Subject: Re: Graemes comments re: "heretics" Date: Sat, 7 Aug 1999 11:46:32 +0800 From: "Nigel Mitchell" <> Organization: St George Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Graeme: >>>> As am example of how it is a method by which it protects itself from >>>>> false doctrine, no one of the assemblies would ever permit an Bishop >>>>> Spong or […]
Subject: christian tradition (new thread) Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 16:57:41 -0700 From: vince garcia <> logarza wrote: > The DataRat wrote in message <37E32B04.3D30>… > >"…a question for DataRat…If you believe > >the RCC cannot trace its doctrines back > >before the 2nd Century, how would you > >explain the early Church Fathers referring […]
Weve all been exposed to the peculiar form of myth known as the "urban legend." Alligators flushed down toilets and grown to gigantic proportions in sewers, the "kidney harvest" story circulated on the internet, a coming "tax" on e-mail, and so on. Such stories are told, then retold, then believed – to the point that […]
Subject: Re: East Timor (a sermon) Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 09:10:48 GMT From: (Les Brown) "Robert Howard" <> wrote in aus.religion: >What rubbish! Deuteronomy 7:1-2 – "the seven nations greater and mightier >than thou — thou shalt smite them and utterly dstroy them, nor show mercy >upon them." > >Joshua 6:21- "and they utterly […]
From: “Darren R Middleton” <> Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: A critique of dispensationalist eschatology. Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:56:51 +1000 G’day Folks, I have got a bit of free time on my hands this week and so I thought I might make a belated reply to the recent debates on eschatology. I am aware that […]
[Here’s an old one, but in some quarters not as improbable as you might think! Rowland.] Dealing with Our Differences I was walking across a bridge recently. I spied this guy who looked like he was ready to jump off. So, I thought I’d try to stall him until the authorities showed up (or at […]
From: “Darren R Middleton” <> Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: A critique of dispensationalist eschatology – Part B. Date: Tue, 8 Jun 1999 16:57:04 +1000 G’day folks, At the close of my first post I intimated that I would attempt to show that the O.T does not teach a future earthly millennium kingdom, so here goes. I […]
There’s some good wisdom below (from another newsgroup). For another angle read my paper ‘Was Jesus a Christian?’ http://jmm.org.au/articles/2902.htm Richard Foster’s new book -Streams of Living Water’ is worth getting on this point. His question: ‘How have people got to know God?’ Answer: ‘Six ways.’ (My response: unless we relate to God in all six […]
From: Gordon Coleman <> Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Aramaic Gospels.Sean (was catholic stuff) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:27:25 +1000 Able, I'm genuinely confused by some of the comments you make here. They stand in stark contrast to everything I've heard and read from various scholars and historians (conservative, liberal and non-Christian alike). Able wrote: […]
Subject: Re: Modern Criticism/3 Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 12:43:35 GMT From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian In this post, unlile the previous two, there is actually some argument and presentation of evidence. >FALLACIES VITIATING THE METHODS OF MODERN CRITICISM >(a) Lack of external evidence >At the outset liberal criticism requires us to accept as […]