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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
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"Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile." — Kurt Vonnegut
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True charity is the desire to be useful to others with no thought of recompense. ~ emanuel swedenborg
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John Spong wrote --- "The scriptures we read in church were written between 1000 BCE and 135 CE and reflect the assumptions of that era: i.e. the earth is the center of a three-tiered universe, sickness is viewed as God’s punishment for sin and whatever cannot be understood is thought of as a “miracle.” The creeds we recite come out of the 4th century and reflect the dualistic mind of the Greek-speaking Mediterranean world that framed them. Most of our liturgical forms are rooted in the 13th century, a time obsessed with guilt and death, and which portray God as either an angry parent or as a hanging judge. So much of what goes on in church simply does not relate to the world in which we live. So, how can we be faithful to our religious roots and be relevant to the world in which we live is a problem we all must address."
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Be fruitful/knowledge, multiply/understanding and replenish/wisdom the earth. all is androgynous...
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there is always an oasis in the desert.
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