::nod:: I agree with most of what you are saying here, except for no minds being changed. I have learned from the rants of others here... perhaps by increments we do change each others' minds.
That being said I have no quarrel with the sincere beliefs of others except where they impugn mine. The "catholics are not christians" thing had been bugging me for a while. Dana Doug White writes: > I am at that. Although I am a New Testament Baptist, (not southern Baptist) I > have issues with some of the doctrine. In fact I have issues with a lot of > doctrines. Most of these are born out of personal study as opposed to the > schema advanced by the individual church leaders. My father was a fundamental > Baptist preacher. And everyone knows about "Preacher's kids!" :-) > > They are taught in the seminaries to use the expository method of > preaching/teaching the gospel, however, this ends up with them using > out-of-context passages of scripture to prove an absolute, which I consider to > be in error. This consequently makes their followers adopt the dogma without > doing personal study therefore are arguing a single person's interpretation, as > opposed to the general theme that the bible teaches which is salvation by faith. > > One must realize that most any point can be "proven" by grabbing a single > chapter or verse from somewhere in the collection of books. It is a little more > difficult to be Catholic, because the Church has adopted additional books to be > a part of their doctrine. > > Following the doctrine of separation of church and state, which, incidentally is > NOT a provision of the US constitution, I have issues with any biblical "law" > that is adopted into civil law, and then enforced against those who subscribe to > a different doctrine. I do not have issues with those who, by personal choice, > choose to obey these biblical laws. I do have issues with their use of these to > discriminate against others, or following some kind of agenda by which they wish > to control the lives of those who subscribe to a different doctrine or > interpretation. > > I still feel and respect it in others to have a faith, especially when they are > devout in their belief. I don't see a reason to defend the faith, because I > consider faith a personal matter, and no minds are going to be changed on a > CF-Community list. > > > ====================================== > Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! > For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com > ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 > ====================================== > If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 9:39 PM > Subject: Re: Yet another scumbag parent.... > > > | Clearly. There seem to be several Jewish people for a start, and John, > | Larry and Doug seem a bit cynical on the subject of religion. > | > | I was just taking issue with the concept that if you aren't a > | fundamentalist southern baptist you are not a christian. I don't think this > | was Mattew's primary point but he does seem to believe it. > | > | Call it my rant for the day. > | > | Dana > | > | Kevin Graeme writes: > | > | > IMO, there's a difference between non-Christian and anti-Christian. I > | > think there are many non-Christians on this list. > | > > | > -Kevin > | > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
