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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

arkielib

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1. I know how you feel, BlueKota.

Reply to BlueKota (Original post)

Fri Oct 13, 2023, 07:27 PM

Oct 2023

Especially about still believing in God and Jesus, but I’ve had it with the church as well. I have - or had- been a Baptist my whole life, but am too disgusted with their embrace of Trumpism to ever go back.

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I have to admit I always kind of brushed off the whole idea [View all] BlueKota Oct 2023 OP

I know how you feel, BlueKota. arkielib Oct 2023 #1

It's hard to walk away from something that was a part of your life BlueKota Oct 2023 #2

Same with the Baptists and other evangelicals. They have lost all credibility. arkielib Oct 2023 #3

In some ways, that kind of teaching in Catholicism wnylib Oct 2023 #15

I always had the feeling that what they taught in the school BlueKota Oct 2023 #16

Early childhood teachings are hard to break away from. wnylib Oct 2023 #17

Joseph Campbell with whom Bill Moyers held a series of discussions on The Power of Myth, summer_in_TX Nov 2023 #23

An Orthodox ☦️ priest reminded me a long time ago that after we are afforded the sprinkleeninow Oct 2023 #4

Thank you! BlueKota Oct 2023 #20

Well, in the Lutheran church that I grew up in, wnylib Oct 2023 #5

Thank you so much. BlueKota Oct 2023 #12

Have you read Armageddon by Bart Ehrman? tanyev Oct 2023 #6

This sounds fascinating. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #7

He's written quite a few books in a similar vein. tanyev Oct 2023 #8

I recommend looking up Bart Ehrman on You Tube. There are wnylib Oct 2023 #11

Bart Ehrman does a great job of explaining Revelation. wnylib Oct 2023 #9

I have not read it yet BlueKota Oct 2023 #13

It's true that mankind's ability to destroy has far outpaced the ability tanyev Oct 2023 #19

Many years ago -- more years than I care to admit -- I read a theory that Revelations was actually shrike3 Oct 2023 #18

Does God change His mind? WDLAL Oct 2023 #10

Thank you! BlueKota Oct 2023 #14

Some very different thoughts on Armageddon: progressive, sensible, Biblical, anti-war hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2023 #21

Fascinating - and different from any interpretation I've heard before. summer_in_TX Nov 2023 #22