[ssf] some theology

[Kathleen Holliday]

I am compelled to say this and am not meaning to offend. The Christian faith
and the Islamic faith are two sides of the same coin. Both originated as a
result of the writings of Moses. If you read Velikovsky there is a very
sound explanation for the nature of both these major belief systems to be
violent in that they originated as worship of a local War God. The older
faiths were and still are ostracised and people were killed who got in the
way. Sounds familiar.
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Subject: [ssf] some theology


> Hello,
> one interesting development, let's hope:
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> > PRESS RELEASE FROM: EKKLESIA DATE: 26 July 2005
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> >
> > CHRISTIANS EXPLORE LINKS BETWEEN DOCTRINE AND VIOLENCE
> >
> > In the wake of public concerns about the relationship between
> > religion and terror, the UK Christian think-tank Ekklesia is raising
> > questions about how some church teaching about the death of Jesus
> > could be linked to the approval of violence.
> >
> > In a book called Consuming Passion: Why the Killing of Jesus Really
> > Matters, due to be launched formally next month, a group of American
> > and British writers suggest that some popular misunderstandings about
> > the meaning of the Cross may reinforce conflict, division and
> > suffering in today's world.
> >
> > The book's editors, Ekklesia Co-Directors Simon Barrow and Jonathan
> > Bartley, say that the collection of diverse essays shows that
> > theology is not an obscure academic matter or an issue of concern
> > only to a particular religious in-group.
> >
> > "The recent bombings in London have shown that our ideas about the
> > world and God can literally be a matter of life and death," says
> > Simon Barrow, who until recently worked for the official ecumenical
> > body, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.
> >
> > He adds: "The problem of religiously sanctioned violence isn't just a
> > challenge to Muslims, but to all people of faith - and not least to
> > Christians, given that the reality of a man put to death is central
> > to their imagery and doctrine."
> >
> > One of the contributors to Consuming Passion is Baptist minister
> > Steve Chalke, who has been in hot water with some evangelical
> > Christians recently for questioning the doctrine of 'penal
> > substitution'.
> >
> > In its crude form, this says that God inflicted death and suffering
> > on an innocent Jesus to 'atone' for the sins of human beings, because
> > God requires a price paid in blood before being able to forgive.
> >
> > (... more to be read at Ekklesia site)
>
> :-)
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