Comments on: Bound Conscience, whats the deal? http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/08/18/bound-conscious-whats-the-deal/ no longer walking away when God opens a door Sun, 15 Jan 2012 17:13:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob O'Connor http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/08/18/bound-conscious-whats-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-521 Bob O'Connor Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:01:39 +0000 http://lutheranforums.com/blog/?p=198#comment-521 Drawing on my extended (57 year) journey to find Christ, I can agree to disagree with the best of 'em. However, when one party disagrees and wants to change 2000 years of tradition along with current Church doctrine (homosexuality is no longer a sin) to justify their position, then co-existence is no longer an option. To state the obvious, this is why many Christian denominations exist. I bear the opposite party no ill will, I just can't fly their flag over my church and tell the world I stand with them and their biblical interpretation. In effect, they have tarnished the ELCA brand and drove the center-right to the exit doors. The variety of Christian denominations in the US is the one aspect of our faith that keeps us vibrant. In the marketplace for truth, a robust competition of thinking offers each pursuer of truth their own community to stand with. I'm not going away mad, but I am going away! Drawing on my extended (57 year) journey to find Christ, I can agree to disagree with the best of ‘em. However, when one party disagrees and wants to change 2000 years of tradition along with current Church doctrine (homosexuality is no longer a sin) to justify their position, then co-existence is no longer an option. To state the obvious, this is why many Christian denominations exist. I bear the opposite party no ill will, I just can’t fly their flag over my church and tell the world I stand with them and their biblical interpretation. In effect, they have tarnished the ELCA brand and drove the center-right to the exit doors.

The variety of Christian denominations in the US is the one aspect of our faith that keeps us vibrant. In the marketplace for truth, a robust competition of thinking offers each pursuer of truth their own community to stand with. I’m not going away mad, but I am going away!

]]> By: Luke http://lutheranforums.com/blog/2009/08/18/bound-conscious-whats-the-deal/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Luke Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:57:37 +0000 http://lutheranforums.com/blog/?p=198#comment-513 I'm glad that the church fathers didn't consider bound conscience a solution. You could then be Arian if your reading of scripture was so bound. Sorry, but this is just bad theology. Lutherans have always taken theology very seriously, but now we've abandoned that tradition. I’m glad that the church fathers didn’t consider bound conscience a solution. You could then be Arian if your reading of scripture was so bound.

Sorry, but this is just bad theology. Lutherans have always taken theology very seriously, but now we’ve abandoned that tradition.

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