I think you make some good points. What’s the problem? Maybe this’ll help:

http://confessionalouthouse.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/mystery-is-good/

Is Christ divided? I can appreciate the frustration with sloppy theology and easy believisms. On the other hand is it right to try to give certainty to paradoxes that the scriptures seem perfectly content to leave as such?

I have come out of a background of baptistic fundamentalism. Separation was a practice that encouraged arguments over issues not so absolutely defined in scripture.

When I use the term biblicist I use it to avoid attempting to put my faith in a theological system or to rely on one to defend my faith. I suppose my life experience has made me suspicious and at least cautious of trying to argue.

You must add it to the Stack…

Albino is not interested in understanding or making arguments.

E

You see, you just suggested to us that we are beyond help with regard to Biblical Christianity. I’ve never, and would never, make that assertion against you. To me that comment betrays the fact that it is you who does not accept the reformed into the Body of Christ, not vise-versa.

Read my entry on the Evangelical anti-system and you may recognize that I have no problem with debating the merits and demerits of a bad system. My concern with you and those like you is that you seem to be oblivious to the fact that you have a system.

The only way we can truly agree to disagree is if you’re willing to recognize that a person can have a conversation informed by a desire not to “convert” but simply to “understand.” By framing the debate as one between “biblical and non-biblical” rather than “Evangelical vs. Reformed” or “my version of biblical vs. yours” you’re the one who seems to be denying the fact that we’re stuck with one another.

You’re suggesting therein that I’m outside and that you’re inside.

Have you noticed that you consistently provoke the same kind of reaction among reformed people?

E

Define your terms my friend. What is Biblical? For someone who admonished me against being dogmatic, you sure are being… well… dogmatic.

If you care to have a serious theological discussion, great. But according to the rules of debate a gratuitous assertion may be answered with an equally gratuitous assertion.

My Christianity is more biblical then yours is. Nana-nana-boo-boo.

That’s right. Read closer and you will see that this lame project has nothing at all to do with such a monumental task. It’s just a place to ruminate. Don’t foist the inane motivations of 98.7% of blogdom onto the OH.

Peace to all in the Outhouse!