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^_^ ^_^ Okay that's the hardest I've laughed in 2 months.

I got some lovely orange curtains for my windows. Well not so lovely, but they were free.

My avatar - I don't know what it is about the Jerusalem cross that I love - and I don't know how the actual explaination about the symbology goes but I like how is a central cross with little crosses surrounding it and accenting it. It's like Christ is the center and we should be like- always...

But isn't compromising exactly what you're asking them to do? You're asking them to compromise what they feel and believe; and if something about Christianity is a real stumbling block for them, but they press it aside to believe all that Conservative Theology entails then what you end up with...

um, takes one to know one perhaps? we're not judging God - I don't think anyone here would say that God was anything but perfect. We are however judging a physical artifact and our opinions on it. But it's like at the Olympics - do you think those judges could do half what those gymnasts...

When we went over the evolution from the scroll to the codice in my history of the book class, (yes, I took a history of the book class, being an english major so rocked.) the professor said that the main reason was because that Christians needed to be able to flip quickly to a specific verse or...

*and then Anastasis disappears for a few days* Sorry about that - busy packing and buying some last minute supplies. I'll be moving to Belfast, NI for a year. I serve in a community center and a church. I live in a house with 3 other missionaries about my age; they really place alot of...

I like those terms - do you mind if I use them again at another date? I think I agree that the explaination about Communion/Priesthood is a good explaination. And it's nice to know that some Catholics still admire protestants (been around a few too many Catholics that hate protestants...

Well I guess I'll find out huh? I usually like to find out things for myself. My grandmother is Irish and she loves the country and encouraged the move. 3 days and counting!!

With sprinkles? I agree that people have a rose colored view of what early Christianity was like. Also, to respond to people who said that people who are liberal politically will be liberal theologically - you can't ever make sweeping statements like that about people. In the local...

[/left] Thanks - I found his website and started reading around. Really interesting stuff. I think mainly he's just getting caught up in the connotations those words have acquired in modern society. I mean there are people like that in the world but I honestly think that if it wasn't for...

[/left] Did he define a flip-side to that? Is that opposed to a Spiritual person who trusts God? I've never read anything by him but it sounds interesting.

I love Habitat! It's such a great charity! :groupray: I was inspired today by answered prayer too - A couple in my church agreed to fund the rest of my mission trip so I can stop worrying about it!! PRAISE GOD! :D :pray:

Beside the other points brought up - something I've noticed of the text is that it's very obvious that Greek is a second language to Mark. So in that sense, the Greek is not very "academic" - My Greek professor told us that alot of the variations in the manuscripts are later scribes that looked...

Well I'll do it stand with the outcasts and to stop people from saying "Well you're only 22 what do you know?" My answer: Not much, but I can admit that.

I was having fun in the box before it (rightly) got deleted. So can we put ourliberalselves in a box here? *puts self in box* But if you're putting yourself in the box you have so say who put you there and why you're content to be in the box (ie. why you like being a "liberal" Christian) and...

I've never heard of him - but that's a great site - thanks for the link (yes I'm American despite the flag icon - maybe I should change that since I'm only living there?)

So it's a mystical experience? Okay - then I can "understand" in a sense but I can't ever really understand til it happens to me. So in a way I'm kind of envious, I haven't been granted alot of mystical experiences. And I guess I can't get too rational when it comes to aspects of the faith...

So maybe we could make a rule like: 1. You have to quote chapter and verse - there are good concordances online so maybe not too tall an order. 2. And maybe something about having to put context to any versus that are used. Except I don't know how that would be implemented practically.

ROFL (I wanted the little smilie that's hitting the table and crying with laughter because that better describes what I did when I read that)