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Re: Book Review: Tim & Jesus Go to Church

mountainguy — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:09:48 -0000

hahahaha, that's the funniest.
It would be nice to read such a book

Re: A Mountain of Bones: Being White in USAmerica

mountainguy — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:00:24 -0000

I like this post, mainly the last paragraph. When you want others to live "something", you should live this "something". And having a more open mind (what doesn't mean "heresy") is an important way to share our faith.

Re: Driving My Life Away

mountainguy — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:24:47 -0000

A first step could be use more public trasnport and less particular cars (for people who own cars). Use more bike, and try to supoort (or at least, to know about) alternative sources of energy (not necessarily so-called "biofuel"... this seems to be very pollutant, and for its production there are deforestating some tropical forests).

Re: Reputable Peace

mountainguy — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:56:48 -0000

t"hat if God does not eventually destroy the United States, he will have to go back and apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah. "

this is very very true

Re: Kevin Smith Making Film About the Trinity

mountainguy — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:41:57 -0000

Heyyy!!!! G-d is black! ands he looks quite like Morgan Freeman!! This Kevin Smith is a heretic!!

Re: Interview: Becky Garrison, Satirist

mountainguy — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:48:39 -0000

Thanks Ms becky for your excelent satires and interviews there at witenburgdoor. I'll be checking the other websites.

Re: Expelled: An Opportunity Lost

mountainguy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:53:32 -0000

This has been one of the main topics in my life since I was 10 (and now i'm a 25 year old biologist-evolutionist-believer). But at first I'd just like you to note this: This ID vs evolutionism (or creationism vs evolutionism for that matter) in the last 10 yeras has been discused in the anglosaxon world, and mainly there in USA, and it doesn't seem to be very important in the continental europe. Off course, in the most of continental europe christianity is not very important for people. I want to ask this: Do you think that this debate is influenced by a particular anglosaxon view of world, phylosophy and science?

Another importatnt issue to have in mind is that evolutionism is not just one view. Dawkins hasn't only struggled against religious beliefs; he (along woth some of his partners like Denett) has struggled against every evolutionist system that doesn't fit into the "orthodox neo-darwinian" thinking. If any of you has read about Stephen Jay Gould, then you know what I'm talking about.

Yes, this is a nice topic; and it's not a worthy one mainly because of hypocresy and propaganda (you know, every propaganda has at least a little of fallacy).

Re: The Beginning of One Life, the End of Another

mountainguy — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:56:40 -0000

Fred: If you ask me, drinking alcohol, smoking cigars, and even smoking marijuana (don't worry, i haven't do it for more than a year) is more biblical than eating pork.

Re: I no longer blog here…

mountainguy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:33:48 -0000

Maybe someday you'll be interviewed by those jesusmanifesto guys (yes... this could be one of the most paradoxicals things I'll ever see in my life).

Re: Onward, Christian Soldiers

mountainguy — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:29:17 -0000

I've read about CPT working in southern Bolivar, here in Colombia. If you ever come here, please write me at facebook, or mail, or anything (you must be in Bogotá before going anywhere in COlombia).

Blessings, and congrats for this post

Re: Onward, Christian Soldiers

mountainguy — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:37:08 -0000

Just a question: when you say "Columbia", do you mean British Columbia, or Colombia (Southamerica)?

Re: Hey, I care about those poor people too!

mountainguy — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:08:39 -0000

well written. Is it my impression, or this pastor is really getting concerned about social issues?

Ps: What do you mean by 2.5 kids?

Re: “A” Take On “An” Evangelical Manifesto

mountainguy — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:47:06 -0000

I'd rather say that church-state separation is implicit in the idea of christarchism, considering that state is Caesar (i.e. "worldly" government, also known as "Leviathan")

Re: Not as much as I do (A response to Chad Ellens)

mountainguy — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:47:46 -0000

hahahahaha. How could I endorse them?

Re: Everybody Must Get Stoned

mountainguy — Mon, 26 May 2008 19:02:47 -0000

Congratulations Ted. Excelent article.

