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Instead of talking through your hat, listen to the program. The game is that he IS Jesus. If you want to address him, you play the game that you are talking TO Jesus. If you don't find it creepy, that's of no consequence to me. The fact remains, there is no analogy between this radio show and...

And thus you made the typical leap of illogic that anyone who dares to give a modicum of respect to the Fundamentalist tradition, in the face of a clearly incorrect characterization by the poster to whom I was responding, must himself be a Fundamentalist.

You equated "fundamentalist" with "virulently" religious, which is simply incorrect. The pejorative term "fundie" is more appropriate for the "virulently" religious. I didn't suggest the historical and intellectual tradition underlying fundamentalism makes it "more compelling." I don't happen...

The term "fundamentalism" dates to the early 1900's - specifically 1920, as I recall. The movement that culminated in the adoption of the term dates to the 19th century. The roots of the movement are far deeper than that. Moreover, the use of the term has broadened to the point where virtually...

It is, of course, a core tenet of Christian theology that Christians are indwelt by the Holy Spirit. For a Christian blessed with the gift of discernment or teaching, to be "speaking in the Spirit" isn't alarming, nor should it be. The Bible serves as the touchstone for whether what is being...

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Alvin Plantinga, William Alston and Reformed Epistemology. Plantinga is recognized by even secular philosophers as one of the giants of the past century, and Reformed Epistemology has caused a major upheaval within epistemology. The idea is that a belief in...

Here you go: http://www.thejesuschristshow.com/ I see that it bills itself as "interactive radio theater," but in fact it consists of real people calling in with real problems to a guy purporting to be Jesus Christ and giving Jesus' answers.

Solomon, the biblical paragon of wisdom, had 700 wives and 300 concubines. One might logically have expected God to chime in at some point with "You know, Sol, this is getting to be a bit much" - but apparently not.

"Fundie" is indeed a pejorative term used by some species of atheists for any believer. I've been characterized as a "fundie" more than once on atheist forums, when at a Christian site such as this the most common complaint I get is "you're not a Christian at all." (I find these two reactions...

There is a Sunday morning radio program on a conservative political channel called "The Jesus Christ Show" where the host pretends to be Jesus and callers address him as such when they call in with their spiritual problems. It appears to be entirely serious and not tongue-in-cheek in the...

OK, you're excused. I do not start with the axiomatic premise that the Bible is inerrant for the simple reason - a head-scratcher for you, no doubt - that it is pretty obviously not inerrant. The notion that Jesus did not utter everything attributed to him in the NT does not shake my faith in...

When one steps back from the obsessive and doomed-to-failure approach of trying to make sense of the convoluted end-times passages in Mark, Matthew and Luke, as well as Revelation as a whole, I don't think it's difficult to understand what was going on. Yes, I'm sure Jesus did speak of a...

The vast majority of atheists and Christians alike, in my pretty considerable experience, hold their positions almost without regard to metaphysical truth. They hold them as the result of parental indoctrination, the pronouncements of supposed authority figures, or for cultural, social or...

Odd bit of synchronicity: I just went for a walk with my wife and mentioned "that quote" from Ghandi!

I have been on a 50-year quest for metaphysical truth, and the Gospel is where I've landed after many twists and turns. I don't think there is any particular connection between "Christianity" as evidenced on these forums and in the world at large and being a believer in the Gospel and a follower...

Conduct prohibited by laws is either "malum in se" (wrong in itself) or "malum prohibitum" (wrong only because it is prohibited). Driving 65 mph in a 60 mph zone is malum prohibitum. There is nothing inherently wrong or immoral about driving 65 mph. However, speeding laws theoretically have as...

As countless 501(c)(3) "charities" prove every year, things like "net worth" are very vague and flexible concepts. "Net worth" tells us almost nothing about wealth or lifestyle. It's like the old accountants' joke: "How much is 2 + 2?" The accountant: "How much do you want it to be?" Grossly...

I used to write humor for a living, so I know a thing or two about it. I have no idea whether your posts are entirely serious or tongue-in-cheek, but I'm seeing a gift for wackiness that you really ought to consider developing. What a hoot!

I used to participate on a forum at a true hermits' site, Hermitary - the hermit, hermits, eremitism, solitude, silence, and simplicity, which is an excellent site if you're interested in the eremitic life. I found it slightly humorous that they had a forum at all, but then I...

The problem is, to a very large extent, internet forums. I've participated for almost 25 years on forums relating to Christianity, spirituality, Near Death Experiences, golf, motorcycles, fitness and many others. They are essentially fungible - all the same. A Christian forum is inevitably an...