Comments for Balaam's Ass http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:07:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Call Process in the LCMS by Timotheos http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/the-call-process-in-the-lcms/#comment-6914 Timotheos Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:07:17 +0000 http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/the-call-process-in-the-lcms/#comment-6914 Pr. Bameka, God's blessings in our Lord, Jesus Christ! If you are looking for help, you probably want to contact the LCMS headquarters, for which you can find contact information at http://www.lcms.org Tim Pr. Bameka,
God’s blessings in our Lord, Jesus Christ! If you are looking for help, you probably want to contact the LCMS headquarters, for which you can find contact information at http://www.lcms.org

Tim

]]> Comment on The Call Process in the LCMS by Rev. Charles I. Bameka http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/the-call-process-in-the-lcms/#comment-6913 Rev. Charles I. Bameka Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:42:01 +0000 http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/the-call-process-in-the-lcms/#comment-6913 I am a Ugandan Lutheran Pastor, I have been serving the Lutheran Church Mission in Uganda for 8 years as the only ordained minister in the entire church. Three men were ordained Octeber 11th 2009, 5 more have finished their forth year at Lutehran Thelological Semminary in Tswane South Africa and return this November. We are in the process of calling one of the three men to serve the Lutheran Congregation at Kampala and are in need of some guiding documents on the calli policy/system that is used by LCMS. We have had a good working relationship with LCMS for the last 15 years. I am a Ugandan Lutheran Pastor, I have been serving the Lutheran Church Mission in Uganda for 8 years as the only ordained minister in the entire church. Three men were ordained Octeber 11th 2009, 5 more have finished their forth year at Lutehran Thelological Semminary in Tswane South Africa and return this November.

We are in the process of calling one of the three men to serve the Lutheran Congregation at Kampala and are in need of some guiding documents on the calli policy/system that is used by LCMS. We have had a good working relationship with LCMS for the last 15 years.

]]> Comment on Curse Your Branches (Just Not the One On Which You’re Standing) by Pilgrim http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2009/09/08/curse-your-branches-just-not-the-one-on-which-youre-standing/#comment-6912 Pilgrim Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:34:24 +0000 http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/?p=1573#comment-6912 Good review. Bazan went deep. Songs like "Letter From A Concerned Follower," "Diamond Ring," and "Slow and Steady Wins the Race" prove it. He understood orthodox Christianity well, it even gave him joy. I daresay it surely appeared that he even believed it. But in his journey of questioning he ran into a wall, a mountain that none of us are able, nor allowed, to scale, the obstacle Paul addresses in <a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans%209:14-24&version=ESV" rel="nofollow">Romans 9:14-24</a>. It's God's right to set the table. He made the table. He made the plates. He made the dinner, he made the guests. In his pursuit of honest questions, honest answers, integrity, beauty and truth, Bazan made a mistake: he put God in the dock. Humility polluted by vanity. Good review.

Bazan went deep. Songs like “Letter From A Concerned Follower,” “Diamond Ring,” and “Slow and Steady Wins the Race” prove it. He understood orthodox Christianity well, it even gave him joy. I daresay it surely appeared that he even believed it.

But in his journey of questioning he ran into a wall, a mountain that none of us are able, nor allowed, to scale, the obstacle Paul addresses in Romans 9:14-24.

It’s God’s right to set the table. He made the table. He made the plates. He made the dinner, he made the guests.

In his pursuit of honest questions, honest answers, integrity, beauty and truth, Bazan made a mistake: he put God in the dock. Humility polluted by vanity.

]]> Comment on I Could Be Wrong (But I Don’t Think I Am) by Jo http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/i-could-be-wrong-but-i-dont-think-i-am/#comment-6911 Jo Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:44:08 +0000 http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/?p=1520#comment-6911 Timotheos, Kudos. For being open and firm....and unashamed. ps - Interesting comparison between Christianity and the other 'religions'. Something for me to ponder. Timotheos,

Kudos.

