http://ceruleansanctum.com/2010/03/provocative-title-worthy-commentary.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Tue, 22 May 2012 03:53:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2010/03/provocative-title-worthy-commentary.html#comment-46779 Headless Unicorn Guy Fri, 26 Mar 2010 20:26:28 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=1961#comment-46779 "Oh, the Protestants Hate the Catholics And the Catholics Hate the Protestants And the Muslims Hate the Hindus And everybody hates the Jews!" -- Tom Lehrer, "National Brotherhood Week" “Oh, the Protestants
Hate the Catholics
And the Catholics
Hate the Protestants
And the Muslims
Hate the Hindus
And everybody hates the Jews!”
– Tom Lehrer, “National Brotherhood Week”

]]> http://ceruleansanctum.com/2010/03/provocative-title-worthy-commentary.html#comment-46718 Jeremy Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:29:11 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=1961#comment-46718 What makes me squirm about Christianity today is the self-rigtheousness of different faith doctrines and groups. "Everyone is wrong except me and my denomination or group. We have attained ultimate truth." I hate this divisiveness because it causes many Christians to feel as though they don't fit in anywhere. How can you fit in? If you have one belief that does not agree with your group you can be scolded and rejected. There is not much grace to allow people to think. To disagree and partake in dialectic. The Baptist demonize the Pentecostals, the Pentecostals demonize the Methodists, and the Methodists demonize the Anglicans, etc. Why do we focus so much on the differences instead of the similarities? Why do we always have to be right? What makes me squirm about Christianity today is the self-rigtheousness of different faith doctrines and groups. “Everyone is wrong except me and my denomination or group. We have attained ultimate truth.” I hate this divisiveness because it causes many Christians to feel as though they don’t fit in anywhere. How can you fit in? If you have one belief that does not agree with your group you can be scolded and rejected. There is not much grace to allow people to think. To disagree and partake in dialectic. The Baptist demonize the Pentecostals, the Pentecostals demonize the Methodists, and the Methodists demonize the Anglicans, etc. Why do we focus so much on the differences instead of the similarities? Why do we always have to be right?

]]> http://ceruleansanctum.com/2010/03/provocative-title-worthy-commentary.html#comment-46717 Soul Crushed Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:12:38 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=1961#comment-46717 Gripes? Thoughtless and heartless apologetics (said the guy with the apologetics blog aimed at Atheists...) LOL. Good questions, Dan. Gripes? Thoughtless and heartless apologetics (said the guy with the apologetics blog aimed at Atheists…) LOL. Good questions, Dan.

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