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Rutledge,Theology is indeed about blood but it is ...

evan at xtransoc.blogspot.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:59:00 -0700

Rutledge,
Theology is indeed about blood but it is no sport. It's not about the blood you desire to spill, either.

"Reading Paul in Romans gives me gas."Rutledge, I ...

Benjamin Bush Jr. at xtransoc.blogspot.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 11:42:00 -0700

"Reading Paul in Romans gives me gas."

Rutledge, I must confess. I'm still laughing. If I hadn't read your give and take on the other post of Reclaiming Paul, I would've thought you were just another EM type. So, keep it up.

By the way, I find it sad, but enlightening how easily Emerging advocates give up on a "conversation." Absolute Truth is rather difficult to overcome, isn't it?

Evan, Most of the emergent "church" stuff isn't ne...

xtransoc at xtransoc.blogspot.com — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:55:00 -0700

Evan,

Most of the emergent "church" stuff isn't new. Most of what they complain about the Christian traditions that they are in, or claim to come out of, have brought up the same issues themselves. In general EMs (not all) are misrepresenting themselves. Top leaders of the movement have written as if they take a political neutral stance, then openly become political directly to a candidate, not just to a general idea. If an EM is going to create straw men to attack, then when I have time, and come in contact with it, I'll call them to account for what they are saying. Theology is blood sport sometimes - John the Baptist is a good example of this. I'm not going to sit around all day and say, "Jesus loves you" and leave it at that; I'll debate.

which choice are you making over on the EC website...

evan at xtransoc.blogspot.com — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:17:00 -0700

which choice are you making over on the EC website?

I would think that a fear of death is innate to a ...

xtransoc at xtransoc.blogspot.com — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:40:00 -0700

I would think that a fear of death is innate to a human. The authority would be general observation, there may be evidence to the contrary.

External pressure meaning systems of belief that have been accepted into the psyche, or drugs - just two example that I can think of now.

Nope, I'm just sketching thoughts. Their could be...

xtransoc at xtransoc.blogspot.com — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 09:16:00 -0700

Nope, I'm just sketching thoughts. Their could be other choice that I haven't thought up yet, but the idea is general and only scetchy.

What authority can you cite to say that overcoming...

Benjamin Bush Jr. at xtransoc.blogspot.com — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:36:00 -0700

What authority can you cite to say that overcoming the fear of death only comes by exterior pressure?

And what do you mean exactly by exterior pressure?

Are you implying that there is no other choice ava...

Benjamin Bush Jr. at xtransoc.blogspot.com — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:30:00 -0700

Are you implying that there is no other choice available to the groups?

Cool!Sounds very similar to what we at the Mormon ...

Brent.Allsop at xtransoc.blogspot.com — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:35:00 -0700

Cool!
Sounds very similar to what we at the Mormon Transhumanist Association is working on.

I Think we should work together.

Brent Allsop

The link, as far as I can tell, is unreadable. Alt...

Phillip Torres at xtransoc.blogspot.com — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:14:00 -0700

The link, as far as I can tell, is unreadable. Alternatively, you can go to my blog and find the link under the Aug. 10th post. Later!

Hey... very interesting site. "Christian transhuma...

Phillip Torres at xtransoc.blogspot.com — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 10:12:00 -0700

Hey... very interesting site. "Christian transhumanist" is an intriguing combination of ideas -- I'd like to hear more about it. (Feel free to email or post on my blog.) Also, I wrote a longer, more comprehensive and (I hope) more compelling critique of transhumanism at this site: http://www.scribd.com/doc/4660292/Transhumanism-Totalitarianism-and-Anthropogenic-Risks-to-Existence
Please check it out, and -- if you'd like -- critique my critique. Take care!

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