Winkks
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Progressive Christianity?
The Center for Progressive Christianity
Quote from their 'About Us' page.
quoting About Us
* Do you find more grace in the search for meaning than in absolute certainty, in the questions rather than in the answers?
* Do you have religious interests and longings but cannot accept the beliefs and dogmas you associate with Christianity?
* Are you repelled by claims that Christianity is the "only way"?
Organized religion does not have to be irrelevant, ineffectual, or repressive...
The Center for Progressive Christianity provides guiding ideas, networking opportunities, and resources for progressive churches, organizations, individuals and others with connections to Christianity.
We promote an understanding of Christian practice and teaching that leads to a greater concern for the way people treat each other than for the way people express their beliefs, the acceptance of all people, and a respect for other religious traditions.
We affirm the variety and depth of human experience and the richness of each persons' search for meaning, and we encourage the use of sound scholarship, critical inquiry, and all intellectual powers to understand the presence of God in human life.
We are opposed to any exclusive dogma that limits the search for truth and free inquiry, and we encourage work that eases the pain, suffering and degradation inherent in many of the structures of society, as well as work that keeps central to the Christian life fair, open, peaceful, and loving treatment of all human beings.
This is contrary to the gospel! I've just run across this and have never heard of it before till recently. I'm curious as to what ya'll think of this.... cult? religion?
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1/11/2010, 10:05 am
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Staybrite
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Re: Progressive Christianity?
Looks like a blending of "Christianity" and "Post Modernism" to me.
Yes, I agree it is contrary to biblical Christianity.
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1/11/2010, 2:42 pm
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algee3
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Re: Progressive Christianity?
quoting we encourage the use of sound scholarship, critical inquiry, and all intellectual powers to understand the presence of God in human life.
I bet they don't. If we sent John MacArthur over there, or Paul Washer, or John Piper, or Mark Cahill, or Wayne Grudem, I don't think they would be open to "critical inquiry" or "intellectual powers to understand." I seriously doubt that there would be any encouraging going on.
quoting We are opposed to any exclusive dogma that limits the search for truth and free inquiry,
Somehow, I get the idea that they would oppose me and my belief in Biblical Christianity. I suppose that they could tolerate anything but that!
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1/11/2010, 11:03 pm
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Pastor Rick
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Re: Progressive Christianity?
It looks like "diversity" cultism pretending to be Christianity to me. They agree with everything except the words of Christ?!? That isn't Christianity.
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