I would actually respond to the question "Are you a Christian?" with "Yes, I am a Unitarian!". I don't think Unitarianism has left its Christianity - it's just the mainstream English-speaking that has done that, along with some non-English speaking congregations as well. I have a problem with...
If I may comment from this side of the huge lake, both political parties in the United States are "right-wing". I also wonder why people don't consider the other political parties for a change.
The body is not just a shell. The body is you, and the soul is you as well. The third scriptural reference from Matthew says "rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell". So the soul can die. In the biblical account, only God is given unconditional immortality. If God has created...
There is not even only one doctrine, but multiple doctrines. The followers of these different trinitarian doctrines have persecuted even eachother, which means they place quite an importance to a correct understanding. Choosing one would be an enormous task. I've seen people with all the...
Same here.
Mark 12
28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”
29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this...
Many reformators certainly just wanted to bury the subject without thinking about it, this much is true, and it happens today as well. Sometimes the lack of critical thinking on a doctrine is seen as a virtue, because a church's authority is seen as the ultimate guide. It was not a personal...
The Lutheran Reformation turned into a magisterial reform rather than actually going by the principles of the Reformation. It stagnated very quickly into institutionalism and legalism, as is seen with the period known as the Lutheran orthodoxy. Only after the Enlightenment did things start...
Do "used to be" Unitarian churches count? European? If so, then this:
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/62935650.jpg
If European ones still count, though which is still in use, then this:
http://erdely.ma/fotoalbum/eredeti/kvaru_unitarius_templom_1301137905.jpg
This one also looks...
Genesis 6:3 Then the LORD said, "My Spirit will not contend with man forever, for he is mortal; his days will be a hundred and twenty years."
It's somewhat interesting that at this point the days of man became 120 years. Jeanne Calment is held to be the oldest today; she died at the age of 122...
If the man doesnt believe as we do, we say he is a crank, and that settles it. I mean, it does nowadays, because now we cant burn him. - Mark Twain
Yes it is, atleast that's one reason. There are a lot of differences. For Unitarians, God as our Father is very important. Jews don't believe in Jesus or his teachings, Unitarians do. Muslims, although they consider Jesus to be a part of their religion, Jesus' role is different. In Islam, Jesus...
They consider themselves Christians:
What Does It Mean to Be a Christian? - Jehovah's Witnesses Official Web Site
Not Protestants:
Are Jehovahs Witnesses a Protestant Religion? - Jehovah's Witnesses Official Web Site
Not at all inappropriate, I wonder this as well. It would nice to get a Jewish point of view as well. I guess sometimes people just don't realize what the Bible is.
Thanks for keeping us up-to-date! I also think the answer was quite reasonable, but the writer is apparently still feeling a personal insult that Buehrens has "dared" to use certain words, which he somehow thinks were aimed at him. If he truly believed the same as the militant ones, then it...
No, I haven't read the book, though I guess I should now. One needs not even read the book to see that the article's writer is misrepresenting what is said. The quote from the book that is on the article does not claim what he claims it does. He leaves out important words and only gets tangled...
There's nothing stopping you from following the Old Testament commandments even while not being Jewish, though not everything can be followed.
I'm not Jewish myself and would certainly never want to be Jewish. I find Jesus' teachings and the Noahide commandments/Ten commandments to be good.