For being open and firm….and unashamed.

ps – Interesting comparison between Christianity and the other ‘religions’. Something for me to ponder.

]]> Comment on The Call Process in the LCMS by John Ryding http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/the-call-process-in-the-lcms/#comment-6910 John Ryding Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:21:37 +0000 http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/the-call-process-in-the-lcms/#comment-6910 In the LCMS, a pastor has no time limit before he is eligible for a call, neither is he unavailable for any time after he has turned down a call. I have had several calls at the same time, and have gone years between calls. In my current parish, I doubt that I will get another call, simply because of my age. In the LCMS, a pastor has no time limit before he is eligible for a call, neither is he unavailable for any time after he has turned down a call. I have had several calls at the same time, and have gone years between calls. In my current parish, I doubt that I will get another call, simply because of my age.

]]> Comment on David Bazan and Loss of Faith by zea http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/david-bazan-and-loss-of-faith/#comment-6909 zea Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:07:59 +0000 http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/?p=1370#comment-6909 hey, david might be "struggling" to believe in God and even say he doesn't believe anymore.... but i know one thing: God hasn't stopped believing in him or loving him - He sees the heart and deep in there the "hook of His love" is still at work.... hey, david might be “struggling” to believe in God and even say he doesn’t believe anymore….

but i know one thing: God hasn’t stopped believing in him or loving him – He sees the heart and deep in there the “hook of His love” is still at work….

]]> Comment on The Call Process in the LCMS by Juan Rivera http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/the-call-process-in-the-lcms/#comment-6906 Juan Rivera Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:16:41 +0000 http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/the-call-process-in-the-lcms/#comment-6906 Well, did you guys find a pastor yet? Let me know- I know a few that have been "overlooked" that should be out there. Well, did you guys find a pastor yet? Let me know- I know a few that have been “overlooked” that should be out there.

]]> Comment on David Bazan and Loss of Faith by Timotheos http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/david-bazan-and-loss-of-faith/#comment-6903 Timotheos Sun, 13 Sep 2009 01:13:28 +0000 http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/?p=1370#comment-6903 I don't know what you're reading, but it's not this blog. I never even hinted at anything about the nature of Bazan's Christianity. "You could be right. but yours is just one of thousands of supernaturalist worlviews man has come up with over time and so far they have all proven false. The naturalist worldview passes tests. No supernatrual explanation has ever, ever replaced a natural one but thousasnds of natural explanations have replaced supernatural ones." You have a strange view of "natural/supernatural" that does not even remotely resemble the Christian view. So if you want to dismantle that dichotomy, go ahead. But it's not Christianity. As for the rest of your spewage, you might actually want to find out what Christians really believe, before you stake your opinion of them and the God they worship on caricatures and <em>non sequiturs</em>. Tim I don’t know what you’re reading, but it’s not this blog. I never even hinted at anything about the nature of Bazan’s Christianity.

“You could be right. but yours is just one of thousands of supernaturalist worlviews man has come up with over time and so far they have all proven false. The naturalist worldview passes tests. No supernatrual explanation has ever, ever replaced a natural one but thousasnds of natural explanations have replaced supernatural ones.”

You have a strange view of “natural/supernatural” that does not even remotely resemble the Christian view. So if you want to dismantle that dichotomy, go ahead. But it’s not Christianity.

As for the rest of your spewage, you might actually want to find out what Christians really believe, before you stake your opinion of them and the God they worship on caricatures and non sequiturs.

