C. S. Lewis wrote a marvelous litle book giving his views on what "hell" is or may be, called The Great Divorce. It makes sense of a subject that...
Glad you could figure that out so quickly.
In the world of horse racing,the word "meek" signifies a horse that is trained to respond to the command of its rider. Such a horse may be quite...
When one has to "interpret" Scripture like a crazed philosopher, Strong's in one hand and a thesaurus in the other, "discovering" that this word...
I was involved in a discussion of this topic on another message board, and thought I'd share what I posted there on the subject. Some of this...
Agreed, totally, provided it is understood that the word "love" is used properly. Today, "love" is a word that is [mis]used to signify anything...
Makes me think of all the TV evangelists I have heard, shouting at me that "the bible is the Woooord of Gawd" ... Certainly the bible tells us...
Atheism: the belief that there was nothing and nothing happened to nothing and then nothing magically exploded for no reason, creating everything...
The final flaw in any discussion such as this is the human propensity for providing our own measuring standard and then applying it to the Creator...
Interesting. In 35 years as a member of AA I have never heard this oattitude expressed. What I have heard is, "If you are an alcoholic, we have a...
I consult AA, and a number of great writers such as Lewis and Chesterton, and my rector, and friends, and people on this board and others, because...
I have a real problemwith the label "Christian," simply becaue in this day and age it can and does mean just about anythiing anyone wants it to...
All of this assumes (incorrectly, IMO) that the kingdom of Heaven is a place at all. Jesus said, "the kingdom of God is within you." Did He...
you may have something there. IMO "religious" does not equate to "spiritual" necessarily. I see churches (even the one I belong to) as "religion...
[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] Suzanne Langer, in the astonishing book Philosophy In A New Key, discusses this and makes a distinction between "signs"...
Here's a definition f "religion"that I hve found workable: Religion: a set of doctrines, plus a set of rules and regulations that are inferred...
I'd say, just stay with the flow you are in. Not everyone will agree with this, but ... it doesn;t make a rat's tooth of difference what church...
At the end of his life, St. Thomas was urged to continue writing and refused, saying, "I can write no more. I have seen things that make my...
The dilemma is presented exactly,tough in an entirely diffeentform, in the novel The Cruel Sea (and the movie as well). In it the captain of...
That is the rationale for my statement. So long as we inhabit bodies, we cannot discount the effect of that body on anything we do, including...
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