Comments on: Where He Takes Up A Throw-down http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/02/04/where-he-takes-up-a-throw-down/ Delusions of Adequacy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:38:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Disapproving Ex-Housemate http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/02/04/where-he-takes-up-a-throw-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4835 Disapproving Ex-Housemate Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:09:11 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=777#comment-4835 Oh, we're supposed to stay on topic? You should have said. :op Oh, we’re supposed to stay on topic? You should have said. :o p

]]> By: zoomtard http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/02/04/where-he-takes-up-a-throw-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4832 zoomtard Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:56:18 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=777#comment-4832 I think the vast majority of Christians who aren't "evangelical" around the world are keen proponents of orthodox faith. The evangelicals simply push their authority back on Scripture, which is a tradition that has been formed by the shapers of orthodoxy... Don't let the Sarah Palins fool us! Christianity has always been a tradition and crucially for staying on topic, that tradition has no similarity to either Dawkins' lampooning or Jacobson's documentary. I think the vast majority of Christians who aren’t “evangelical” around the world are keen proponents of orthodox faith. The evangelicals simply push their authority back on Scripture, which is a tradition that has been formed by the shapers of orthodoxy…

Don’t let the Sarah Palins fool us! Christianity has always been a tradition and crucially for staying on topic, that tradition has no similarity to either Dawkins’ lampooning or Jacobson’s documentary.

]]> By: Disapproving Ex-Housemate http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/02/04/where-he-takes-up-a-throw-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4831 Disapproving Ex-Housemate Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:52:38 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=777#comment-4831 In particular, how do you think the church holds up in terms of belief and orthodoxy when we examine its practice? In particular, how do you think the church holds up in terms of belief and orthodoxy when we examine its practice?

]]> By: Disapproving Ex-Housemate http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/2009/02/04/where-he-takes-up-a-throw-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4829 Disapproving Ex-Housemate Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:49:42 +0000 http://zoomtard.furiousthinking.org/?p=777#comment-4829 I'll give *you* common. And I don't mean esperanto, young man. I like the sound of Trevor's book about 20thC Gnosticism. All in all, a great post. Thanks! I was expecting a mere comment-on-comment. :o) I wasn't asserting that the CV chaps (or, heavens forbid, Mr. Dawkins) had it right. However, I do suspect there's a point in there somewhere - while you measure yourself and your beliefs against an orthodoxy you trace to Paul & co., is that a common standard? Perhaps it should be, but how do you see today's church universal as measured against it? I’ll give *you* common. And I don’t mean esperanto, young man.

I like the sound of Trevor’s book about 20thC Gnosticism.

All in all, a great post. Thanks! I was expecting a mere comment-on-comment. :o )

I wasn’t asserting that the CV chaps (or, heavens forbid, Mr. Dawkins) had it right. However, I do suspect there’s a point in there somewhere – while you measure yourself and your beliefs against an orthodoxy you trace to Paul & co., is that a common standard? Perhaps it should be, but how do you see today’s church universal as measured against it?

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