Comments for Lost Codex http://lostcodex.com Thoughts, Ideas and (more than some) Religion Sat, 05 May 2012 15:31:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on What’s Wrong with the SBC? Really? by Cathy http://lostcodex.com/2012/04/whats-wrong-with-the-sbc-really/comment-page-1/#comment-434 Cathy Sat, 05 May 2012 15:31:36 +0000 http://lostcodex.com/?p=638#comment-434 When you get on T, look me up! That's the best way for me to keep track of people's blogs...and it really can be fun (I had my doubts before I joined.) Great chatting with you. When you get on T, look me up! That’s the best way for me to keep track of people’s blogs…and it really can be fun (I had my doubts before I joined.) Great chatting with you.

]]> Comment on What’s Wrong with the SBC? Really? by Dave http://lostcodex.com/2012/04/whats-wrong-with-the-sbc-really/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Dave Sat, 05 May 2012 02:56:52 +0000 http://lostcodex.com/?p=638#comment-433 No twitter yet. But you are so very nice. Thanks for interacting with me. No twitter yet. But you are so very nice. Thanks for interacting with me.

]]> Comment on What’s Wrong with the SBC? Really? by Cathy http://lostcodex.com/2012/04/whats-wrong-with-the-sbc-really/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Cathy Sat, 05 May 2012 02:53:50 +0000 http://lostcodex.com/?p=638#comment-432 Are you on Twitter? I wanna follow you. Can't find a link. Are you on Twitter? I wanna follow you. Can’t find a link.

]]> Comment on Interim Post – The Reading List by Dave http://lostcodex.com/2011/11/interim-post-the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Dave Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:14:27 +0000 http://lostcodex.com/?p=538#comment-338 Jesse, I mean that I have issues with each of the 5 points of Calvinism, TULIP. While it would, perhaps, be better to say I am Arminian, I also don't want to say that since I don't feel I can represent that appropriately. But, it is quite safe to say I have some issue with every point of TULIP http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TULIP#Five_points_of_Calvinism Jesse, I mean that I have issues with each of the 5 points of Calvinism, TULIP. While it would, perhaps, be better to say I am Arminian, I also don’t want to say that since I don’t feel I can represent that appropriately.
But, it is quite safe to say I have some issue with every point of TULIP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TULIP#Five_points_of_Calvinism

]]> Comment on Interim Post – The Reading List by Jesse http://lostcodex.com/2011/11/interim-post-the-reading-list/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Jesse Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:17:22 +0000 http://lostcodex.com/?p=538#comment-334 What do you mean when you say you are a zero point Calvinist? What do you mean when you say you are a zero point Calvinist?

]]> Comment on Israel – Conservative Crusader Lies by Dave http://lostcodex.com/2011/07/israel-conservative-crusader-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Dave Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:21:53 +0000 http://lostcodex.com/?p=504#comment-252 Thanks for that marty, checking it out. Thanks for that marty, checking it out.

]]> Comment on Israel – Conservative Crusader Lies by MD http://lostcodex.com/2011/07/israel-conservative-crusader-lies/comment-page-1/#comment-251 MD Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:29:36 +0000 http://lostcodex.com/?p=504#comment-251 don't know how to reach you other than through this link. read your question - "Next, how about one making peace with science?" - to scot mcknight, and thought you might be interested in http://colossianforum.net marty don’t know how to reach you other than through this link.
read your question – “Next, how about one making peace with science?” – to scot mcknight, and thought you might be interested in
http://colossianforum.net
marty

]]> Comment on Rob Bell – Love Wins – Impressions by RCB http://lostcodex.com/2011/04/rob-bell-love-wins-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-248 RCB Wed, 06 Apr 2011 03:18:46 +0000 http://lostcodex.com/?p=462#comment-248 An excellent review of Bell's book, Dave. I,too, enjoyed. Fortunately for me, my current church and it's co-pastors strongly encourage discussions on theology. I'm so fortunate to be part of a religious community [yes, it's Christan] that is very open minded and open hearted. An excellent review of Bell’s book, Dave. I,too, enjoyed. Fortunately for me, my current church and it’s co-pastors strongly encourage discussions on theology. I’m so fortunate to be part of a religious community [yes, it's Christan] that is very open minded and open hearted.

