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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 836069" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>But as you say, there are other variations of Christianity. Wouldn&#039;t it be better and more convincing if instead of denegrating Christianity, you questioned it? And not even in an &quot;interrogating&quot; kind of way. For instance, I&#039;ve often wondered if people wanting prayer and/or religious instruction in schools have thought that through. The variations of Christianity are referred to as different Christologies. Consider a Southern Baptist town in which a school began teaching &quot;Sophia Christology&quot; a far more maternalistic and feminine view. Would that offend? Of course it would, but it is Christianity. Or what if one were to teach strictly from the Book of John with it&#039;s extensive use of symbol and metaphor? Christianity has alot to offer and reveals itself to individuals in all different flavors. I am a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but would have a hard time attending a Missouri or Wisconsin Synod church for any length of time. They are simply to rigid for my taste where as the ELCA is too lenient for theirs. I don&#039;t know why God doesn&#039;t smite them dead for their blasphemy.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/wink.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":wink2:" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; :wink2:" data-shortname=":wink2:" />&nbsp; But by your own admission you are pigeon-holing Christians as being right-wing fanaticals and while we do have some who act that way at times, it certainly falls far short of the entirety.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 836069, member: 22662"] But as you say, there are other variations of Christianity. Wouldn't it be better and more convincing if instead of denegrating Christianity, you questioned it? And not even in an "interrogating" kind of way. For instance, I've often wondered if people wanting prayer and/or religious instruction in schools have thought that through. The variations of Christianity are referred to as different Christologies. Consider a Southern Baptist town in which a school began teaching "Sophia Christology" a far more maternalistic and feminine view. Would that offend? Of course it would, but it is Christianity. Or what if one were to teach strictly from the Book of John with it's extensive use of symbol and metaphor? Christianity has alot to offer and reveals itself to individuals in all different flavors. I am a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, but would have a hard time attending a Missouri or Wisconsin Synod church for any length of time. They are simply to rigid for my taste where as the ELCA is too lenient for theirs. I don't know why God doesn't smite them dead for their blasphemy.:wink2: But by your own admission you are pigeon-holing Christians as being right-wing fanaticals and while we do have some who act that way at times, it certainly falls far short of the entirety. [/QUOTE]

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