Re: Leaning into a Dream

mountainguy — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:13:51 -0000

On a personal level I'd say "Kingdom of God is into you". On a more "social" level, I'd say the Kingdom of God is on the margins (unlike "KIngdom of Caesar", that comprises a lot of our "real world").

Very encouraging your post. Certainly salvation is by grace, but as Bonhoeffer said, we must look for the "costly" grace.

Re: Pentecost: Peace Carried on a Violent Wind

mountainguy — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:50:44 -0000

John: Thanks for showing us how revolutionary is Pentecost. Beautifully written

Re: 38 Injured in “Pentecost Pageant”

mountainguy — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:57:36 -0000

Is Dan Hitchens the believer brother of Christopher Hitchens?

Re: Pentecost in Patagonia

mountainguy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:09:46 -0000

Hi Ramon and Adela. I am from Colombia, and is nice to see that a couple of evangelicals healed and prayed for a catholic without any matter. Both catholics and evangelics are christians, and I think we could do more if we don't spend time trying to convert catholics onto evangelicals (or viceversa), instead of working for justice, solidarity, knowledge of God, etc.

Bendiciones

Re: Daughters and Sons

mountainguy — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:11:51 -0000

So we men aren't manly enough to deal with our own dirty underwear? Sexism is a shame for the church, and for humankind in general.

Re: Security through Vulnerability

mountainguy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:20:26 -0000

As a colombian I am I just want to send you some blessings because of the work CPT is doing here.

Re: How a Radical Jihadist Led Me to Jesus (part 3 of 3)

mountainguy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:35:57 -0000

"At the cross, Jesus taught humanity that it’s better to suffer injustice than to be the cause of it, it’s better to relinquish power than to pursue power, and, perhaps most importantly, it’s better to die than to kill."

WOW, I love those words.

Thanks for sharing your story Aaron.

Re: Happy St. Elizabeth’s Day!

mountainguy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:22:18 -0000

This is for patriots (like this guy "constantine" - is he the roman emperor?) :)
Well, I dan't care if you love your nation. Moreover, if we talk of "nation" as mainly cultural concept, I think it could be good to some extent. It is good if you want to be thankful with the people in your country that has helped you in some way. But I don't buy this "Thanks God for the asshole-bully we have as president, and all those Haliburton-like thieves who provide us with some nice Iraqi petroleum, so we can still driving our 250000 CC Jeeps just to go next street to buy some food."

And remember: a lot of things that USA government does are offensive for other countries. So, if you love your northamerican jingoism, don't be surprised if a guy from the thirld world (like me) would consider kicking some anglosaxon butts as "something patriotic". (Not a personal threat, so don't you worry about this of "kicking butts".

Re: Happy St. Elizabeth’s Day!

mountainguy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:28:00 -0000

I think there are things that need to be explained:

1. When I criticize patriotism (or, more exactly, jingoism) I do it for patriotism-jingoism everywhere, not just Northamerican one (peraps this is one of the most dangerous).

2. Despite the "hard words" I just wrote, all this was supposed to be a criticism of a concept (patriotism-jingoism) rather than a critic over a particular person (Well... it is almost imposible to not hate G.W. Bush).

3. I acnowledeged the good things that might be brought up by a "light patriotism".

4. I don't condone "kicking anglosaxon butts". But, if someone there in USA thinks of patriotism as imperialism, then it shouldn't criticize Anti-USA sentiment as long as it could be considered a way of patriotism for people in the "third world".

5. Well said hewhocutsdown: love is borderless. Maria: I apologize if my words were offensive for you.

Re: Bringin’ Back Monarchy

mountainguy — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:47:50 -0000

About labour day, its paradoxical that there in USA you celebrate "labour's day" as a capitalist holiday, but the "socialist" (or anarchist) holiday started as a way to honour the "martyrs of Haymarkey" (it happened there in USA).

Here in Colombia (as in the most of the other countries) we celebrate worker's day on 1 of May.