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To: PastorBooks
But I absolutely stand on the integrity of the Bible. Some things in the Bible aren't up for discussion! True Christians can disagree on things such as Calvinism and Armenianism or Protestantism and Catholicism. Our traditions vary widely, and we can and should learn from each other

I agree. If Christians don't have "absolute certainty" about the basics of the Faith (the Apostles' Creed, for example, and Biblical moral standards), then they have nothing but a feel-good get-together.

This is true whether what makes one feel good is guitars and handshakes, or Old Slavonic liturgy and silent prayer, or the traditional Anglican prayer book. I sympathize with the author's subjective concerns about how the liturgy affects him personally ... but if that's all it's about, "Does this benefit me aesthetically and psychologically?" then he might as well go to the symphony.

4 posted on 04/12/2007 7:37:09 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("His mother said to the servants, 'Do whatever He tells you.' ")
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It is not a question of aesthetics driving worship, but rather of reverence driving aesthetics.


5 posted on 04/12/2007 9:22:32 AM PDT by Huber (And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. - John 1:5)
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