Made me think of Bertrand Russell's 'The Theologian's Nightmare', does rather make you wonder doesn't it? Incredible though. [IMG]
Whilst I take your point that your last paragraph at least was looking at the Canon, I don't see why we can't broaden the whole discussion to your...
If they could ever agree on how to portray Cranmer of course! But obviously the real question is who you'd cast to play the leading role? It...
Ah yes, just what I always wanted, a list of decontextualized quotes without historical prefacing or contrasting references. Apologetics as...
Europe certainly is becoming more secular (atheist is more debateable) but I would suggest you've missed two things in your analysis; first that...
I can't comment on TEC, but this is not what appears to be happening in the CoE. there are in fact procedures in Canon law that allow for an...
I'm sorry. Truly I am sorry. None of this was my intention. I won't apologise for generalizing, because (as far as I'm aware) we're all...
Ah yes, how silly of me to forget Hooker's classic three legged stool of 'Scripture, Scripture, Scripture' And somehow you managed to miss the...
http://www.churchofengland.org/media-centre/news/2012/11/statement-on-the-conclusion-of-the-meeting-of-the-archbishops%E2%80%99-council-november-20...
Theological Conservatism doesn't necessarily equate with an unscriptural insistence on 'the bible' as a monolithic lump of doctrinal statements....
Probably, but I imagine anyone would be hard pressed to give a nuanced presentation in just two paragraphs. It is possibly a little more...
A very warm greeting to you!
I have a very simple question. Why can the opponents of WO not accept that their opponents positions may in fact be inspired by their faith and...
Could I possibly see this post, the one referring to the Manners please? And Stalwart; wheat and the tares surely? Does any human really think...
Naturally in favour of all, I'm a little concerned that this has that slight RC-esque minefield view of sin: how far can we go before we actually...
The rest I think is not worth dealing with, I'd just be repeating myself. It strikes me though that at the heart of this is the question of how we...
Now I turn to the slightly more substantial post... I would be pleased to be shown what the 'incorrect reading of one word' is, but I should...
I often find a weekend away from the hurly-burly of the internet rather good for the soul, as such I hope to attend to some of the thoughts here...
Carful about counting the chickens. I don't know how much of the British News you watch, but the backlash in the media has been rather fierce....
No, they were deeply committed to trying to follow the teachings of the bible, and just fell foul of the more conventional protestants for...