Our "-isms" "-ologies"

@kellyjay said
If our world is just our own specific life, and that is it, we leave off the rest.

[2] Well, in my case, I have never said that the world in which I live is "just" my "own specific life".

@divegeester said
Dogmatism, creeds, statements of belief, cannon, obligations, prayer chains, tithing, Sundays, sabbaths, hymn sheets, hymn sets, choirs, bands, clubs, leadership groups, prayer cells, speaking-in-tongues, not speaking-in-tongues, outreach plans, door-knocking, prayer-walking, one-day fasting, pulpits, leadership teams, mother’s meetings, women’s meetings, men’s meetings, ...[text shortened]... to the front, hands on head, Jesus bled, back to work, Sunday hymn sheets, clappy clap, sick of it.

A strange response; I thought you called yourself a Christian, change your mind?

@kellyjay said
A strange response; I thought you called yourself a Christian, change your mind?

What’s strange about it?
It’s my list of all the “isms” and “ologies” which pad out the modern evangelical church.

Ooh here comes another one of those KellyJay barbs;
“I thought you called yourself a Christian, change your mind?”

Nasty! Doesn’t like my post, so lashes out in spite.
I see you KellyJay 🙂

@divegeester said
What’s strange about it?
It’s my list of all the “isms” and “ologies” which pad out the modern evangelical church.

Ooh here comes another one of those KellyJay barbs;
“I thought you called yourself a Christian, change your mind?”

Nasty! Doesn’t like my post, so lashes out in spite.
I see you KellyJay 🙂

Nothing spiteful; you listed many things about faith while claiming to be one.
So if I mention that I'm the nasty one?

@fmf said
You tell me what your "meta-narrative" is and I'll tell you what mine is, if I have one.

The story of everything.

@kellyjay said
Nothing spiteful; you listed many things about faith while claiming to be one.
So if I mention that I'm the nasty one?

I haven’t listed anything about “faith”.

Yes you are again harassing me about wether I’m a Christian.

You’re a nasty piece of work just like Jospehw.

@kellyjay said
The story of everything.

If you feel there is some kind of a "story of everything" and it works for you, and fits into a slot you have, then that's good. I have a keen interest in history and related disciplines, so I suppose the perspective that gives me fits into a similar slot for me.

@kellyjay said
The story of everything.

On page 1, what did you mean by "the rest" and "much more"? Are you referring to your religious beliefs?

@kellyjay said
The meta-narrative, how do you define it?

You tell me what your "meta-narrative" is.

And I'll tell you what mine is... if I have one.

@divegeester said
I haven’t listed anything about “faith”.

Yes you are again harassing me about wether I’m a Christian.

You’re a nasty piece of work just like Jospehw.

The activities you talked about had to do with faith, don't lie, dive; it is unbecoming.

@fmf said
On page 1, what did you mean by "the rest" and "much more"? Are you referring to your religious beliefs?

My religious beliefs have to do with just me; they are my beliefs. Again, it is not about
people but the whole; why do you have to bring it all back to just people's views?
Everything means just that, the story of everything, not; what does KellyJay think
about everything.

@kellyjay said
Again, it is not aboutpeople but the whole; why do you have to bring it all back to just people's views?

Well, you ARE, after all, asking me about my personal views. Or don't you realize that that's what you are doing?

@kellyjay said
Everything means just that, the story of everything, not; what does KellyJay think
about everything.

You are specifically asking me ~ FMF ~ about my "story of everything", so why is it not OK to ask you ~ KellyJay ~ about your "story of everything"?

@fmf said
Well, you ARE, after all, asking me about my personal views. Or don't you realize that that's what you are doing?

You said tell me; I'll tell you what the meta-narrative means if you don't realize what
you are talking about, why bother talking? I put something up to be discussed, and
you can engage or not, pick.

@kellyjay said
You said tell me; I'll tell you what the meta-narrative means if you don't realize whatyou are talking about, why bother talking?

Well, you've ruled out your religious views [further up this page]. So, you tell me what your nothing-to-do-with-your-religious-views "meta-narrative" is. And I'll have a go at telling you what mine is, if I have one.