Room for one more. (2005/03/03)
Quakers tend to sit in circles quietly for worship. This involves putting out chairs. Attendance varies; we’ve had anywhere from 3 to 14 people at Wednesday night meetings. There’s generally about 10 chairs. Sometimes, that’s not enough, so we go get extra chairs, to make room.
[read more...]Why am I even here? (2005/01/17)
This is another post originally from ChristianForums, reproduced here so I don’t have to search for it so often. It was originally in the Apologetics forum.
[read more...]On running a Christian forum. (2004/12/12)
Someone asked, after being told that there were too many pharisees at CF, where the pharisees were. This is the response that happened. I’m not sure how much of this had much to do with me… Ironically, when I posted a copy of this at the forum in question, it was trashed quickly, by someone carefully citing several rules which it may or may not have technically broken.
[read more...]What if it were all true? (2004/11/19)
(Once again, a reference to something posted over at ChristianForums. The original thread is here.)
[read more...]How, then, shall we live? (2004/11/17)
(Another copy from ChristianForums: the original thread is here.)
[read more...]God is not a Republican, or a Democrat. (2004/11/01)
There’s a petition about God and politics. A petition to remind the people who keep claiming God’s part of their party that, well, He’s not.
[read more...]Thoughts of a Christian agnostic (2004/10/07)
I kid you not, this is a FAQ. I have been asked this question no less than ten times since I got here, probably twenty or more. I’ve been asked by moderators, by other members. I’ve had posts deleted from Christians-only forums by well-meaning staff.
[read more...]I can't believe this is still going on. (2004/09/11)
So, there’s this long-running claim that the etymologies of Chinese characters “reveal the truth of Genesis”, because, if you don’t know anything about Chinese etymology, and you ignore all use of phonetic radicals, and you misinterpret some symbols to be other symbols, and you put in a lot of connective words, you can find a few characters where you can make up an etymology for them which connects to the Genesis story.
[read more...]Just some scratch space. (2004/08/22)
(This post removed from CF by request of a moderator.)
Wasn’t all that long ago that Christianity was “classified as a cult”.
What is salvation, anyway? (2004/08/09)
(Another repost from ChristianForums. The original thread is here.)
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