Church considers making God gender neutral

[Grandstander]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

It's a community, and it's one where anyone can be accepted whether or not they believe the same exact thing as the person sitting next to you. If not adhering to the official rules of the organization that owns the building where we meet makes one feel hypocritical, then it probably isn't the community for that person.

I've no objections or problems with the way you practice your faith. I wonder though, is a religion which treats its concepts as optional, really a religion? May a Catholic be a Catholic if that person denies the transubstantiation? It seems to me that the non acceptance of some Catholic doctrines was what led to the generation of the protestant religions. So, if you break from one faith to join create or join another, are you not repudiating the old faith? But then if you only elect to embrace some, but not all of the precepts associated with your new faith, isn't that a defacto repudiation of the new faith as well?

The fragmentation described above is the reason that in places like Bakersfield, CA, there is some sort of church on nearly every block, with names like "Third Reformed Anti-baptist Foresquare Church of the New Hope Resurrection" and so forth.

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by Grandstander

I've no objections or problems with the way you practice your faith. I wonder though, is a religion which treats its concepts as optional, really a religion? May a Catholic be a Catholic if that person denies the transubstantiation? It seems to me that the non acceptance of some Catholic doctrines was what led to the generation of the protestant religions. So, if you break from one faith to join create or join another, are you not repudiating the old faith? But then if you only elect to embrace some, but not all of the precepts associated with your new faith, isn't that a defacto repudiation of the new faith as well?

The fragmentation described above is the reason that in places like Bakersfield, CA, there is some sort of church on nearly every block, with names like "Third Reformed Anti-baptist Foresquare Church of the New Hope Resurrection" and so forth.

Haha, yes. Did you ever see this Emo Phillips bit?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANNX_XiuA78

Yes, I suppose if I were taken before an Official Christian Determination Committee and questioned, I would not qualify.

But it's been a place to park that I found when I moved to a new area eight years ago and was looking to meet people, and it served that social purpose as well as providing for a spiritual outlet and some interesting theological discussion now and again.