Comments on: Why We Should Engage With Conservative Christians http://celestiallands.org/wayside/?p=200 Liberal Religious Faith... and the occasional political musing. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:17:13 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nathan Jones http://celestiallands.org/wayside/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-934 Nathan Jones Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:14:59 +0000 http://celestiallands.org/wayside/?p=200#comment-934 Eloquently written, David! I enjoy reading your writings, even if I don't agree with their theological conclusions. I'm glad like me you found our discussion beneficial and not as an affront, which it wasn't. It sounds like we're equally rooted in our faiths and do not speak out of fear or have any doubt about what we believe. A system of belief may work for someone for awhile, but if it is not true at some point it will ultimately fail them. At some point in time soon, one of us will be proven correct. Eloquently written, David! I enjoy reading your writings, even if I don’t agree with their theological conclusions. I’m glad like me you found our discussion beneficial and not as an affront, which it wasn’t. It sounds like we’re equally rooted in our faiths and do not speak out of fear or have any doubt about what we believe.

A system of belief may work for someone for awhile, but if it is not true at some point it will ultimately fail them. At some point in time soon, one of us will be proven correct.

]]> By: Diggitt http://celestiallands.org/wayside/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-866 Diggitt Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:34:02 +0000 http://celestiallands.org/wayside/?p=200#comment-866 Yours is one of the wisest blogs I know and I am grateful to you for writing it. I did have a moment of sadness when you wrote that a Catholic priest took you aside to say that there was no obstacle in your being a priest. I totally understand your gratitude for the moment. We can only imagine imagine the gratitude at such an offer, if it were made to the nuns I know who have devoted their lives to the religion that excludes them from what you were freely offered. Yours is one of the wisest blogs I know and I am grateful to you for writing it.

I did have a moment of sadness when you wrote that a Catholic priest took you aside to say that there was no obstacle in your being a priest. I totally understand your gratitude for the moment. We can only imagine imagine the gratitude at such an offer, if it were made to the nuns I know who have devoted their lives to the religion that excludes them from what you were freely offered.

]]> By: DairyStateDad http://celestiallands.org/wayside/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-863 DairyStateDad Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:47:54 +0000 http://celestiallands.org/wayside/?p=200#comment-863 A friend of mine in our conversation years ago told me that he would invite door-to-door evangelists (usually Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons) in when they came knocking, and engage them in respectful conversation about their beliefs. I've always admired that but never had the combination of time and centeredness required to emulate him... A friend of mine in our conversation years ago told me that he would invite door-to-door evangelists (usually Jehovah’s Witnesses or Mormons) in when they came knocking, and engage them in respectful conversation about their beliefs. I’ve always admired that but never had the combination of time and centeredness required to emulate him…

]]> By: Mickbic http://celestiallands.org/wayside/?p=200&cpage=1#comment-862 Mickbic Tue, 04 Aug 2009 08:49:34 +0000 http://celestiallands.org/wayside/?p=200#comment-862 My childhood faith was independent fundamental Baptist so I can usually talk the lingo of the conservative Christians. I actually live with two conservative Christians, my sister and her husband who are in their sixties. I am in my fifties and think a little spillover from conservative Christians is probably good for the UUA. It forces us to be more inclusive. We can also use the tempering of the fire, as you mentioned. My childhood faith was independent fundamental Baptist so I can usually talk the lingo of the conservative Christians. I actually live with two conservative Christians, my sister and her husband who are in their sixties. I am in my fifties and think a little spillover from conservative Christians is probably good for the UUA. It forces us to be more inclusive. We can also use the tempering of the fire, as you mentioned.

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