Re: e: Hell II (Was: Rational thought etc.)

**Rowland Croucher** wrote:
 
> Chris Bell wrote:
>> Sean McHugh wrote:
>>>
>>> lynx wrote:
>>>
>> *snip*
>>
>>> Ath's referring to the Church as the 'bride' comes from Revelation:
>>>
<http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/audiences/alpha/data/aud19920108en.html>

>>>
>>>
>>> Athanasius took it a step further and presented the 'bride' identity
>>> more pragmatically, as do other Christian evangelists.  Revelation 
>>> is already bad enough. As you have previously done, you defended the
>>> Christian and biblical metalanguage. I think that if the Bible is
>>> supposed to be as imperative as Christians would have one believe,
>>
>> *some* Christians please. Many of us think that this is one of the 
>> strengths of the bible, forcing the faithful to use their God-given 
>> brains to discern the meaning from both the text and the various 
>> meta-narrative threads found there. Hence, we can discuss meaning 
>> without rancour or name-calling.
>
> Agreed: this is *the* mark of genuine Christianity. Once we've 
> degenerated into vilification, we've lost the plot. (Sez he, repenting 
> of any occasions when he might have been less irenic than he should 
> have been).
 
By all means make sure you please everyone Rowland, it's the PC way. 
Just so long as they're not fundamentalists, right?
 
>
> I'm trying to be disciplined in this area at the moment: any whiff of 
> vilification and we move right along...
 
Vilification to Rowland is anyone challenging his take on things.
 


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rgds,

Pete
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