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  1. Meriweather

    Writing your own scripture

    Yes, everyone could put that into his/her scripture. Take a look at scripture, and the underlying theme are people's experiences of God. My experiences of God should not be the basis for someone else to live their life. I am saying start out with these universal truths, live them, and watch...
  2. Meriweather

    Shouldn't you have to get 'baptized again', every time you leave/ reenter/Xianity?

    No, a baptism isn't supposed to magically become a Christian, any more than an adult is supposed to magically stay a Christian. Baptism is a sacrament of initiation where the purpose is to live freely as a child of God rather than remain entrapped in the slavery of sin. The baptized receives...
  3. Meriweather

    Coping with evidence that Christianity morphed

    The filoque clause should be the easiest to resolve. It's basically a matter of semantics, or more accurately, the differences between the Greek word/definition for "proceeds" and the Latin. Both the East and the West agree that the Holy Spirit initiates with the Father. The Greek word...
  4. Meriweather

    Do Things Always or Almost Always happen for a Purpose?

    I look at it in reverse. Things happen. What happens can be used for a purpose.
  5. Meriweather

    "What We Call God's Justice...."

    People may have trouble envisioning God's overwhelming love and compassion for each of us. As such, we may not appreciation the healing power of this love and compassion when the wrong is done against us, or the readiness of the wrong-doer to emulate God and extend greater love and compassion...
  6. Meriweather

    Where are all the Catholics?

    I agree that Pope Leo was the wrong Pope for the time.
  7. Meriweather

    "It" Makes a Difference

    That's interesting! I am only familiar with Spanish, so that was why it was my jumping off place.
  8. Meriweather

    Where are all the Catholics?

    The reason for the split in the first place was political...i.e. Enlightenment politics. Almost every tradition can be traced back to clues in scripture. The problem with tradition is that for people of the time it was it was the modern way, known so well by all, it would have been superfluous...
  9. Meriweather

    "It" Makes a Difference

    What is praiseworthy is the sincere effort to know and understand God. As I said, with the connotations that revolve around "it", I remain in the camp that it is over-the-top to reference God as "It." Many years ago I read a story about a horribly abused child. The book's title: A Child...
  10. Meriweather

    "It" Makes a Difference

    "There is a rock in my shoe" is a good sentence to demonstrate how gender is always present in Spanish. The word for the rock is la piedra (feminine). The word for the shoe is el zapato (masculine). The sentence in Spanish would be, Tengo una piedra en el zapato. When we put the gender in...
  11. Meriweather

    Where are all the Catholics?

    I'm wondering what (specifically) you don't agree with?
  12. Meriweather

    "It" Makes a Difference

    How about considering using a noun, rather than a pronoun, which would provide a much larger selection base? While some nouns suggest gender, others do not. Three that immediately popped into mind were Majesty, One, or even Yahweh. Or, consider coining a new word. I think taking Spanish...
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