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    Adios

    Thank you for your kind words...I have very much enjoyed most of the posts here and the dialogue...maybe I'll be around again sometime. As a fairly new Anglican it just feels rather overwhelming to have some folks deride my faith because I don't see eye to eye with their particular viewpoint...
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    What is the purpose of Reason?

    The last thing I'll say on this... What I love about Christianity is the person of Jesus Christ, Our Lord. I believe in Him. What I find chilling is the lengths (historically) that Christians have gone to in order to eradicate opposing viewpoints. Crusades, the Inquisition, heresy...
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    Adios

    I have come to the conclusion that this forum is detrimental to my faith. I have no problem disagreeing with others and discussing a wide range of viewpoints...but when people start questioning the legitimacy of another's faith because they don't agree with them...then it has become nasty...
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    What is the purpose of Reason?

    It is totally offensive that you assume unbelief because I am not conservative in my viewpoint. My faith is my faith. I believe in Jesus. But corporate Christianity can be (in my experience) a bit of a nightmare because of the mindset of so many Christians. My EO experience nearly finished me...
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    [OPEN] An honest question.

    Exactly. I do not for a moment believe that God delights in murder, destruction and human misery. That is the sort of thing that stands out as ascribing petty, horrid human failings onto God.
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    [OPEN] An honest question.

    I siad that I do not think that God really cared about whether we burnt bullocks as sin offerings, in the context of believing that God has always cared more about the state of our souls that our ability to follow all the laws of Leviticus. Whoever wrote Leviticus clearly believed that God...
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    What is the purpose of Reason?

    I am more than happy to debate or discuss the issues. Iam not willing to have my faith questioned or be asked to justify my right to be a Christian because you don't like my perspective on the place of reason. And that is all I have to say on the topic. Encountering these sorts of personal...
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    What is the purpose of Reason?

    LOL, nobody save Christ has the right to randomly demand that I justify my faith to them. I may disagree with you, but I do not deny your right to call yourself a Christian just because you see things differently than I do. My priest and my God have no problem with me...if you have an issue...
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    Can we change the gender of a sacrament?

    By comparing what Paul said to the words of Christ...and putting emhasis on those areas of agreement.
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    Can we change the gender of a sacrament?

    Nice that Paul was specific...but Paul was not God. IIRC, Jesus did not address this directly.
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    What is the purpose of Reason?

    Fortunately, I do not believe that God is a despot. If I thought so, I wouldn't worship him. If I thought that all of Christianity was bunk, I'd be gone. To me, it is the rigid, dogmatic view of God that is illogical. Humans try to understand what is beyond their comprehension...and end up...
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    What is the purpose of Reason?

    It all comes down to how folks interpret the Scriptures. And they must be interpreted, as they are full of contradictions. In the OT, God demands all manner of sacrifices and puts whole societies to the sword, punishing innocent children for their parents' transgressions. Yet we are told that...
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    Can we change the gender of a sacrament?

    I do think the two are different...male only ordination is a product of the cultural issues that shaped the early church. Only men were priests because (at the time) gender roles were rigidly delineated and women were mostly caring for their 12 or so kids. But there is little resemblance...
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    What is the purpose of Reason?

    Reason tells me that I cannot solely judge the worth of Christianity by the actions of its followers. I can separate the eternal truth of God from the sometimes limited view of his followers. In this way I can still see good in the faith despite the many mistakes and atrocities that Christians...
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    What is the purpose of Reason?

    To clarify, I do not think any human being can understand scripture (or God) perfectly. Not due to any imperfection on God's part...God is perfect and good. But communication is a two way street. And humans are imperfect, even the very best and brightest cannot hope to fully comprehend the mind...
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    What is the purpose of Reason?

    Whether we acknowledge it or not, reason has always had a role. If reason= the human capability to understand and perceive God, then it was the reasoning of the early church (their human ability to interpret the movings of the Holy Spirit) that produced both the canon of written scripture and...
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    Can Women be Priests and Bishops?

    Funny how we just go round and round when there is no point. Sad how some folks refuse to see that those they disagree with can be devoted to God and full of faith, yet see things differently than they do. I do not agree one tiny bit with many here, but do not doubt their zeal and love for...
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    Can Women be Priests and Bishops?

    I'd buy the whole male priests only argument if Jesus had said anything on the topic...in His actions He always chose to teach to, minister to, and uplift women. Even though He lived in an exceedingly chauvanistic and patriarchal time & place. Most of the quotes against women holding any...
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    Can Women be Priests and Bishops?

    They can, they are and they should. There is no place for gender discrimination in the Body of Christ where there is "neither male nor female". :clap: