Monday, February 13, 2012
MichaelA on All is Well™ in New Jersey: Robroy, awesome stats mate. So there we have it: John Spong, the man who proved himself incapable of building anything positive. All he could do…
robroy on All is Well™ in New Jersey: Ask and ye shall receive, Dean Munday. The stats for Newark and New Jersey of the ASA back from 1997 to 2007 followed by the…
ToAllTheWorld on All is Well™ in New Jersey: Statmann, it is a shame that the charts only go back to 2002.  I can remember looking at them in years past, and Newark actually…
Rob Eaton+ on Three Parishes in Diocese of Albany Seek DEPO: Los Angeles has more than one DEPO congregation.  Bp Ed Little ought to be on the LA payroll for as much as he’s there.  (joke)
Rob Eaton+ on Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Katherine Ragsdale, Dean of EDS: David (28), I won’t argue with you, but I did preface that whole pictorial paragraph with the phrase “..left with the impression of…” (bold added).…
MichaelA on All is Well™ in New Jersey: Thanks Statmann. Mike458 “and you have to admit, while St. Anthony of Padua is a very popular title for RC churches, it’s pretty rare for…
cennydd13 on Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Katherine Ragsdale, Dean of EDS: 32.  Milton, in 2006, I chose not to cling to the flotsam and jetsam left when TEC ran aground and began to be pounded to…
cennydd13 on A Call to Disobey the United States Government: No, our history isn’t over….not by a long shot….and the people of this country will have the final word.  We always do, and sooner or…
Statmann on All is Well™ in New Jersey: St. Anthony is a phantom parish in Newark dio.  Still listing 500 Members and almost 200 ASA, but aat last they report no Plate &…
mike458 on All is Well™ in New Jersey: Bp. Councell allowed St. George’s in Helmetta (where I occasionally attended in the 70’s) to separate from TEc, with no repercussions, lawsuits, etc.
Jackie on All is Well™ in New Jersey: As a reminder - the Diocese of New Jersey has begun a search for a new bishop
AnglicanXn on All is Well™ in New Jersey: I served as assistant in a parish in the NW part of the Dio of NJ in the late 80’s.  The rector with whom I…
MichaelA on All is Well™ in New Jersey: Okay, so TEC has 106 parishes in northern New Jersey, and presumably a similar amount in the southern/central bit. By contrast ACNA has only seven…
cennydd13 on Lo He Comes With Clouds Descending: Speaking of Welsh hymn tunes, my favorites are “Blaenwern” and “Cwm Rhondda.”  Great harmony in both.
Sarah on Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Katherine Ragsdale, Dean of EDS: Hey folks, please don’t make comments about her physical appearance.  There is plenty to despise in her character, actions, beliefs/ideas, rhetoric, personality, etc, to leave…
Bill2 on Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Katherine Ragsdale, Dean of EDS: Don’t they pay this woman enough at EDS so she can buy a bottle of shampoo?
Richard Yale on All is Well™ in New Jersey: Actually, the graph suggests that no one has submitted a parochial report since 2005.  Since they have received no notice of change they continue to…
Milton on Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Katherine Ragsdale, Dean of EDS: For those hoping to “turn the TEC ship around”, I think Sarah’s hope as I glean it from her many posts is both more realistic…
Pageantmaster [Pray for +Mark Lawrence] on UPDATED: Bishops Breaking Collegiality - What Could Cause the Rift?: #26 Thanks carl I have no idea why anyone would live in the Midsomer villages - very short life expectancy.
carl on UPDATED: Bishops Breaking Collegiality - What Could Cause the Rift?: [25] Pageantmaster No worries.  I didn’t perceive it as sharp, and was not offended.  If I suffered distress this afternoon, it was over the fact…

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More Questions From The Skeptical Luncheons

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 • 12:16 pm

I’ve posted several posts about the Skeptical Luncheons being hosted here in Greenville by The Caleb Group.

Keep in mind a comment I made on another post about this series:

“I think what I have found the most helpful as I get Johnny’s emails about these lunches is to read the questions that the non-Christians are coming up with.  That is what intrigues me.”

You can read the other questions the group came up with at the series of blog posts linked above.

Here are the latest questions under consideration—chosen by the group:

The questions on the table right now are:
Morality of the Old Testament Law (e.g., Deuteronomy 25:11, 12)
Discrepancies in the Bible
Why do some OT experts (Rabbinical) reject Christianity?


Comments:

Always interesting. Thanks Sarah.

[1] Posted by Festivus on 03-03-2010 at 01:21 PM • top

FWIW, a 13th-century Spanish commentary on the Torah commandments apparently interpreted Deut. 25:12 this way:
To save someone being pursued by a killer, even by taking the life of the pursuer (Deuteronomy 25:12.)
To have no mercy on a pursuer with intent to kill (Deuteronomy 25:12.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ki_Teitzei#Deuteronomy_chapter_25

Granted, a pretty extreme example, but a slightly different way to approach the question—even as we agree that the Law has been fulfilled in Christ.

[2] Posted by Johng on 03-03-2010 at 04:51 PM • top

I am all for the effort and am interested in the questions. Nicky Gumble tells a story about presenting the gospel and being faced with the local skeptic who hit him with a barrage of questions. As he was preparing to anwser, his friend asked if the questions could be answered would the questioner consider becomming a Christian. The anwser was of course not.

[3] Posted by Pb on 03-04-2010 at 11:19 AM • top

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