| Title: | Discussions from a Christian Perspective |
| Notice: | Prostitutes and tax collectors welcome! |
| Moderator: | CSC32::J_CHRISTIE |
| Created: | Mon Sep 17 1990 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1362 |
| Total number of notes: | 61362 |
During my training as a hospital chaplain, I was taught that God needs no one to defend God. It was a good thing to know, because I heard a lot of negative feelings expressed towards God while serving as chaplain. After I got over the almost instinctive impulse to react defensively, it became a relief to me to know that I didn't have to come up with a single excuse, I didn't have to prove anything, and I didn't have to take anything said to me about God personally. Now it appears to me that some people do indeed feel a special responsibility to rush to the defense of God, or the church, or the Bible, or some particular doctrine - potentially volatile topics, all. What has your response been when you felt some aspect of your faith was under attack? How have you dealt with it? Peace, Richard
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| 630.1 | LGP30::FLEISCHER | without vision the people perish (381-0899 ZKO2-2/T63) | Fri Apr 02 1993 17:03 | 10 | |
re Note 630.0 by 29067::J_CHRISTIE:
> Now it appears to me that some people do indeed feel a special responsibility
> to rush to the defense of God, or the church, or the Bible, or some particular
> doctrine - potentially volatile topics, all.
No one has perfect faith. It isn't God being attacked, but
our faith in God.
Bob
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| 630.2 | musings | BSS::VANFLEET | Helpless jello | Fri Apr 02 1993 17:44 | 17 |
For those people who believe in God, that faith is at the very core of
who they believe themselves to be. An attack on the object of that
belief would equate to an attack on the core of that person's being.
Makes sense to me.
I think that's why it's so difficult to maintain a healthy sharing in
here without personal attacks. The subject matter of this conference
is faith and faith is that from which we live our lives, i.e. our core
beliefs. It's very threatening to have those core beliefs challenged.
If those beliefs are threatened, then our own self-identity is
threatened as well. Lately I've been trying to keep this in mind when
I read something in here that really fans the flames. Maybe what
triggered the response that's inspiring flames in me was a perceived
threat to those core beliefs in someone else.
Nanci
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| 630.3 | MSBCS::JMARTIN | Mon Apr 05 1993 11:41 | 6 | ||
Hi All:
I agree with Nanci and that's why I feel it is so important to climb
over doctrine to get to truth, it can be done!!
Jack
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