]]> Comment on Rob Bell – Love Wins – Impressions by Dave http://lostcodex.com/2011/04/rob-bell-love-wins-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Dave Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:47:16 +0000 http://lostcodex.com/?p=462#comment-247 Ron#1, I am more than a little concerned about your post here. It seems that you did not attempt to address what I have written and instead are spamming my site. If you do it again I will delete all your posts. Ron#1,

I am more than a little concerned about your post here. It seems that you did not attempt to address what I have written and instead are spamming my site. If you do it again I will delete all your posts.

]]> Comment on Rob Bell – Love Wins – Impressions by Ron Krumpos http://lostcodex.com/2011/04/rob-bell-love-wins-impressions/comment-page-1/#comment-246 Ron Krumpos Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:59:11 +0000 http://lostcodex.com/?p=462#comment-246 Which Afterlife? In his new book "Love Wins" Rob Bell seems to say that loving and compassionate people, regardless of their faith, will not be condemned to eternal hell just because they do not accept Jesus Christ as their Savior. Concepts of an afterlife vary between religions and among divisions of each faith. Here are three quotes from "the greatest achievement in life," my ebook on comparative mysticism: (46) Few people have been so good that they have earned eternal paradise; fewer want to go to a place where they must receive punishments for their sins. Those who do believe in resurrection of their body hope that it will be not be in its final form. Few people really want to continue to be born again and live more human lives; fewer want to be reborn in a non-human form. If you are not quite certain you want to seek divine union, consider the alternatives. (59) Mysticism is the great quest for the ultimate ground of existence, the absolute nature of being itself. True mystics transcend apparent manifestations of the theatrical production called “this life.” Theirs is not simply a search for meaning, but discovery of what is, i.e. the Real underlying the seeming realities. Their objective is not heaven, gardens, paradise, or other celestial places. It is not being where the divine lives, but to be what the divine essence is here and now. (80) [referring to many non-mystics] Depending on their religious convictions, or personal beliefs, they may be born again to seek elusive perfection, go to a purgatory to work out their sins or, perhaps, pass on into oblivion. Lives are different; why not afterlives? Beliefs might become true. Rob Bell asks us to reexamine the Christian Gospel. People of all faiths should look beyond the letter of their sacred scriptures to their spiritual message. As one of my mentors wrote "In God we all meet." Which Afterlife?

In his new book “Love Wins” Rob Bell seems to say that loving and compassionate people, regardless of their faith, will not be condemned to eternal hell just because they do not accept Jesus Christ as their Savior.

Concepts of an afterlife vary between religions and among divisions of each faith. Here are three quotes from “the greatest achievement in life,” my ebook on comparative mysticism:

(46) Few people have been so good that they have earned eternal paradise; fewer want to go to a place where they must receive punishments for their sins. Those who do believe in resurrection of their body hope that it will be not be in its final form. Few people really want to continue to be born again and live more human lives; fewer want to be reborn in a non-human form. If you are not quite certain you want to seek divine union, consider the alternatives.

(59) Mysticism is the great quest for the ultimate ground of existence, the absolute nature of being itself. True mystics transcend apparent manifestations of the theatrical production called “this life.” Theirs is not simply a search for meaning, but discovery of what is, i.e. the Real underlying the seeming realities. Their objective is not heaven, gardens, paradise, or other celestial places. It is not being where the divine lives, but to be what the divine essence is here and now.

(80) [referring to many non-mystics] Depending on their religious convictions, or personal beliefs, they may be born again to seek elusive perfection, go to a purgatory to work out their sins or, perhaps, pass on into oblivion. Lives are different; why not afterlives? Beliefs might become true.

Rob Bell asks us to reexamine the Christian Gospel. People of all faiths should look beyond the letter of their sacred scriptures to their spiritual message. As one of my mentors wrote “In God we all meet.”

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