Any Liberal Christians on the board?

[stephenw]

Originally Posted by sojourner

Now let's all band together in a secret group that uses an ubiquitous, yet apocryphal symbol, say, oh, a fish, to identify ourselves to each other, in order to avoid getting beaten up by the fundie establishment. Then, let's do things in church like, say, accept homosexuals, allow women to be ordained, and refuse to judge the salvation of other people. You know...things that will get us thrown out of the establishment. Then, let's practice mercy, forbearance, comapssion, and love, contrary to what the masses think. then, let's apply those things universally.

Yeah. That'd be cool.

Hey !!!
I quite like it in here

[Izdaari]

Originally Posted by sojourner

Now let's all band together in a secret group that uses an ubiquitous, yet apocryphal symbol, say, oh, a fish, to identify ourselves to each other, in order to avoid getting beaten up by the fundie establishment. Then, let's do things in church like, say, accept homosexuals, allow women to be ordained, and refuse to judge the salvation of other people. You know...things that will get us thrown out of the establishment. Then, let's practice mercy, forbearance, comapssion, and love, contrary to what the masses think. then, let's apply those things universally.

Yeah. That'd be cool.

I would say my particular Assemblies of God congregation (certainly much more liberal in attitude than most of the denomination) is well on the way. We already do most of that... but it's not a secret!

[Scuba Pete]

Originally Posted by sojourner

Now let's all band together in a secret group that uses an ubiquitous, yet apocryphal symbol, say, oh, a fish, to identify ourselves to each other, in order to avoid getting beaten up by the fundie establishment. Then, let's do things in church like, say, accept homosexuals, allow women to be ordained, and refuse to judge the salvation of other people. You know...things that will get us thrown out of the establishment. Then, let's practice mercy, forbearance, comapssion, and love, contrary to what the masses think. then, let's apply those things universally.

Yeah. That'd be cool.

You've described the United Church of Christ pretty closely.

[sojourner]

Stupid Liberals! Just when we had it all under control, they had to wander into the picture and ruin everything with their "radical love-and-mercy" garbage!

[Botfield]

I am a liberal Christian (this is my first post too!). I attend a Methodist church here in the UK, and it is pretty liberal.

[sojourner]

Originally Posted by Botfield

I am a liberal Christian (this is my first post too!). I attend a Methodist church here in the UK, and it is pretty liberal.

Welcome to the forum! you might want to go to the top and check out the welcome thread.

[budhabee]

Originally Posted by Botfield

I am a liberal Christian (this is my first post too!). I attend a Methodist church here in the UK, and it is pretty liberal.

sorry Botfield...I'm not buying a liberal Methodist church. Do they study the Kabbala? Do they dip into a little Hindu or Buddism? Any Gnostic sermons?

[Scuba Pete]

Originally Posted by budhabee

sorry Botfield...I'm not buying a liberal Methodist church.

I don't think any are for sale!

Methodist churches have a number of liberal individuals in them.

[mystic man]

I'm a Liberal ugh.....

[spiritually inclined]

I'm a member of the D.A.M.N. Church: Disgruntled Anglicans Making Nice. =) We are a very liberal bunch...but very nice.

I could fit in there. I'm definitely a liberal; if you've read many of my other posts, it's probably obvious.

• I'm very pro-"emerging church".
• I'm not a biblical literalist or inerrantist.
• I think God created by means of the Big Bang and evolution.
• I'm very socially tolerant (and as an open bisexual, I suppose I'd better be!).
• I'm not so sure about the eternal fate of non-believers. I leave that to God.
• I'm eclectic about drawing from other faith traditions, primarily Catholicism and Orthodoxy, but also to some extent from Zen and Taoism.

You're not like any Pentecostal I've ever heard of. I'm glad your experience of the Pentecostal movement has been more positive than mine was. (I was in the United Pentecostal Church, a particularly nasty branch of Pentecostalism. I won't go there now.)

I also like the concepts of the emergent church. I accept evolution and the Big Bang theory. I'm gay. As an Anglican, I draw on Protestant and Catholic traditions (as well as uniquely Anglican traditions). I also like to explore other religions. Sounds like we have a