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literalism and fundamentalism

Posted by Daniel Korol on Mar 30, 2009 in Faith |

Here is an interesting clip from an interview with John Dominic Crossan discussing the difference between literalism and fundamentalism. Found on Shuck and Jive.

How to survive an atomic bomb (true story)

Posted by Daniel Korol on Mar 25, 2009 in Life, Videos |

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This info video will help you in your time of need. Watch the whole thing or go to the end where it teaches you how a newspaper can even protect you from the bomb! Duck and cover…

Shane Hipps and Rob Bell on “the message”

Posted by Daniel Korol on Mar 17, 2009 in Emerging Church, Faith |

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The methods change but the message doesn’t, or the message changes but the message doesnt or the methods change and that changes the message?

Have a look at what Shane Hipps has to say about it,

An Athiest and a Christian have a talk

Posted by Daniel Korol on Mar 15, 2009 in Emerging Church, Faith, Music, Travel |

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I have been reading and following the Catholic priest; George V. Coyne lately. His thoughts and ideas on God are very similar to those of Irenaeus. I propose in another blog post, that this is a Christianity which was lost to the dominant type A and B theologies. Read more about this here.

Coyne says the following:

“Religious believers must move away from the notion of a dictator God, a Newtonian God who made the universe as a watch that ticks along regularly.”

He proposes to describe God’s relationship with the universe as that of a parent with a child, with God nurturing, preserving and enriching its individual character. “God should be seen more as a parent or as one who speaks encouraging and sustaining words.”

He stresses that the theory of Intelligent Design diminishes God into “an engineer who designs systems rather than a lover.”

“God in his infinite freedom continuously creates a world which reflects that freedom at all levels of the evolutionary process to greater and greater complexity,” he said. “God lets the world be what it will be in its continuous evolution. He does not intervene, but rather allows, participates, loves.”

Richard Dawkins has a great talk with coyne which is posted on youtube. I recommend watching seven parts of this youtube series.