tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post7311728159066268525..comments2024-03-28T00:58:29.445-04:00Comments on Ponderings on a Faith Journey: Miracles and Progressive Christianity -- (Dwight Welch)Robert Cornwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04581876323110725024noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-9222173502473595492010-07-19T23:49:07.509-04:002010-07-19T23:49:07.509-04:00Don't get me started on the 5 sisters!Don't get me started on the 5 sisters!David Mcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-6056736880033109432010-07-19T23:48:05.129-04:002010-07-19T23:48:05.129-04:00Thanks Doug,
I just sent those to one of my 4 bro...Thanks Doug,<br /><br />I just sent those to one of my 4 brothers. He recently expressed interest in God and His healing. A huge step in his painful life I hope. I think he would be open to considering your definitions (as I have been). Now, praying for the other 3...David Mcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-68384449890585309192010-07-19T21:26:50.595-04:002010-07-19T21:26:50.595-04:00Some other ideas about God:
GOD IS...
http://dmer...Some other ideas about God:<br /><br />GOD IS...<br />http://dmergent.org/2010/07/02/god-is-3/<br /><br />RECLAIMING GOD<br />http://dmergent.org/2010/07/15/reclaiming-god/Doug Sloannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-68443364658025145592010-07-19T19:08:37.186-04:002010-07-19T19:08:37.186-04:00God told reporters that he wasn't "going ...God told reporters that he wasn't "going anywhere just yet" and that, in any case, the universe was largely self-sustaining these days.<br /><br />http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-hinting-at-retirement,17747/David Mcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-10111519444904151642010-07-19T19:05:25.486-04:002010-07-19T19:05:25.486-04:00Gary,
Actually it was God who accused the gods of...Gary,<br /><br />Actually it was God who accused the gods of being capricious, petty, and arrogant. Psalm 82.<br /><br />JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06245470576919732592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-66287946759318325552010-07-19T18:16:53.968-04:002010-07-19T18:16:53.968-04:00I never said that Doug said it. But somebody did....I never said that Doug said it. But somebody did.Garynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-28106772852056761762010-07-19T18:07:25.565-04:002010-07-19T18:07:25.565-04:00Gary is quick to bite anything that resembles bait...Gary is quick to bite anything that resembles bait. He's a real knee "jerk".David Mcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-82436629510875672002010-07-19T17:47:52.366-04:002010-07-19T17:47:52.366-04:00Appreciating the comments. My goal is to write a p...Appreciating the comments. My goal is to write a part two to this, with a bit less minimalism :) Gary, it should be noted that Doug is saying that God is *not* capricious or petty. which is why he rejects protrayals of God he believes paints God in such a light.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01022414933969854363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-44020044009940641722010-07-19T17:30:36.920-04:002010-07-19T17:30:36.920-04:00God is capricious? God is petty and arrogant?
...God is capricious? God is petty and arrogant? <br /><br />The unregenerated, natural human mind is often a cesspool of blasphemy and stupidity. To think that an uneducated, arrogant, self-important mere mortal would have the gall to bring such unfounded charges against Almighty God proves the depths to which people will sink, when left to their own devices!Garynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-56816000852650309162010-07-18T19:22:11.817-04:002010-07-18T19:22:11.817-04:00Thanks Dwight,
that was a very thoughtful piece....Thanks Dwight, <br /><br />that was a very thoughtful piece. The obvious miracles all around us today appear to be miracles of potential. We choose peace or war. We choose food or ethanol (for burning, not drinking). We choose a better cell phone or a better solar cell. We still can choose freedom or slavery, or something in-between.David Mcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-36354425508878041262010-07-18T17:56:35.814-04:002010-07-18T17:56:35.814-04:007-11, prohibitively expensive.7-11, prohibitively expensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22980286.post-22035213790682414442010-07-18T15:56:15.113-04:002010-07-18T15:56:15.113-04:00(The following is an excerpt from the article &quo...(The following is an excerpt from the article "Reclaiming Miracles" which will be posted Thursday, July 22, 2010 on the [D]mergent blog at dmergent.org)<br /><br />- - - - -<br /><br />Miracles are prohibitively expensive. The cost of living in a universe that includes miracles requires a God who is capricious. Miracles require a Zeus or a Jupiter. Miracles require a God who is – unpredictably – either angry and onerous or calm and benevolent. It requires a God who is petty and arrogant and who has no qualms about interfering in, controlling, or playfully dabbling in the course of human events. This is a pagan god. This is not a theology that expands or promotes human understanding or raises the human condition. It is not a theology that enriches or informs the human experience. With a capricious God, our lives are a constant gamble and the universe is one big craps table.Doug Sloannoreply@blogger.com