Theology
Jim Jones
A netfriend (who is an avowed fundamentalist) wrote: Jim Jones wasn’t a Christian fundamentalist. Virtually every tenet of the faith he preached is contradicted or disavowed by Christian fundamentalist dogma. Mark Tindall replied: Really?????? In Protestant fundamentalist Indiana, Jones became a pastor by age 19, and the Peoples Temple he began six years later in […]
Hypnosis
From Mark: Hypnosis & Church – Paul McKenna from “The Hypnotic World of Paul Kenna” (Faber & Faber; London: 1993) *[…] my additional comments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The key to identifying trance states is in the fixation of attention, either internally or externally. p. 13 Here are some of the most popular misconceptions … ‘Hypnosis is in […]
Substitutionary atonement
Gary Heard wrote: It gives me pause to wonder why it is that Jesus asks us to forgive… is it an a priori good idea, or does it flow that we forgive because God has first forgiven us? If the former is the case, then the problems with substitutionary atonement persist. If the latter is […]
Atonement
From a pastor-friend: The substitutionary atonement theory as Nathan articulates it is that, in my view, it relies upon a deeply flawed understanding of Trinitarian theology. If we have three gods then it may work. We have one God according to our tradition, however, and that God is a relational God. What happened to Jesus […]
The Synoptic Problem (introduction)
In case there are one or two here who don’t know about the ‘Synoptic Problem’ (henceforth SP) and ‘Q’, here’s a brief summary of the issues: First, as good an introduction as you’ll find: in the online Wikipedia Encyclopedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synoptic_problem Very briefly (from an online Catholic Encyclopedia): http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14389b.htm ‘Turning over the pages of an […]
The Da Vinci Code Vs. The Gospel Code
Since its publication 21 months ago Dan Brown’s 450-page thriller with its mix of fiction, fact, and legend has become one of the biggest-selling adult fiction books of all time – 10 million copies in 42 languages. Of course Brown’s not the first to brew a mix out of Marian conspiracies, the Opus Dei, secret […]
Augustine on the Trinity
Augustine’s writings on the Trinity – online: http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1301.htm
After-life
Death comes in many forms, from the peaceful to the violent. Perhaps we are somewhat numbed by the magnitude of some of the violent or catastrophic deaths that are presented to us on what seems to be a daily basis. Whether it be thousands of Rwandans slaughtered by their fellow countrymen, the drowning of multiple […]
International Anglicanism’s Flirtation with Ignorance! (Spong)
I thought some of our readers might be interested in Spong’s comments on the report of the Anglican Commission set up in response to the potential split over the ordination of Bishop Gene Robinson. Allan International Anglicanism’s Flirtation with Ignorance! The commission set up by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, to determine how the […]
When we’re sleeping
Mark asked: What happens to one’s spirit when asleep? What is the relation of spirit to both conscious and unconscious mind? I responded: Try this: Spirit is how we relate to God (note I didn’t say ‘the part of us that relates to God’); mind (contra M Scott Peck who identifies mind with spirit) is […]
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