tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post113078547927709614..comments2023-08-23T08:45:53.071-06:00Comments on Paradoxy: Conditional LoveEugenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05431724892247691165noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-1147378520710622812006-05-11T14:15:00.000-06:002006-05-11T14:15:00.000-06:00Steve,Thanks for the links; I've bookmarked them.Steve,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the links; I've bookmarked them.Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431724892247691165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-1146974799364501452006-05-06T22:06:00.000-06:002006-05-06T22:06:00.000-06:00Interestingly enough, you're the third person to r...Interestingly enough, you're the third person to reference <I>Blue Like Jazz</I> in as many days. Guess I'd better find me a copy of it...<BR/><BR/>As for same-sex marriage and doctrine, I'd encourage you to read up on Tom's blog over at <A HREF="http://purplescarf.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">PurpleScarf</A>. Tom is a retired lawyer, civil-rights advocate, a former Catholic (religious instructor, not priest) who is passionate about God's love for gays & lesbians, regardless of what the religious right says. His presentations are reasoned, thorough and logical, yet passionate. <BR/><BR/>His partner, whom you can read over at <A HREF="http://damiensspot.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Damien's Spot</A>, is a former Carmelite priest who left because of Catholicism's attitude toward gays, not because of any misdeeds so typical of ex-priests. He, too, is a passionate defender of SSM.<BR/><BR/>I've just found your site, so it will be fun to catch up with your thoughts and experiences.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13286849248756070621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-1130990616080786312005-11-02T21:03:00.000-07:002005-11-02T21:03:00.000-07:00Hello I came in off my friend Eric's blog. I reall...Hello I came in off my friend Eric's blog. I really enjoy this post. I am a convert to the Orthodox Christian faith and finding it to be like swimming upstream.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-1130950566394230162005-11-02T09:56:00.000-07:002005-11-02T09:56:00.000-07:00Yeah, good post. A lot of churches would say accep...Yeah, good post. <BR/><BR/>A lot of churches would say accept the sinner but not the sin. The problem therein is how do you even go about doing that? A leader of mine knows my problem, and he is clear that he thinks the practice of homosexuality is a sin, but he still loves me as much as before he found out. I have other friends that show the same love regardless of what they know about me. That is what the church should be about.<BR/><BR/>But I remember one of my commenters said that because I'm in a leader position in certain ministries, it's not the sin that the church should focus on, but rather the consequence of the practiced sin on the people that are watching you. If the sin isn't practiced, what is there to focus on?<BR/><BR/>Hebrews 12:1 talks about the great cloud of witnesses, so I can understand what he meant about having people watching you, have having the responsibility of not stumbling other Christians. It'd be easier if I was in a less prominent position I guess.Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01826561105121159511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-1130869072821043792005-11-01T11:17:00.000-07:002005-11-01T11:17:00.000-07:00Dwight,Yeah, it is telling that the creed writers ...Dwight,<BR/><BR/>Yeah, it is telling that the creed writers avoided addressing any "hot button" issues outside of the short list that we now consider to be the bare essentials of the Christian faith.<BR/><BR/>Although homosexuality may or may not have been a significant blip on their radar at the time, there was undoubtedly a stack of other "sin" issues that they were addressing every day in their congregations - and yet they chose not to define Christianity by any of those issues.<BR/><BR/>Eric,<BR/><BR/>Blue Like Jazz is a very good book, and it never gets too heavy. I don't think you'll regret reading it.Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05431724892247691165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17540148.post-1130868351036150932005-11-01T11:05:00.000-07:002005-11-01T11:05:00.000-07:00Hey E,great post. referenced you in my recent pos...Hey E,<BR/><BR/>great post. referenced you in my recent post. <BR/><BR/>gosh, i'm gonna have to dig up my Blue Like Jazz book and actually read it. I received it as a gift about a year ago and never got around to reading it. sounds likes it's relevant to this "hot zone".<BR/><BR/>Eric<BR/><A HREF="http://twoworldcollision.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Two World Collision</A>Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03948061964482528393noreply@blogger.com