The question of whether Mormons can be considered Christian is fairly central to interfaith dialogue, and is significant enough to have garnered national attention during the 2008 presidential campaign. It comes up every now and then on Tim’s most excellent blog, and as an ex-Mormon non-Christian who is nevertheless widely read and confident in [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bible’
Why It Matters Whether Mormons Are Christian
Posted in Religion, Uncategorized, tagged Roman Catholicism, Evil, Dishonesty, Blogging, Religion, Mormonism, Evangelicalism, Christianity, Bible, Politics, God, Theology, Church, History, Conversion, Protestantism, Jesus Christ, Latter-day Saints, LDS, Faith, Reading, Teaching, Belief, Truth, Fear, Soteriology, Salvation, Jehovah's Witness, Semantics, Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Missionary Work, Public Relations, Persecution, Interfaith Dialogue, Description, Sociology, Protestant, Conservative Christianity, Slander, Lutheran, Southern Baptist, Roman Catholic Church, Catholicism, Framing, Presidential Campaign, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Mitt Romney on August 19, 2009 | 13 Comments »
I Need A Picture Of Dionysus Because I Am An Idolater
Posted in Spirituality, tagged Aphrodite, Art, Bacchus, Bible, Deity, Dionysus, God, Goddess, Gods, Hebrew, Idol, Idolatry, Majesty, Mysticism, Painting, Panentheism, Pantheism, Passion, Polemic, Power, Prayer, Propaganda, Religion, Sin, Spirituality, The Birth of Venus, Venus, William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Worship on June 2, 2009 | 10 Comments »
So, I don’t really like just praying off into the air. I like to have a depiction or a statue or something. My shrine to Aphrodite features a framed photo of William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s La Naissance de Vénus, which I think is beautiful, powerful, and erotic–in short, perfect for the goddess. But I [...]
Christianity Just Doesn’t Work For Me
Posted in Religion, tagged Asatru, Bible, Buddhism, C. S. Lewis, Christianity, Civilization, Culture, Doctrine, Druidry, Ecclesiology, Hinduism, Liturgy, Logos, Mormonism, Mysticism, New Age, Philosophy, Religion, Salvation, Satanism, Soteriology, Spirituality, Universe, Zen on March 30, 2009 | 10 Comments »
My initial reason for leaving Mormonism was because it conflicted with Christianity (at least the way I understood Christianity). So somewhat naturally, my assumption on the way out of Mormonism was that really finding God was just a matter of figuring out which Christian denomination I belonged in. The questions I was asking and trying [...]
Sad About the State of the Anglican Bloggerverse
Posted in Religion, tagged Anglican Communion, Anglicanism, Art, Bible, Colonialism, conversation, Covenant, environment, Environmentalism, Episcopal Church, GAFCON, God, Homosexuality, Lambeth, Liturgy, Music, Poetry, Politics, Post-colonialism, Religion, schism, Spirituality, Theology on July 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Everyone’s writing about the big issues in the communion: homosexuality, schism, Lambeth, GAFCON, the global South, post-colonialism, the covenant, etc
These are a big deal, sure, but in the meantime, nobody is really writing about, well, Jesus. Or anything else. It’s not that I expect people to pretend that the big happenings aren’t happening, but as [...]
A House Built On Sand
Posted in Faith, God, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Joseph Smith, Mormonism, Mysticism, Priesthood, Religion, Restoration, Spirituality, Theology, tagged Bible, Book of Mormon, Church, Faith, God, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, Joseph Smith, Mormonism, Mysticism, Priesthood, Religion, Restoration, Spirituality, Testimony, Theology on July 24, 2007 | 38 Comments »
I’ve tried to articulate one particular problem I have with Mormonism, and it never seems to go over very well. The topic came up on one of my favorite blogs, Dando’s Mormon and Evangelical Conversations, and while discussing it (and being accused of spouting ridiculous nonsense), I decided to try explaining it using a [...]
She Blinded Me With Christian Science
Posted in Death, Family, Hymns, Life, Mormonism, Science, Scientology, tagged Bible, Christian Science, Clergy, Death, Family, Health, Hymns, Life, Mary Baker Eddy, Mormonism, Science, Scientology, Scriptures, Sickness on July 22, 2007 | 24 Comments »
Today my wife and I went to a service at the Church of Christ, Scientist. We’re not sure that Cedar Ridge Community Church is a good permanent church solution for us, and we were in the mood for something different. I actually found an Episcopalian parish I wanted to attend, but they’re on [...]