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Re: Love The United Methodists!
Posted by beezelbub (Guest) - Thursday, October 27 2005, 15:18:17 (CEST)
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Emil wrote:
>This is why I respect the United Methodist Church- they are all-inclusive, welcoming everyone who wants to practice Christianity, including a gay/lesbian fellowship.
>Here's what they believe- note the use of the concept of REASON in their statement:
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>As United Methodists, we have an obligation to bear a faithful Christian witness to Jesus Christ, the living reality at the center of the Church’s life and witness. To fulfill this obligation, we reflect critically on our biblical and theological inheritance, striving to express faithfully the witness we make in OUR OWN TIME.
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>Two considerations are central to this endeavor: the sources from which we derive our theological affirmations and the criteria by which we assess the adequacy of our understanding and witness.
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>Wesley believed that the living core of the Christian faith was revealed in Scripture, illumined by tradition, vivified in personal experience, and confirmed by REASON.

...that is indeed interesting...even unique. Without meaning to pick a fight however, I fail to see what kind of Reason can reasonably believe in a god...I mean in a generalized way, yes...but when these people get down to specifics...they all seem to babble. I'm willing to admit there is a profound mystery behind all of this...but to me it seems to defy reason when someone who can barely balance a checkbook measures the distance to the Infinite and tells me what exists on the way there...these dime-store explanations of the mystery all kill the mystery...I'm willing to wait till someday I MIGHT understand something...but no one on earth is qualified to pierce that veil...let the mystery STAY one, sez I.

Still...the appeal to Reason is refreshing and coul be the reason they seem to be so humane



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