Each church body is just looking for a sin which they don’t feel guilty of so they can be superior, as if God is a bear and we must simply outrun our comrades to escape being consumed in the flames of Hell that inhabit the mouth of God. Continue reading
In the past, I have been religious. At this point in my life, I am no longer religious and have not been for quite some time. Many of you are aware of the things that the church has put me through. It’s hard to be religious and enthusiastic about a church that only tears you … Continue reading
We don’t know our neighbors. They live too far away. Too far for us to be kind. Too far for us to really get a sense of who they are. All we notice is when they don’t mow their lawns. We notice when they have a party that doesn’t end before eleven. Rumors fly, but … Continue reading
After four years of putting it off, I finally went to my parents church to see their infamous Easter play. No, it’s not little kids singing off key, that would be cute! Their Easter play is reenactment of the crucifixion of Christ. A full reenactment. First, Christ walks around blessing people and preventing a woman … Continue reading
They both represent and are a product of something that our society has come to hinge on. Something that makes our society the wreck that it is. Impersonality. Though on one side, they represent a lowering of a sacred text and the other a heightening of lethal range both represent the loss of a relationship … Continue reading
Recently I came across an article titled “Joel Osteen is a Heretical Pelagian and Universalist!” I’m a little embarrassed to say that I had to look up Pelagian. This point of view by Pelagius is in opposition to Augustine’s original sin and total depravity premise. He is father to the idea that Adam’s sin did … Continue reading
When I read around on these blogs in the classifications of God, religion, Christianity etc. I realize that most love a sunny ending. Most people like movies that have a happy ending, so why shouldn’t people who read blogs that end the same way? People don’t like to be disappointed. But that’s not reality, that’s … Continue reading
“Don’t you just hate it when you are casually trying to go worship in a Cathedral at 11:00pm and homeless men are blocking each door? UGH” -Acquaintance on Facebook It’s inconvenient isn’t? It’s a pain in the ass. It’s obnoxious. It’s embarrassing. It’s a waste of money. All they are is leeches. If you don’t … Continue reading
I went to a different church this Sunday. The ad in the paper said that it was an interracial, intercultural, international church. If twenty people in a borrowed sanctuary can be interracial, intercultural, and international, then I suppose they qualify. The Bishop was quite enthusiastic. Though there was absolutely no need they gave a mic … Continue reading
This is a series. Previous post cane be found here. This post was very difficult for me to write, as I have no experience with a universal reconciliation in Christianity to draw from. So, I ask you to contribute and critique in the hopes that I can get a place to jump from. Universal reconciliation … Continue reading
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