ts1227
Posts: 12,319
May 11, 2011 4:23pm
Watch the namecalling. I know religious threads get out of hand easy, but be civil about it (which I doubt is possible around here)
sleeper
Posts: 27,879
May 11, 2011 5:13pm
Get a life.ts1227;765536 wrote:Watch the namecalling. I know religious threads get out of hand easy, but be civil about it (which I doubt is possible around here)
Thread Bomber
Posts: 1,851
May 11, 2011 5:47pm
ts1227;765536 wrote:Watch the namecalling. I know religious threads get out of hand easy, but be civil about it (which I doubt is possible around here)
I will quite respectfully say....
Go suck a bag of dicks, sir.
C
Con_Alma
Posts: 12,198
May 11, 2011 9:12pm
That's the difference between understanding what was meant by Church and what it has been made into.OSH;765529 wrote:...
If you read the difference in what "church" is, then it is necessary. Even Jesus was in community with other believers -- that is what "church" is. Ekklesia is not meeting at some huge, ornate building on a specific day of the week. Ekklesia is being in a community with other believers. Ekklesia is growing, sharing, learning, helping, and loving those around you. THAT is what is necessary. THAT is what "church" is. The real "church" is necessary, not some building, parking lot, preacher/pastor/minister/priest, band with instruments, and some offering plates.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer has some quality writings on the issue.