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Misrepresenting Jesus

Posted in Humility, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The outcome of the vote on California Proposition 8 will determine if same-sex marriages will still be considered legal. Today’s newspaper contained a brief article which concluded with the following quote:
“Everybody understands that Jesus, in his own culture, was notorious and persecuted for consorting with outcasts,” said the Rev. Peter Laarman, a United Church [...]

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Another story of “Christian” ego

Posted in Humility, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

“State social workers were interviewing children who live at the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries just south of Texarkana.” The newspaper article mentioned nothing about actual evidence of any kind of abuse. What caught my attention in this article was the name of the compound being raided; the “Tony Alamo Christian Ministries.”
If I knew nothing [...]

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The “Dump and Run” maneuver

Posted in Christian Traditions, Faith, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A good friend of mine who is a Baptist pastor recently whined to me about the tendency of some people to dump their problems onto him. He explained that some in his congregation like to come to him for a type of confession (maybe these are ex-Catholics). The confession doesn’t bother my friend; what [...]

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Voting against God

Posted in Hypocrisy, Obedience, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

“The Episcopal bishops of Los Angeles and the Bay Area are opposing a November ballot initiative to overturn the California Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage in the state.” In fewer words, these Episcopal bishops are for same-sex marriage, (according to the article in yesterday’s newspaper, where I found this quote).
The same old [...]

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How to really live by first committing suicide

Posted in Freedom, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »

So is it possible to commit suicide, but have the outcome not be death, but rather a better life? Please bear with me on this one, though the premise may sound kind of wacko. To get to my point today, I first need to back-track to something I wrote yesterday (see it here).
“Woe to [...]

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Jesus, do you really mean it?

Posted in How to read the Bible, Humility, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 9, 2008 | 6 Comments »

I’ve had some interesting comments to a short post that showed up on this blog back in May (Do not call anyone on earth “father”). One comment claimed that Jesus did not mean this instruction to be taken literally, and that I was therefore just Catholic-bashing. Well, I have to admit, it is sometimes [...]

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