by Jim Stitzel | Apr 4, 2006 | General
Heresy is a far broader definition than the one which I am about to apply. “freethoughtmom”:http://freethoughtmom.blogspot.com/ asked this question in “this discussion”:http://open-dialogue.com/blog/?p=317: bq. Who decides which teachings are...
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 4, 2006 | General
I used to think, as a kid, that apologetics was a method for apologizing for something. When I learned about it in the context of religious faith, I kind of figured that apology was not really what apologetics was all about, since I couldn’t understand why...
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 4, 2006 | General
bq. He could have created us as peers, with all His knowledge and wisdom, so we could relate to Him perfectly. But even such created beings would still be inferior because they would not be gods. “#”:http://open-dialogue.com/blog/?p=467 How can the created...
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 4, 2006 | General
Why do we tend to focus more on the fact that others often hurt us with their words, however unintentionally, rather than on our own response to those people? How is that we forget that we are _not_ responsible for how others interact with us but rather we hold _full_...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 21, 2006 | General
The Society of Serpents and Doves: Ruminating on the Emergent Church “Dr. Mark Caleb Smith”:http://www.blogger.com/profile/11310269 writes about the emergent church movement, addressing many of the same concerns that I’ve “mentioned...
