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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

BlueKota

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14. Thank you!

Reply to WDLAL (Reply #10)

Sat Oct 14, 2023, 10:00 AM

Oct 2023

I did talk to a more progressive priest a few years ago about my fears and he said, the fact that it matters to me what God and Jesus think of me, and feel guilt when I feel I have failed them in some way, in his view means I am on the the path to salvation. He said he'd be more worried if I didn't care about whether I was pleasing them, and ignored my conscience. He also told me to listen to what God tells me in my heart rather than what anyone else may say to me, even the Catholic Church.

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I have to admit I always kind of brushed off the whole idea [View all] BlueKota Oct 2023 OP

I know how you feel, BlueKota. arkielib Oct 2023 #1

It's hard to walk away from something that was a part of your life BlueKota Oct 2023 #2

Same with the Baptists and other evangelicals. They have lost all credibility. arkielib Oct 2023 #3

In some ways, that kind of teaching in Catholicism wnylib Oct 2023 #15

I always had the feeling that what they taught in the school BlueKota Oct 2023 #16

Early childhood teachings are hard to break away from. wnylib Oct 2023 #17

Joseph Campbell with whom Bill Moyers held a series of discussions on The Power of Myth, summer_in_TX Nov 2023 #23

An Orthodox ☦️ priest reminded me a long time ago that after we are afforded the sprinkleeninow Oct 2023 #4

Thank you! BlueKota Oct 2023 #20

Well, in the Lutheran church that I grew up in, wnylib Oct 2023 #5

Thank you so much. BlueKota Oct 2023 #12

Have you read Armageddon by Bart Ehrman? tanyev Oct 2023 #6

This sounds fascinating. ShazzieB Oct 2023 #7

He's written quite a few books in a similar vein. tanyev Oct 2023 #8

I recommend looking up Bart Ehrman on You Tube. There are wnylib Oct 2023 #11

Bart Ehrman does a great job of explaining Revelation. wnylib Oct 2023 #9

I have not read it yet BlueKota Oct 2023 #13

It's true that mankind's ability to destroy has far outpaced the ability tanyev Oct 2023 #19

Many years ago -- more years than I care to admit -- I read a theory that Revelations was actually shrike3 Oct 2023 #18

Does God change His mind? WDLAL Oct 2023 #10

Thank you! BlueKota Oct 2023 #14

Some very different thoughts on Armageddon: progressive, sensible, Biblical, anti-war hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2023 #21

Fascinating - and different from any interpretation I've heard before. summer_in_TX Nov 2023 #22