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KennethJ

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  1. I guess it would depend on how you define a "moderate" Christian. First thing that comes to mind is people who might believe in a more traditional/literal concept of God and Jesus, but who might be more socially liberal. If thats the case, I think the mainline churches would be full of them.. they don't need their own website
  2. Hello Seeking, I grew up a fundamentalist, where there was no grey, just black and white! And all the answers were clear as day and could be showed to you straight from the Bible. I think one thing we have to realize, Seeking, is that we have been shaped by our fundamentalist upbringing. We have been shown very selection portions of the Bible to justify certain views or actions. We haven't been exposed to other things in the same Bible that might challenge these assumptions. We learned one interpretation and everything else must be wrong! Its been a long struggle for me too. One thing that I had to recognize that much of what I felt was the "right way" wasn't actually from God, it was from biased human beings. I had to get to a point where I could look at the Bible a completely different way, and leave my own bagage at the door. I also had to start trusting my EXPERIENCES. Its easy to say that all non-Christians are going to hell.. but when you start meeting Hindus or Muslims or Jews, and realize that they are GOOD people that are doing what they feel is right.... and you actually start to LIKE these people, you realize that a God of love would not send them to Hell for being born into the "wrong" religion or place. Also: read some books that challenge the views you've been filled with. I think a wonderful book to read is "Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time" by Marcus Borg. He also writes a book called "Reading the Bible Again for the first time". Also.. why not connect with liberal/progressive christians? If you are close to a large city (even in the south!) we could probably find a safe place for you, or someone to put you in touch with. Blessings to You
  3. Today a group at my church hosted muslim guests for conversation, workshops and food! It was really wonderful. These Muslims considered themselves "progressives". We broke off into small groups and connected one-on-one. We talked about our experiences with people of the other faith... discussed things in common and differences. We also talked about challenges in the relationships between Christians and Muslims. We had 2 talks, one from Amir Hussein who teaches at California State University. Another from a feminist muslim activist in Toronto. We also had a wonderful Afghan lunch! We used a great resource to guide our study, published by the United Church of Canada, called "That we may know each other." You can download or browse the PDF file here! http://www.united-church.ca/twmkeo/pdf/report.pdf Has anyone else done this sort of thing?
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    How many Pentecostals...? Two. One to change the lightbulb, the other to cast out the power of darkness.
  5. Hello everyone.. Thanks so much for the great welcome! I'll get started on the posting already ken
  6. Hello. My name is Ken, I'm a 26 year old progressive Christian in Toronto. I am a member of a great United Church of Canada. I grew up in an evangelical Mennonite church, and had a progressive religious conversion of sorts at age 19. More about me... I'm gay (but not heterophobic!), have a degree in sociology, and am fascinated with world religions, religious trends, new religious movements (aka cults) etc. I'm currently back in school to become a teacher. Anyway just thought I'd say hi! Ken
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