tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post115317072298411608..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Who owns Christianity?SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1153698325892557672006-07-23T16:45:00.000-07:002006-07-23T16:45:00.000-07:00Friends, when it comes to John Gibsons, a dispropo...Friends, when it comes to John Gibsons, a disproportionate number of whom are Episcopalians, never assume. This JG for instance has no passion for chastity. But to each JG his own!<BR/><BR/>Cheers from steamy NYC!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1153415480429406062006-07-20T10:11:00.000-07:002006-07-20T10:11:00.000-07:00Jeff- Paul did NOT say "straight people" as an adj...Jeff- Paul did NOT say "straight people" as an adjective when whe wrote what he did about chastity. He called ALL CHRISTIANS to that state, and if you couldn't deal with the sexual desires of the flesh and not act on it, you should get married- in the way they viewed marriage. What you reference is almost like a gay vs. a straight version of the bible. You say you want equality, and then you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1153317401966801162006-07-19T06:56:00.000-07:002006-07-19T06:56:00.000-07:00I thought that only God could call us to chastity....I thought that only God could call us to chastity. The church is not God, you might recall.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744626513934324151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1153273762279746732006-07-18T18:49:00.000-07:002006-07-18T18:49:00.000-07:00The Church invites ALL Christians that are not cal...The Church invites ALL Christians that are not called to enter into Holy Matrimony as stated by Scripture to a life of chastity- it is not only the homosexual. Chastity is a gift bestowed by Christ- as is marriage. All are not called to either role-but both represent eternity...<BR/><BR/>I highly reccommend reading "Real Sex- The Truth About Chastity" by Lauren Winner. An outstanding book. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1153263464328271822006-07-18T15:57:00.000-07:002006-07-18T15:57:00.000-07:00He's NOT a Christian. He's a newage (rhymes with ...He's NOT a Christian. He's a newage (rhymes with "sewage") woo-woo guru.<BR/><BR/>And the idea of comparing fundamentalist Christians to radical or fundamentalist Muslims and Hindus is outrageous. There are no incidences of radical Baptists flying airliners into high rise buildings in Saudi Arabia or Bahrain. Gangs of militant Lutherans do not roam U.S. city streets in search of Hindu Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1153262713200585012006-07-18T15:45:00.000-07:002006-07-18T15:45:00.000-07:00"The Church does not "condemn homosexuals," it inv...<I>"The Church does not "condemn homosexuals," it invites them to chastity."</I><BR/><BR/>Its so easy to toss out invitations like that, isn't it? We're just "those homosexuals", we're not real people with real lives and real emotions, are we?<BR/><BR/>To one of the "invited", it feels more like the Church is <I>condemning</I> us to lives of lonliness rather than <I>inviting</I> us to <I>Toewalkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009166129137242610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1153248248017438862006-07-18T11:44:00.000-07:002006-07-18T11:44:00.000-07:00Chopra said "Women deserve to hold church office.....Chopra said "Women deserve to hold church office..."<BR/>Unfortunately the Episcopal Church still uses the qualifier, as long as she is straight.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1153244526291982302006-07-18T10:42:00.000-07:002006-07-18T10:42:00.000-07:00I'm not sure this guy is a member of a Christian c...I'm not sure this guy is a member of a Christian church, is he? I thought he was some sort of New Age spiritualist.GL+https://www.blogger.com/profile/12497828271529762056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1153196217949614232006-07-17T21:16:00.000-07:002006-07-17T21:16:00.000-07:00And Deepak is qualified to decide these things bec...And Deepak is qualified to decide these things because . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-1153181833866745962006-07-17T17:17:00.000-07:002006-07-17T17:17:00.000-07:00Did Christ teach love or is that just a liberal bi...<I>Did Christ teach love or is that just a liberal bias?</I><BR/><BR/>On our drive home from Chicago this past weekend, I was reading some old issues of Church and State, a publication put out by Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. One of them had an in-depth article on Opus Dei, and its ties to the Republican party in the U.S. The article discussed how Rick Santorum had Renee in Ohiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01741974339127525003noreply@blogger.com