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starroute

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8. Fred Clark always has sensible things to say

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Mar 11, 2012, 01:11 PM

Mar 2012

Don't just read this one entry as ammunition -- follow the blog.

Clark is a true progressive from an evangelical background who is doing his best to rescue Christianity from the fundies, and though he may not succeed, the results are always fascinating.

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The ‘biblical view’ that’s younger than the Happy Meal [View all] kpete Mar 2012 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Mar 2012 #1

The original Biblical interpretation is consistent with both Judaism and Islam CJCRANE Mar 2012 #2

Religious books always say what the religious leaders need them to say. obxhead Mar 2012 #3

That's a human universal - it's not restricted to religion saras Mar 2012 #15

No it's not restricted to religion, but obxhead Mar 2012 #30

K & R for making a salient point Cirque du So-What Mar 2012 #4

2 out of 3 versions I read Ilsa Mar 2012 #5

text of all versions kristopher Mar 2012 #6

I think you are cutting the texts short... whopis01 Mar 2012 #28

Sometimes when you talk to God, He straightens these things out.... Scuba Mar 2012 #7

"God" being ineffable, you could look to our teacher Lord Jesus who showed us that YOU CHOOSE and patrice Mar 2012 #10

Speaking of God speaking, if you look to Jesus you might ask why he said "Eli Eli lama sabachthani!" patrice Mar 2012 #11

Do only those with whom we agree acquire Luther's primacy of individual conscience? patrice Mar 2012 #12

And being pro-War isn't? Are we that selective? nt patrice Mar 2012 #13

Fred Clark always has sensible things to say starroute Mar 2012 #8

Would be interesting to corelate the rise of Robert P. George at Princeton with this timeline. nt patrice Mar 2012 #9

it is also interesting to corelate the GOP-conservative wooing of fundies with this timeline... JHB Mar 2012 #27

Here's the Catholic intellectual piece that goes with Weyrich, Dolan, Viguerie. patrice Mar 2012 #31

Speaking of jobs > Yes, what you say about religion CAN get you fired. At will employment is legal patrice Mar 2012 #14

If the fetus has a soul at conception, then some people have 1/2 a soul and some have 2. TPaine7 Mar 2012 #16

More examples of how "natural law" doesn't work very well at all. nt patrice Mar 2012 #18

Oh crap, my apologies, all. That's the rhetorical "you" of course. patrice Mar 2012 #17

A lot of these issues strike me as umbilical. swimboy Mar 2012 #19

I wish I could recall the exact source, but "the soul enters the body with the first breath" bhikkhu Mar 2012 #20

Don't spirit and aspiration share some root? annabanana Mar 2012 #21

Genesis2:7 StarsInHerHair Mar 2012 #24

Well OK then! annabanana Mar 2012 #25

According to Jewish tradition ... surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #22

That's just as absurd as the view in the OP _ed_ Mar 2012 #26

The point I was hinting at ... surrealAmerican Mar 2012 #29

k and r--I would point this out to the fundies around here, but I do my best never to have to niyad Mar 2012 #23