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"maff" |
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26 Nov 2005 01:54:08 AM |
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Face to faith |
Face to faith
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1651093,00.html
We were created by God to be a community that rejoices in difference,
and that is my Advent hope, says Judith Maltby
Saturday November 26, 2005
The Guardian
The Christian season of Advent begins tomorrow. It is not only a period
of preparation for the festival of Christmas, for the celebration of
Christ's first coming among us in his vulnerability, but also a time to
reflect on his "second coming" - this time not in weakness but in
power.
The second coming of Christ is a doctrine dominated by the language of
exposure and disclosure and the resulting judgment and justice. The
doings of the schemers and hypocrites will be brought out into the
glare and open. "Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in
the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be
proclaimed from the housetops," as Jesus remarks in Luke's gospel, in
what has long struck me as the scariest verse in the Bible. God and the
angels will form a cosmic scrutiny committee and all those collusions
and compromises, all those hurtful acts camouflaged even to ourselves
by an appeal to a higher principle or a greater good, will be
disclosed, exposed and judged.
Judith Maltby
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.atheism/msg/d632ea85485b9320
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: Face to faith |
26 Nov 2005 02:42:33 AM |
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"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1132991648.080869.248210@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Face to faith
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1651093,00.html
We were created by God to be a community that rejoices in difference,
That would be the same god-character that supposedly wrote "Thou shalt have
no other god before me"?
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
http://www.ashenempires.com
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Face to faith |
27 Nov 2005 09:04:39 PM |
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On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:42:33 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
wrote:
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1132991648.080869.248210@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Face to faith
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1651093,00.html
We were created by God to be a community that rejoices in difference,
That would be the same god-character that supposedly wrote "Thou shalt have
no other god before me"?
That phrase was written by a human. Definitely.
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| User: "Denis Loubet" |
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| Title: Re: Face to faith |
28 Nov 2005 06:27:39 PM |
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"Michael Gray" <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in message
news:3usko155jnqsf49lcg8rje3198ovj065qk@4ax.com...
On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:42:33 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
wrote:
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1132991648.080869.248210@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Face to faith
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1651093,00.html
We were created by God to be a community that rejoices in difference,
That would be the same god-character that supposedly wrote "Thou shalt
have
no other god before me"?
That phrase was written by a human. Definitely.
Well, that's not what the bible SAYS...
--
Denis Loubet
dloubet@io.com
http://www.io.com/~dloubet
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: Face to faith |
10 Dec 2005 05:40:14 PM |
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:27:39 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
wrote:
"Michael Gray" <fleetg@newsguy.spam.com> wrote in message
news:3usko155jnqsf49lcg8rje3198ovj065qk@4ax.com...
On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:42:33 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
wrote:
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1132991648.080869.248210@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Face to faith
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1651093,00.html
We were created by God to be a community that rejoices in difference,
That would be the same god-character that supposedly wrote "Thou shalt
have
no other god before me"?
That phrase was written by a human. Definitely.
Well, that's not what the bible SAYS...
To use the Theists' Defense(R), it does not say otherwise, either.
Even the most rabid Christian must understand that it was written by a
human, even if it was a bit of dictation.
Pedantic? Shure!
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| User: "towelie" |
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| Title: Re: Face to faith |
27 Nov 2005 10:29:39 PM |
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TV's Michael Gray wrote:
On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 02:42:33 -0600, "Denis Loubet" <dloubet@io.com>
wrote:
"maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1132991648.080869.248210@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Face to faith
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1651093,00.html
We were created by God to be a community that rejoices in difference,
That would be the same god-character that supposedly wrote "Thou shalt
have no other god before me"?
That phrase was written by a human. Definitely.
It's funny how this supposedly perfect god has all these specifically human
flaws.
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aa #2133
ap #19
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| User: "Les Hellawell" |
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| Title: Re: Face to faith |
26 Nov 2005 03:13:22 PM |
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On 25 Nov 2005 23:54:08 -0800, "maff" <maff91@yahoo.com> wrote:
Face to faith
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1651093,00.html
We were created by God to be a community that rejoices in difference,
and that is my Advent hope, says Judith Maltby
Saturday November 26, 2005
The Guardian
The Christian season of Advent begins tomorrow. It is not only a period
of preparation for the festival of Christmas,
This Christmas you mention, does it come before or after the coming
Winter Festivals?
Les Hellawell
Greetings from:
YORKSHIRE The White Rose County
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