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    Chanting!

    I cannot but love Miserere Mei Deus ~ Allegri Miserere mei, Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness, Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem mean. In your great tenderness wipe away my faults; Amplius lava me ab iniquitate...
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    "Liberal Christian" is an oxymoron!

    Funk and Spong attempt to do away with the rich tradition of Christianity and see truth as limited to the first century life of Jesus. Contemporary Christianity doesn't exist in a vacuum, it carries with it all 2000 years of Christian history, theology, ritual, life, etc. Allan
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    Why?

    Gender and religious language are important issues. Ontologically, God does not exist. This is not a radical claim, God's existence (if one wishes to call it that) is so vastly different from all other forms of existence that it makes just as much sense to say "God exists" as it does to say "God...
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    The garden of Eden

    I don't understand the sense of the question. Can one understand this question outside of the context of "the arguments about creationism"? I'm not so sure. a) No. b) No. c) No. The Garden of Eden, Adam, Eve and the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil existed in the literary masterpiece of...
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    "Liberal Christian" is an oxymoron!

    The idea that the Christian Bible is free of error is a supersessionist imperial claim which 1. is insulting to other religious expressions, particularly Judaism and 2. entirely unsubstantiated. Because 1. is easy enough to see: everyone can see how when one person claims that a particular...
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    Justify creationism over evolutionism

    That's absolutely false. I definately see my Christian identity in the Scriptures, even the more expanded Scriptures which other early Christian writers wrote, the Shepherd for instance and 1 Clement. I don't, however, think that these writings are inerrant, I think that that sort of thought is...
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    Justify creationism over evolutionism

    The Bible doesn't say anything about the Nicene Creed because the books of the Bible were written before the Nicene Creed. The Christian faith is shaped by the Christian acclamations of faith, Scripture, interpretations of Scripture, interpretations of Scripture in light of acclamations of...
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    The sick concept of Eternal hell suffering.

    To give some more perspectives on this issue, why not let us consider the patristic theologians, particularly the Eastern ones and their interpretation of hell. Keep in mind that these interpretations are distinctly not influenced by Medieval, post-Anselm soteriologies: Just to offer some...
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    Justify creationism over evolutionism

    From the small impression I got from reading the last few posts, it seems that some Christians are under the impression that Genesis is literally factually historical (if not "inerrant"). It also seems to me that some of the non-Christians are seeing "Creationism" or the fundamentalist...
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    "Liberal Christian" is an oxymoron!

    Liberal politics seems much more Christian than xenophobic, homophobic and greedy free-market capitalism... I like the Christian myths, I think that they've shaped our culture a great deal. I personally don't think it's possible to live in the West or Europe as a Westerner/European without...
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    Egyptian religion should be categorized with Abrahamic Faith?

    I think that you're onto a very interesting subject when discussing the possible influences to Israelite Temple cult rituals and worship. However, Egypt doesn't appear to be that big an influence on Israel, contrary to your comments on monotheism. Ancient Israel was a multi-diverse area in...
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    Christians, what do you think about Islam?

    I'm a Christian (bordering Catholic/Orthodox/High Anglican/Uniting). I don't believe that I've read enough about Islam to have too much of an opinion. I do believe that the Islamic world is a very different world to mine (Eastern European family in Australia), I don't imagine that I would be...
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    How is body and mind one?

    Mind/Body dualisms have been prevelant in very many cultures. It seems that intuitively we experience a sense that we are not limited to our physical nature. I tend to gravitate more towards dismantaling those dualisms, yet, I also tend towards a Continental postmodern philosophy of dismantaling...
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    Existence Precedes Essence: Sadra vs Avicenna

    I think that this whole ontological and metaphysical project began in Plato and Aristotle. Aristotle postulated in his Metaphysics that "What is being?" is the same question as "What is substance(essence)?" Which he devides into both "forms(eidos)" and "matter(stuff)". Unlike his predecessor...
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    Passover in The Qur'an

    How very interesting. I would love to know more about the pascha in Moslem theology and practice. Allan
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    Which Choice Best Describes Your Faith (or lack thereof)?

    I rather like the Christian mythology, particularly the high ecclesiological expressions of ritual, sacrament and liturgy. I find much more continuity in them with the "Second Temple Judaisms" than Protestant reformers, though, they did have some interesting ideas and the key thinkers had a much...
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    If I were not a _________, I'd probably be a _________.

    I had a mushroom sauteed steak just last night with Caesar salad and a lovely Hoegadden. There's nothing better that exists. It's hard to say what I would be if I wasn't Christian (Catholic/Orthodox/High Anglican) because I sort of sit at the fringes of very many of these communions and am...
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    Hi, I'm new.

    Thank you all for the warm greetings, I see a large diversity of religious belief here and hope that I can both participate in it and learn from the different faiths in humble adoration of difference, culture and heritage... And of course superfluous amounts of liquor (no-spoon as well as any...
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    Thank you for the greeting. :) Allan

    Thank you for the greeting. :) Allan
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    Hi, I'm new.

    Hello everyone, My name is Allan Popa, I'm a theology student/Biblical scholar with interests in cross-cultural religious studies, canon issues, textual issues, gender and sexuality hermeneutics, philosophy (mostly contemporary Continental philosophy: Phenomenology, Deconstruction...
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