Feb 22 2009
Over at Answering Catholicism, Erol is making some interesting claims about the Catholic Church. Apart from subscribing to the long discredited Vicarius Filii Dei = papal title myth, he has a number of less unreasonable articles about Catholicism, to which he objects.
Feb 01 2009
The full 2006 Mormon Church Handbook of Instructions can be downloaded from WikiLeaks here.
Jan 01 2009
As Christ said that the truth will set us free, and it has often been said that when people discover what the Catholic faith is really about, instead of hearing what their tradition wants them to believe about it, they will come to love it for what it is instead of hating and fearing what it isn’t.
Dec 22 2008
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May his soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.
Dec 12 2008
Dr Samuele Bacchiocch, one of the more prominent Adventist scholars today, whose work is followed by many Adventists and non-Adventists, is seriously ill. He has liver cancer, and has been admitted to hospital with internal bleeding.
Oct 29 2008
I experienced the most recent Endtime Issues as the most extreme narrow-mindedness I have ever seen come out of Bacchiocchi’s keyboard. I know he isn’t saying that we must forget the life issues – he’s not saying anything. But the message I get is the same – “Thou shalt not kill” is ignored, and “The Pope and Islam are your two worst nightmares” seems to be presented as the key issue in the coming election.
Sep 22 2008
Hi I am curious and am searching on why should we keep the Sunday worship. That is the only question I want to know can you please tell me the answer. I’m not good with the computer So please can you explain.
Jul 06 2008
And lastly, http://tinyurl.com/sabbathday takes you to someone’s … whose, I wonder?? … webpage on the biblical issues related to 7th day Sabbath observance by Christians.
Jul 06 2008
The full document entitled “The Technical Bulletins of Dianetics and Scientology” by L Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Scientology cult, is available online for download, probably for the first time ever.
Jun 17 2008
My understanding is that the GC would define the official beliefs of the Adventist church, but to what extent the laity get to voice their views I don’t know. I don’t know how the GC is limited in a practical sense by the manual you reference.
Apr 24 2008
Teresa and Arthur Beem resigned from the Adventist denomination in 2002. Their resignation letter was made public and was widely discussed in cyberspace. Since then, they have written a book to let people know about their experience in, and leaving, the Adventist movement. This is their continuing saga.
Jul 28 2007
I went to Mass here in Umtata tonight. This time they said the creed. Communion was via the “take and dip” method, with no extraordinary minister of the Eucharist assisting – the chalice was on the altar, the priest down below. Interestingly, half the congregation didn’t self-communicate. And at least they said the creed this time.
Jul 15 2007
The letter you see above is a parody of Roland Martin’s letter, written by me, to depict what an early dissenter from the Apostolic faith may have said back then.
Jul 05 2007
My second post at Re-Inventing the Adventist Wheel has just gone online. It is entitled “God reaching out through space and time” and deals with sacraments, hoping to explain in less mystifying terms, and more in terms of Adventists’ experience, how we view sacraments.
Jul 03 2007
There are a few comments going on at the end of one of my posts, mainly regarding closed communion and Catholic sacraments being available to non-Catholics. This post was created to continue those discussions, and served to only result in further topics being discussed – see below.
May 12 2007
I have been invited to be a contributor on one of the progressive Adventist blogs out there in the Adventist blogosphere – Re-inventing the Adventist Wheel. God’s visible grace is the title of my first post there. Quite a debate ensued here and there.
May 04 2007
Dr Francis Beckwith, current president of the Evangelical Theological Society, has converted back to Catholicism.
Apr 22 2007
Recently, the Vatican’s International Theological Commission allegedly released a document indicating that Limbo, the place where unbaptised babies go after death, may be restrictive, and that there are good reasons to hope that they might be in heaven.
Apr 20 2007
One of the witnesses was a nurse who testified that she had watched Haskell put scissors into the head of a twenty-six-week Down syndrome fetus while “the baby’s little fingers were clasping and unclasping, and his feet were kicking.” … Some women treat their dogs better than their own unwanted litters.
