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Since I have a thread for Atheists, I think I should have one for Christians too, where all the Christians here can bring up any "theological" issue.
It's also good fellowship for us, and it'd be good to know who are the Christians here. This thread is meant to edify one another in Christ, and not t ridicule or tear others down, remember!
Now, Loki.... no playing here, k? Dangerous ground for you to come as: tsiehta... (!) :D
Right! Let the discussion begin! :nod:
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Not like I'd be a 'believer' but only Christians are allowed to come and play with the grown-ups? Why does it matter if one is or isn't a Christian?
Why? To put labels on people? Why does it matter? 'blonde, blue-eyed' dangerously coming to mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adelheid
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well I guess that there's nothing too wrong in wanting to meet the other Christians, like one would like to meet the other fans of a particular singer or of a football team on the forum...(*wonders if the comparaison will be considered heretical* :D)
I also suppose that the non-Christians who want to say something about Christianism which is pertinent to the discussion and won't cause a war will be probably be allowed...
Or so I hope.
And Jay, that first smily you used it lovely!!!:D
Anyway I think that there are a lot of threads around where people are commenting the Bible and such... though it is not really my kind of topic so I have nothing to say for a discussion.
ok, I guess I might have overreacted a bit, I'm sorry. I just thought there's two kinds of people - theists (not sure if that's the proper word) and atheists (in this contexts anaway) and... I'm ranting.
sorry guys... or gals.... ;)
Yeah, guess you can come too! :D
Yep, that's right, Jay. Theists believe in a god or gods, atheists don't believe in any god, deists who believe there was once a god but he abandoned the universe after making it, agnostics who aren't sure what to think/are neutral...Quote:
theists
"Ist' possible?" All these ist's! ;)
Loki how about throwing in a Spiritualist the ist list? I am in a totally different ball park and if you were a spiritualist you were in bed with the Devil a century ago. Do not know about you but I do not believe in the guy so I guess I cannot lie with him. In fact there are only a few parts of the Bible I can agree with. My feeling is that if you are just as happy without a faith then I do not have a problem with that. I do not have a right to have a problem with that. My faith makes me happy and fill my spirit but that is my path to walk not anyone else's. :)
Ah, I forgot about that, sorry. There's even *more* ist's out there than I had expected! :eek:Quote:
Loki how about throwing in a Spiritualist the ist list?
But if you're a Spiritualist, does that mean that you don't believe in some kind of higher being? God, or gods? Wouldn't Spiritualism then be a specialised branch of theism? I don't know much about these things, so if I'm wrong, please don't take offence...I'm merely curious.
Loki out
My am I slow-witted. I was wondering what you meant...but I see it now. Oh, the moments of incandescence...;)Quote:
Now, Loki.... no playing here, k? Dangerous ground for you to come as: tsiehta...
No offence taken and for me as a Spiritualist I do believe in the Great Spirit which is what I prefer to call God. I guess you could say it was a branch of theism but most people do not recognize it as a religion even but I do. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
But how about pantheists, animists and animatists?Quote:
Originally Posted by Loki
Ah, I had forgotten about them. :DQuote:
But how about pantheists, animists and animatists?
Anyone else have a ist word to add for Loki? :lol: I sure am learning a lot of new words here which is a good thing. :nod:
It's not desperation. It's out of being frustrated with the stubborness of others who wantonly stick to their own view and argue just for the sake of it. :brow:
People like me, you mean. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Adelheid
Glad to hear it. As for more "-ist's", I have some right here: Buddhist, Methodist, Nonconformist, Conformist, feminist, cyclist, linguist, copyist, rightist, wrongist, tinkerist, winkerist, flibbertigibbetist...and a whole lIST of others. :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Ancestor