
North American Christianity's integral internal counter-movement since 2005: Christianity has become decadent and depraved
| Dis-connect May 25th, 2007: Daniel Booy |
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The global village becomes a town –
a pair talks with one another via instant messaging; silent
communication, even though they're mere feet from one
another. In actuality, all pretence
of communication has dropped with the loss of need:
interaction is now presentation. Read the full article |
Agnostic: A/gnosis;
without knowledge... properly: without Knowledge and “a/Gnostic”.
To claim:
- The inexistence of an absolute: of any absolute
a priori
- The consequential loss of indisputable and unshakable
foundations
- A 'radical relativism' and an openness to new definitions
and understandings of truth
- "Truth" as a phenomenological construct and an ongoing
process
- a/Gnosis as a constructive state, and a benefit
to those who embrace it
Christian – Neither specifically subservient to the
often-esteemed “teachings of Jesus” nor an idealization of a
Christ-like life: historical, traditional, finding basis within,
being preceded by... not in submission to that which
has been metaphysically suspended as Christianity, but rather its
internal redefinition. This
represents:
- An outright challenge to the interpretive prerogative
those who call themselves "Christian" claim
- Biblical interpretation through discord: a move away from
the "harmonious Scriptures"
- A recognition of many different, conflicting ideologies
within the Bible
- A conscious decision to retain one's textual background:
here, Christianity
Reformed – Having taken that which was and created
that which is: the ongoing process of reformation: the reformed
church that is truly always reforming.
This manifests itself as:
- An openness to that which undermines our interpretations
- An active will towards rebuilding one's interpretive
structure: nihilism is a means, never an end.
- The process by which a/Gnosis (the lack of an absolute
foundation) is reconciled to belief.
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The humour of divine
arguments: An examination of unconventional rhetorical goals
in scripture |
| If you spend any amount of time at
church services, you'll soon discover most of the messages
centre around apologies for God or Christ, in that every
attempt is to absolve them (Him? Damn Trinitarian doctrine)
of any kind of blame, and furthermore to interpret the
passage in a manner that elevates Christ/God Almighty. Read the full article |
God as the supreme power - this suffices. -
Friedrich Nietzsche