tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695977409796409569.post7342022313965398044..comments2023-10-31T10:54:02.523+00:00Comments on Loser lady: My Atheism is My Privalagetwirlingmyncihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07226448378337517620noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695977409796409569.post-55725269319373554882010-02-05T15:18:51.776+00:002010-02-05T15:18:51.776+00:00Not to be knit picky but The Eastern London Missio...Not to be knit picky but The Eastern London Mission was started in 1865. I would like to wish you much luck in life twirlingmycni with your view it does worry me though. I too was like you at one point in life. I was a devout Christian family that has been involved with TSA for many years. At one point I almost went off to CFOT to become an Officer. I had a falling out and for 10 years went on living a worldly life and didn't care about God. <br />As I look back on my life during those 10 years I see just how bad things were for me. After I accepted God back into my life things were so much better for me and my family. I'm not saying that God makes things easy because that's not completely true. There are parts of my life that are more difficult because I have God back in my life. Prosecution being the main problem.<br />But I pray that some day you might see the light again as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062195565740861579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695977409796409569.post-76599466191330796922010-02-05T15:18:27.897+00:002010-02-05T15:18:27.897+00:00Not to be knit picky but The Eastern London Missio...Not to be knit picky but The Eastern London Mission was started in 1865. I would like to wish you much luck in life twirlingmycni with your view it does worry me though. I too was like you at one point in life. I was a devout Christian family that has been involved with TSA for many years. At one point I almost went off to CFOT to become an Officer. I had a falling out and for 10 years went on living a worldly life and didn't care about God. <br />As I look back on my life during those 10 years I see just how bad things were for me. After I accepted God back into my life things were so much better for me and my family. I'm not saying that God makes things easy because that's not completely true. There are parts of my life that are more difficult because I have God back in my life. Prosecution being the main problem.<br />But I pray that some day you might see the light again as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03062195565740861579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695977409796409569.post-60566942763685524332009-02-27T20:59:00.000+00:002009-02-27T20:59:00.000+00:00While researching "othering", looks like I stumble...While researching "othering", looks like I stumbled across a dyke loving, God hating community. Thank goodnes for freedom of speech, eh?Live4Godhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16193894421826276873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695977409796409569.post-3365318131668881612008-05-01T21:15:00.000+01:002008-05-01T21:15:00.000+01:00When I was 14 I told off my Sunday School teacher ...When I was 14 I told off my Sunday School teacher for being sexist and racist. No wonder I ended up a scary feminist...Christian Feministhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472861253613806378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695977409796409569.post-74666177963143222008-05-01T12:56:00.000+01:002008-05-01T12:56:00.000+01:00I will always have a place in my heart for the sal...I will always have a place in my heart for the salvos - my family has been salvation army since it started back in 1864 so my experience is quite large ( band camp, junior soldier, trombone, timbral the whole shebang)<BR/>Even though I am a big athiest, and even though the salvation army does a fair few crap things, and I had big rows with my sunday school teachers about homosexuality and sex, I still like them. <BR/>Ps Hijack away, I love comments.twirlingmyncihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226448378337517620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695977409796409569.post-6591373753733369032008-04-30T17:23:00.000+01:002008-04-30T17:23:00.000+01:00p.s. not entirely sure its fair to say that Protes...p.s. not entirely sure its fair to say that Protestant christianity is about what you believe not what you do. Certainly when Luther did all his stuff (I have such a deep knowledge of church history...)the view was certainly that we are not saved by our ACTIONS but by our FAITH (i.e. by grace). Which I think is true, and also wonderful, but thats not really relevant... What I'm saying is that this doctrine (accurate though it is) was never intended to provide an excuse for not living a 'holy' (whatever that means) life. See Romans, 'all things are permissable but not all things are not beneficial' etc. <BR/><BR/>However, I do take the point that most of society isn't quite up on the subtilties of salvation by faith alone. (Lets face it, I clearly don't know what I'm talking about either!) Sorry for hijacking your blog.Christian Feministhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472861253613806378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6695977409796409569.post-50134172772580523552008-04-30T15:33:00.000+01:002008-04-30T15:33:00.000+01:00Firstly, can I say that I love the Salvation Army....Firstly, can I say that I love the Salvation Army. I don't know what your experience of them was, but they are probably the only denomination of christianity ever to exist that had gender equality in their leadership as a matter of course right from the beginning (I love Catherine Booth so much - its almost an obsession!). <BR/><BR/>I agree with a lot of what you are saying. For me, its important to stress (as a protestant christian) that its **a good thing** that inherent to my faith is the ability to choose what I believe. Protestantism was born (in part) out of the inability of the Catholic church to accept discent from the dominant (male) view. (Not to say that we haven't then gone on to make the exact same mistakes.) We are 'the protestors' in fact. Protestant christianity is so diverse, because lots of different ways o thinking and doing things are accepted in a way that isn't the case in the Catholic Church (I can't speak for any other religion). <BR/><BR/>I also appreciate the point that I am priviliged as if I were to give up my faith tomorrow, I wouldn't be rejected by any of my friends/family etc, although a lot of them would be sad about it. That option is always there, I'm allowed to change my mind, this isn't true for all people (even a lot of other protestants).Christian Feministhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472861253613806378noreply@blogger.com