tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post8300996181166270279..comments2023-12-15T21:49:46.651+01:00Comments on Pluralist Speaks: Pilling SpillingPluralist (Adrian Worsfold)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-5520654442171354222013-12-08T16:10:23.057+01:002013-12-08T16:10:23.057+01:00Well said, Jonathan, well said.
Why must Christi...Well said, Jonathan, well said. <br /><br />Why must Christianity's origins be forever binding? As Jonathan says, orthodoxy developed over time. What can change once can change again.Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05023778745849420397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-70298659925342793472013-12-03T22:03:47.958+01:002013-12-03T22:03:47.958+01:00Pluralist, you're addressing important questio...Pluralist, you're addressing important questions but the way you relate to them makes me feel I understand why you abandon Anglicanism for Unitarianism, and then as soon as you settle into it you want to count yourself as not a Christian at all. <br />Paternalistic God, all those anti-gay rules, why bother? I come at it with more of a historical perspective. Christianity is always changing, and a good thing too. Countless committed sincere Christians have told me you can't be a Christian unless you believe the Bible is God's Word, every statement infallible and to be taken literally. In which case there were no Christians before the 16th Century. Others condemn as unchristian those who don't accept what the Council of Chalcedon laid down - in which case there were precious few Christians before 451. The first leader of the Church in Jerusalem was James, Jesus' brother, who according to scholars didn't think he was divine (but then, who could possibly think his big brother was divine? Too many memories!) Anglicanism is changing. That's normal, and so it should beJonathan Clatworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00131741258996509637noreply@blogger.com