as a Middle Eastern movement. Several Eastern religions' conceptions of 'the self' and the way they approach suffering are far closer to Christianity than North American, industrial...

"Greetings Blasphemous Heretic/Schismatic/Heathen/Pagan/Infidel/Impious Unbeliever" You just need to add a helpful, "Circle all that apply" at the end. I mean, how could people be angry when you provide clear instructions? :P

+1 And who is St Jack?

What is the technical purpose of the term?

I don't know what qahal is, but the social function would be what a status transformation ritual does. Jesus would have a new status in the community.

Cool. Virtue ethics is one of the most important 'comebacks' in terms of modern ethical thinking. People are starting to realize that a focus on 'doing' is less important than the question of 'being.'

I don't know about reality being simple but I was going to ask about how national debt factors into "bankruptcy". If I understand how value-by-fiat works, I can't imagine the US going bankrupt. :scratch:

Oh wow. :hug:

Hi NC. ^_^ I'm gladdened to hear of this. :)

One of my friends says that the Prot churches she's been to [and have been going all her life] are no where near Scripture-centered as Mass. At the same time, sometimes it seems like Catholics are all about tradition and the Pope (the impression seems to dominate among Prots who 'argue' via...

Being an emergent dualist I don't find this troubling. I believe William Hasker is one of the top contemporary emergent dualists, so look into his writings to find out more (cf. The Emergent Self, 1999). As someone who's done a bit of phil, I should warn you that phil of mind is relatively...

http://www.tektonics.org/copycat/mithra.html Refer to his sources to get to the scholarly material--not to say Holding is unscholarly, but it's generally worth reading people's sources. (Freke and Gandy are nutcases, btw. Read after going through actual scholarship.)

They're committed to that interpretation of Genesis?