Protestantism

» pink101 - Mr. Yada's Post Notwithstanding.

In response to Very good discussion. posted by MrYoda:
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Mr. Yada's post not withstanding, your article is another example of thinking that has been spun out of reasonable proportion to the truth.
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I understand your sense of concern for your beliefs. I have no problems with them. But, I also recognize that there is a driving force well below your good sounding rhetoric.
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You are pounding on the door of society. I feel very good about the fact that you are expressing these positions on the issues of the day.
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Thanks for publishing your views in this timely article.
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BTW, some of what Mr. Yada posted exemplifies the kind of thinking that is fueling much of the trouble in America today--and the world.
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:)
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-- posted by pink101

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» Brian Tubbs - Pounding on the Door...

In response to Mr. Yada's Post Notwithstanding. posted by pink101:

Basically, what you're saying (beneath your rhetoric) is that pro-lifers need to back off. Why is it that I can't even write a positive pro-life piece (which in NO way bashed people that disagree with me) and yet get accused of "pounding at the door of society"?

This is an example of what I was saying in a different thread.

There is a BIG TIME double standard applied to conservative Christians. If we engage society with our views, we're accused of being mean-spirited, exclusive, judgmental, Religious Right, etc., etc.

But if YOU and other liberals engage society from a more agnostic or very loosely deistic and liberal perspective....well, that's okay.

Come on.

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» Brian Tubbs - Biblical Question

Setting aside Pink's implication that conservative evangelical Christians should not bring pro-life opinions to bear in civic society...

I have a biblical, interpretative question to throw out for anyone who wishes to take it up...

At what point does the SOUL occupy the body?

I heard Bill Clinton, who is a professing Christian (a Baptist, in fact), say that this is the key issue on which Christians disagree concerning abortion. In other words, pro-choice Christians tend to think that the soul doesn't enter the body until the baby draws its first breath. Whereas pro-life Christians believe the soul is present at conception.

What do you all think?

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» pink101 - Pounding on the Door...

In response to Pounding on the Door... posted by BrianTubbs:
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Basically, what you're saying (beneath your rhetoric) is that pro-lifers need to back off.
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No, I'm not saying that.
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If you read about my vision in the Institutions thread, you will find the seeds of what it is that I'm saying.
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I do want to draw you out and to discuss the situation with you.
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-- posted by pink101

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» pink101 - Biblical Question

In response to Biblical Question posted by BrianTubbs:
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Setting aside Pink's implication that conservative evangelical Christians should not bring pro-life opinions to bear in civic society...
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You mean, setting aside your inference. That's what you mean.
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I did not imply that at all.
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When you assume, you make an ass of you and me.
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-- posted by pink101

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» pink101 - I Should Have Said,

In response to Biblical Question posted by pink101:
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I should have said that when we assume we make an ass of you and me. I assume things as much as anyone, I'm sure.
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-- posted by pink101

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» Brian Tubbs - I Should Have Said,

In response to I Should Have Said, posted by pink101:

That's the way I took it. You're correct about assuming.

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» pink101 - About Assuming

In response to I Should Have Said, posted by BrianTubbs:
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Talking about assuming, am I correct in assuming your dentist is giving you a deal on the work he's done on your smile?
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:)
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-- posted by pink101

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» Brian Tubbs - About Assuming

In response to About Assuming posted by pink101:

Ha, you don't know how ironic your joke there is. I inherited my mother's smile. But also her dental problems. I WISH my dentists would cut me some deals. I've had probably 4 crowns and 3 root canals. Lots of money invested in my mouth.

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» pink101 - What Some People Think

In response to About Assuming posted by BrianTubbs:
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There are those people who jouney on a path that sees everything that is has come from the one single entity that pre-existed all existence. Brian, if I correctly recall, refers to that entity as the Necessary--God.
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So, these people believe that everything that is has come from that one entity--it had to have come from THAT; becauseTHAT was all that there was.
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So, if we consider THAT, we must eventually come to the place where we see that we are--each of us--on a journey back to join with THAT--God.
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Another way of looking at THAT is that there is but one soul and it is our inner being's desire to reunite with it.
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That's what some people think.
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-- posted by pink101

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