tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post7298017108683815891..comments2023-08-08T10:38:29.927-04:00Comments on The Musicologist Yogi: Pan Blog #1: Religious ExperienceSammeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-31600154122074700062011-10-28T09:35:02.072-04:002011-10-28T09:35:02.072-04:00Nice information, many thanks to the author.I agre...Nice information, many thanks to the author.I agree with your thought.Thank you for your sharing.<br /><br /><a href="http://cyberchurchtoday.com/" rel="nofollow">Master prophet e. bernard jordan</a>Bishopjordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00874002679261257977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-44153611739997262572007-06-01T16:31:00.000-04:002007-06-01T16:31:00.000-04:00First of all, Lauren, you know that sometimes when...First of all, Lauren, you know that sometimes when I debate things I strongly believe I can come off sounding harsh. I think you know that and won't be offended if my answers take a harsh tone. Secondly, I understand your point about the tenets of the Christian faith being based on Christian creeds that engaged in literal interpretation of the Bible. However, I don't know if many early church Sammeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-13467372535665228392007-06-01T12:07:00.000-04:002007-06-01T12:07:00.000-04:00I definitely respect your liberal, non-literal int...I definitely respect your liberal, non-literal interpretation of the Bible, but am unsure where that overlaps with believing in the "main tenets of Christian faith," which to me means something along the lines of some creed or another, e.g. the Nicene (which are based on an at least partilly literal interpretation of some parts of the Bible, which begs the question of how to determine which partsThe Unapologetichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02958637167634952540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-37096071824099409622007-05-31T21:44:00.000-04:002007-05-31T21:44:00.000-04:00Why, to be a Christian, must I hold to a literal i...Why, to be a Christian, must I hold to a literal interpretation of the Bible and view God as a man? God is God; deity transcends gender and is not limited by it. God cannot be male or female, so I might as well just even the stakes a little bit and counter all the male pronouns and realizations of God enacted by the Evangelicals.<BR/><BR/>I am a Christian in that I believe in the main tenets of Sammeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698526606418044557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17821243.post-13602540906792121682007-05-31T10:02:00.000-04:002007-05-31T10:02:00.000-04:00You don't have to answer this at all (in other wor...You don't have to answer this at all (in other words, I'm not asking you for a "defense" of your beliefs), but I'm genuinely curious: If you are calling God a female and not adhering to any literal truth of the Bible, in what way do you consider yourself a Christian?The Unapologetichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02958637167634952540noreply@blogger.com