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My mistake. Based on your (and another) post, I googled this topic, and you're right. South Dakota has passed a law banning all abortions unless the mother's life is at risk. Somehow I hadn't been aware of this. I thought Roe v Wade prevented states from doing this. For the record, I...

I assume you're talking about one of the states of the USA? If so, that's not correct. No state is allowed to ban abortions, since the 1973 Roe v Wade Supreme Court case. Some states have tried to regulate abortions (ie banning partial birth abortions) but even those attempts are often...

I have spent decades as a praying person, bringing every concern before God---and I tried to not let the frequent "no's" discourage me. Actually I don't know how I kept believing in prayer as long as I did. Eventually I had to be honest with myself--I was still praying many times a day, and...

<<<<Top Ten Signs You're a Fundamentalist Christian 10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours. 9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from...

for medical reasons, I do

From the Free Methodist Church website (and I believe from the Book of Discipline), I read: "Our people abstain from the use of alcoholic beverages (Mark 12:30-31) because Christ admonishes us to love God with all our being and our neighbor as ourselves. Alcohol, a legalized drug, is damaging...

Hi flautist! I'm still here (don't know if you remember me) but it's been kinda slow here at WWMC. When will your wedding be? How are your plans coming along? kayanne

progressive gal, i'm so glad you liked it. i started the thread about that book 2 or 3 months ago, and found that few people had even heard of it. it was very helpful to me as someone who has been moving out of a fundamentalist background. kayanne

What do you (and others who have posted their opinions in this thread) base your opinion on? How do you deal with Bible passages that talk about hell? I guess I was hoping for more discussion of Biblical teaching, possible mistranslation, early church teachings, etc.

I've been reading lots of info lately about the word hell, and that some theologians think the word has been wrongly translated/wrongly defined, etc. such as on this website: http://www.what-the-hell-is-hell.com/ I am intrigued by some of the claims the writer of this (and other) websites...

hmmm...am i the only one who found his sarcastic, disrespectful use of the nicene creed offensive? i'm more open-minded than i used to be, but he went too far, imo.

How 'bout if anyone who is interested in this change, add your 2 cents to my post in the "Questions for CF" forum. It's called "request from WWMC/liberal" or something like that. Power in numbers and all that, ya know! (oh, and thanks to the two of you who already showed your support by...

I followed your suggestion, and asked if they would consider allowing UR discussion here in WWMC. So far I haven't received any response to my post though.

OH, maybe I've been doubly confoooooosed. :D I thought all of the open forums were open to atheists, agnostics, other faiths, etc. But your comment above caused me to read through the board rules again, and apparently only Christians can post in Open Forums: Unorthodox Theology. Is that...

OK, now you're getting to the heart of my question. And I do sorta see what you're saying about CF doing what it needs to flourish. And I understand that UR is not believed by the "majority." But when you look at how many different Christian sub-forums there are here, obviously no...

Maybe I didn't make my question clear enough. Yes, I know UR can be discussed in the open forums. But why can it not be discussed here in WWMC (or other Christian forums), if someone wants to discuss it only among Christians? I don't understand why the topic of UR is taboo in the...

I'm trying to figure out some of the rules for posting (and you gotta admit, that list of rules is extensive and a bit complicated, or maybe I'm just easily confoooosed!);) Why can we not discuss universal reconciliation here? (I hope I am at least allowed to ask that question here!) Is...

I now call myself a "liberal Christian (having been a fundie for over 20 years). I don't agree with socialism. I'm not sure what I believe about homosexuality. I certainly don't think they deserve the scorn and contempt that a lot of fundies give them. This doesn't describe me at all (or any...

Thank you so much for telling us about these sites. I found them both very interesting. It was amazing how closely my own journey fits into the stages discussed. [/LEFT] [/INDENT]