I realize that people complain about my constant switching of religious views on facebook. I should officially stop all changes until Easter this year, when I either will become a Roman Catholic, an Anglican, or maybe even some kind of crazy Lutheran. I switch my religious views depending on the day. Usually Sundays I'm an Anglican, as I go to an Anglican church, but usually … [Read more...]
Westminster Confession: Scripture 2
As I was re-reading and rethinking my judgement upon the Westminster Confession I realized I might have been a little harsh. I'm not a proponent of Sola Scriptura, however I am realizing that it is the Word of God and deserves respect and the ability to critique tradition. Of course I believe it is from Tradition we recieve the canon etc, however I am reading a book called … [Read more...]
Westminster Confession of Faith: Scripture
To me, the easiest thing in the world to be, would be a Calvinist. You get to call yourself one of the elect - which is a cool title - you get certainty about your salvation, you get answers to every question you could imagine. I've always said that the two best theological systems which answer everything coherently for the most part are 1) Calvinism, and 2) Catholicism. Now … [Read more...]
False Dichotemies?
I've been accused by Catholics of setting up false dichotemies. It is a claim leveled at all Protestant Christians as well, when they say Tradition and Scripture contradict one another. Now I can understand the Catholics' anger when some say this, because 99.9% of Protestants have never read a single church council. Indeed I was a baptist for 18 years and never heard of the … [Read more...]
Quote on Homosexuality
While I don't really care that much about homosexuality as it doesn't pertain to me, the debate right now is gigantic. It's almost frustrating because the bible is so obviously against homosexuality that people who quote it, get arrested for hate crimes. The debate I don't think is so much theological as it is social/political. You have liberals and conservatives. It just … [Read more...]