Tim

]]> Comment on David Bazan and Loss of Faith by Lee A. P. http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/david-bazan-and-loss-of-faith/#comment-6902 Lee A. P. Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:02:06 +0000 http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/?p=1370#comment-6902 Well, I acknowledge that I could be wrong but I feel that probability is very, very low. I also could be wrong about the smurfs. Perhaps Gargamel has corrupted all our senses. The Smurfs weren't just a cartoon -- they are real but he is keeping them hidden from us. This is what Christians do when they accept the supernaturalist worldview. Satan is given power to corrupt sensory data. Thats a slippery slope though -- perhaps Yahweh is actually an evil God corrupting our senses. There is no way to really know. You could be right. but yours is just one of thousands of supernaturalist worlviews man has come up with over time and so far they have all proven false. The naturalist worldview passes tests. No supernatrual explanation has ever, ever replaced a natural one but thousasnds of natural explanations have replaced supernatural ones. My favorite portion of the reaction to the whole Bazan thing is "he must not have ever REALLY felt the holy spirit. He must have never bee a REAL Christian". Pshh. Christians can be so pathetically deluded and stupid. If you aren't on their team anymore they'll take a shit on you. They become more Yahweh in their reaction than Jesus. Well -- maybe they become money-changer Jesus. Have fun continuing to believe in really bizaar and hateful things man! I will certainly be sorry when your loving God is torturing me in hellfire for not believing in his ancient book! What a plan that guy has! What a mega cosmic genius he is! Inspire a book full of supernatural content in a certain language(s), in a certain portion of the world when the overwhelming majority of humans are illiterate. Let that thing go through thousands of scribes and translations, show virtually no evidence of the supernatural present in the world for anyone to ever witness but then TORTURE everyone who doesn't believe in what your book says! Brillian! Brilliant that Yahweh, Jesus, Ghost 3-headed God you guys worship is! Your God IS an awesome God! And FUCK David Bazan for rejecting him! That guy was never a real Christian anyways! Well, I acknowledge that I could be wrong but I feel that probability is very, very low. I also could be wrong about the smurfs.

Perhaps Gargamel has corrupted all our senses. The Smurfs weren’t just a cartoon — they are real but he is keeping them hidden from us. This is what Christians do when they accept the supernaturalist worldview. Satan is given power to corrupt sensory data. Thats a slippery slope though — perhaps Yahweh is actually an evil God corrupting our senses. There is no way to really know.

You could be right. but yours is just one of thousands of supernaturalist worlviews man has come up with over time and so far they have all proven false. The naturalist worldview passes tests. No supernatrual explanation has ever, ever replaced a natural one but thousasnds of natural explanations have replaced supernatural ones.

My favorite portion of the reaction to the whole Bazan thing is “he must not have ever REALLY felt the holy spirit. He must have never bee a REAL Christian”. Pshh. Christians can be so pathetically deluded and stupid. If you aren’t on their team anymore they’ll take a shit on you. They become more Yahweh in their reaction than Jesus. Well — maybe they become money-changer Jesus.

Have fun continuing to believe in really bizaar and hateful things man! I will certainly be sorry when your loving God is torturing me in hellfire for not believing in his ancient book! What a plan that guy has! What a mega cosmic genius he is! Inspire a book full of supernatural content in a certain language(s), in a certain portion of the world when the overwhelming majority of humans are illiterate. Let that thing go through thousands of scribes and translations, show virtually no evidence of the supernatural present in the world for anyone to ever witness but then TORTURE everyone who doesn’t believe in what your book says! Brillian! Brilliant that Yahweh, Jesus, Ghost 3-headed God you guys worship is! Your God IS an awesome God!

And FUCK David Bazan for rejecting him! That guy was never a real Christian anyways!

]]> Comment on David Bazan and Loss of Faith by Timotheos http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/2008/08/09/david-bazan-and-loss-of-faith/#comment-6901 Timotheos Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:24:28 +0000 http://talkingdonkey.wordpress.com/?p=1370#comment-6901 "I’m certain about nothing." "Christianity is not true. There was no talking snake. People cannot rise from the dead. Religion is man made. Jesus is dead." Yeah. No certainty there. “I’m certain about nothing.”

“Christianity is not true. There was no talking snake. People cannot rise from the dead. Religion is man made. Jesus is dead.”

Yeah. No certainty there.

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