And therein is the problem.  If we are just sharing "opinions" — who cares.  If faith & the truth of God is all relative to what someone "thinks" of it, then all this "conversing" is a waste of time.  I WANT TO INTERACT with someone who believes there is MORE than his mere "opinion".  If I spend lots of time in a conversation just to find out the people I’m talking with don’t REALLY believe anything, then I feel robbed of my time.  I’d rather discuss issues with people who at least believe something — whether we call that being "dogmatic" or not.  I have no time for some guy who wants to talk & talk & talk & never come to any conclusion.  That is like building a house out of straw bales & dropping out of society.  Let the hippie-wanna-bes sit around & talk about "opinions".  I am in this Creation to learn more about God in a definitive & definite way…otherwise I might as well go the way of the many former hyperpreterists turned atheist.

Secondly, I keep seeing this notion that we are trying to "build a new theology" — see, that is a complete disconnect from historic Christianity.  Why does it have to be "new"?  What was wrong with the Christianity that has been passed down through the ages?  I’m all for Reform, but to have this notion we are supposed to scrap the old & start over — that is NOT Christian.

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