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  1. Greenlee

    Questioning my Protestant heritage

    Hey Jason, Have you read Chan's Letters To The Church?
  2. Greenlee

    Questioning my Protestant heritage

    I'm a Baptist Missionary. I lean theologically toward Presbyterianism, ecclesiologically toward Anglicanism, grew up super confused between a Lutheran and a Charismatic parent. I am, as a result, denominationally schizophrenic... or at least have been. I am with you that evangelical...
  3. Greenlee

    Teach me about Paedobaptism

    oh... haha... rules. So many rules. Very baptistic. ;) Good day, friend.
  4. Greenlee

    Teach me about Paedobaptism

    I'm still interested in what you have to say. What denomination to you come from?
  5. Greenlee

    Teach me about Paedobaptism

    The Westminster Confession of Faith summarizes the conslusions I've reached about baptism well. That is to say, I do not think that it is purely symbolic, and would agree that that would be a rather liberal reading of scripture to conclude it as such, but it is a symbol, as well as a seal...
  6. Greenlee

    Teach me about Paedobaptism

    Well, my friend, I've done that, and that led me here to ask my Anglican brothers and sisters to help me. I didn't really intend to come here to justify my own understanding, because I'm trying to have an open mind about this. We have read the same thing and come to different conclusions. I...
  7. Greenlee

    Teach me about Paedobaptism

    I tend to see it more as an act of obedience, but mostly symbolic of new birth, and a public proclamation as such. I can be convinced otherwise, though, I think.
  8. Greenlee

    Teach me about Paedobaptism

    Thank you! Would you be willing to expand a little bit on different meanings of baptism as they apply to your specific understanding of what baptism is?
  9. Greenlee

    Strangest Places you've ever witnessed at!

    The back of an ambulance.
  10. Greenlee

    Teach me about Paedobaptism

    Well, this is a reach. I'm here for one specific question. I'm a baptist missionary, but don't let that throw you. I consider myself more strongly Presbyterian in theology, however, quite Anglican in ecclesiology, which is really messing with my head since I'm working in West Africa in support...
  11. Greenlee

    Missions Support

    (Hit post reply before I was done) ... or listen. The Great Commission's command to disciple people, not help them out then leave them in a state of unforgiveness. No one is forced or duped into being born again, though. (There, done now)
  12. Greenlee

    Missions Support

    I'm sorry, maybe I'm misunderstanding your post then. It read like you don't find the tenets of the Christian faith as categorically true. Perhaps a better understanding would be that you have a universalist theology. Either way, this is not in line with Christian orthodoxy nor does it adhere to...
  13. Greenlee

    Is it ok to smile at dark satire?

    I don't gain much hope from finding humor in the situation. NOt to be melodramatic, but some types of trauma, I don't see much to have hope in. In other less dramatic traumatic situations, I take the circumstance much more lightly than the patients because I'm just around it so much that I can't...
  14. Greenlee

    Is it ok to smile at dark satire?

    I might be, but I'm endeavoring to also respond to my conscience on this. I don't find death in and if itself something to be feared, nor suffering. I also agree that effectually thumbing our nose at the things that can kill and maim the body but not kill the soul is an act of defiance toward...
  15. Greenlee

    Is it ok to smile at dark satire?

    habjng been a paramedic for several years and worked with people knocking on death's door as a surgical PA, I've been in a culture where dark humor is considered a "survival strategy". While there is some truth to that, I have always been uneasy with it in that we are called, as Christians to...
  16. Greenlee

    Trump behaves like a dictator

    That's precisely my point from the very beginning.
  17. Greenlee

    Trump behaves like a dictator

    I don't think that was a baseless accusation. You asked me yesterday if I dot think that Trump would try to rein from his throne. The entire point of this thread is on Trumps dictatorial characteristics, which you obviously agree with, and have been demanding I answer to your inquisition. You...
  18. Greenlee

    Trump behaves like a dictator

    My problem has to do what thy can be used for. There are limitations in place, but I do not feel that they are strict enough, and to protect us from an avowed political activist like Trump, history shows that the breadth of what these orders can accomplish is far too liberal. The Healthcare act...
  19. Greenlee

    Trump behaves like a dictator

    I see what you are getting at, but it's all a matter of perspective. Inflation was at a thousand percent higher before Germany allowed a dictator like Hitler to take control. The US may not be in a wonderful position domestically or internationally, but as a part time resident in a developing...
  20. Greenlee

    Trump behaves like a dictator

    The dichotomy I was referring to is that if I object to other presidential administrations then I must support Trump. You are masterful in your use of logical fallacy. That unenviable talent aside, you claim a concern for dictatorial process yet take issue with my call to limit executive...