Just like "military intelligence", "Liberal Christian" is an oxymoron!
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"Liberal Christian" is an oxymoron!
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Comicaze247
See the previous line
"Microsoft Works"
Unlike bigoted neo-conservative ... :yes:
Good one!
Green Gaia
Veteran Member
Ok, I'll bite. I don't agree. What makes you believe that, Rick?
Do you mean "liberal" in the theological sense or the political sense?
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
We need better definitions in general. We need to define "liberal" and "Christian."
I have a bit of a problem with the example of "military intelligence" being an oxymoron. The military itself is bureaucratic - ummm, kind of like our federal government, our public school system, and a host of other ginormous institutions I can think of, but...our military has on it's payroll many fine individuals who are both intelligent and honorable, and who lead their troops in an exemplary manner.
I thank God for our men and women in uniform every day. They deserve our respect and support.
I have a bit of a problem with the example of "military intelligence" being an oxymoron. The military itself is bureaucratic - ummm, kind of like our federal government, our public school system, and a host of other ginormous institutions I can think of, but...our military has on it's payroll many fine individuals who are both intelligent and honorable, and who lead their troops in an exemplary manner.
I thank God for our men and women in uniform every day. They deserve our respect and support.
I agree.
I've always taken that joke to be about the intelligence of the military, not the intelligence of soldiers. Like how they say that a committee is the only entity in existence with ten mouths and no brain - it's more about the process than the people tied up in it.
OmarKhayyam
Well-Known Member
Military Intelligence: All those WMD's and nukes in Iraq.
OmarKhayyam
Well-Known Member
""Liberal Christian" is an oxymoron!"
For many yes that IS a conflict in terms. One can be a political and theological liberal.
One can be a believing and god-fearing Christian.
One CANNOT be both.
For many yes that IS a conflict in terms. One can be a political and theological liberal.
One can be a believing and god-fearing Christian.
One CANNOT be both.
Christian Pilgrim
Active Member
I believe Liberal Christianity has nothing to do with politics. It is defined by theology which is contrary to the gospel that Paul preached.
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]"The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox's gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again."C. H. Spurgeon[/FONT]
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
:foot: Oh? Really! I guess I don't exist, then. I am both politically and theologically liberal. I also am a believer and a God-fearing Christian.
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
While the conservatives urinate on the words of Christ, particularly when it comes to their persistent support of killing children and eating them as they have been doing for the past few years in Iraq. If their blood lust cannot be quenched in Iraq, there's always Iran and China. Enough to go 'round a few times.
Yes, turn that other cheek and put a war-mongering rat in the white house.
Christian Pilgrim
Active Member
Can someone be theologically Biblical, and politically Biblical? God is not a Republican!
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angellous_evangellous
Guest
Well, not anymore.
He apparently was when Bush Jr. was running for President. Both times.
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
But Paul's theology was extremely liberal for its day, and in the culture in which he wrote.
Jesus was liberal too.
Calvin? Augustine? Both believed in the total depravity of the human being. Yet Pelagius, who stood in opposition to Augustine, pointed out that we are created good -- that our essential goodness is "covered up" by the evil we perpetrate. I believe he was correct. Christ said that the kingdom has come near. All we have to do to claim it is to "turn." That, in itself is a pretty liberal statement to make. It also shows that evil is just a facade.
sojourner
Annoyingly Progressive Since 2006
Can't be politically Biblical? What about Kennedy, Dobson, and others who run rampant, telling us to pass legislation against homosexuality and a woman's right to choose, and who insist on "reclaiming America for Christ?" Seems pretty "politically Biblical" to me!