Hi y'all - was that the reformed presbyterian calvin 1914 with amendments or the 1925 presbyterian reformed yet again minus amendments slightly calvinistic?
On Jan 12, 11:06 am, "Jason (Memphis)" <[email protected]> wrote: > correction...Riveroaks Reformed Presbyterian... > > On Jan 11, 8:21 pm, "Jason (Memphis)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Steve, Sheila and I attended Noah's class on the book at Oakwood > > Reformed > > Presbyterian church at 1665 S. Germantown Rd., TN. > > > As always, everyone was extremely nice and talked to us afterward. > > > Steve and I brought up a few typical points: > > > 1. Atheism is not a religion and explained why. > > > 2. Hinduism has supernatural elements such as reincarnation. The > > author argued that Hinduism did not have supernatural elements in > > order to classify religion as any philosophy even ones without > > supernatural elements. > > > 3. We argued that atheism (non-belief) is robust and difficult to > > stamp out of cultures even when non-believers are burned at the > > stake. > > > 4. We argued that the problem is the method that religions come to > > evaluating truth, that is, by revelations of a prophet such as > > Mohammad, Jesus, Joseph Smith, etc. > > > 5. The author claimed that "There are three approaches that civic and > > cultural leaders around the world are using to address the > > divisiveness of religion." (1) outlaw religion, (2) condemn religion > > and (3) radically privatize it that is keep religion completely > > private. I pointed out that there are other approaches (1) open > > public discourse (outside of government) about religion amongst > > various faiths and non-faiths, (2) secular governments, that is, > > separation of church and state, (3) protection of religious liberties > > in conjunction with freedom of speech to criticize religious or non- > > religious ideas and (4) so forth. > > > Jason- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
