[HPFGU-OTChatter] questions about terminology
bettedavisgreen at aol.com
bettedavisgreen at aol.com
Fri Jul 18 17:32:32 UTC 2003
Dans un e-mail daté du 18/07/2003 19:02:43 Paris, Madrid (heure d'été),
jillily3g at yahoo.com a écrit :
>
> Thank you, Amy Z, David, Terry and everyone else for such insightful
> discussion on the subject of Christians and HP. This has long
> troubled me and I think that examining has really helped me to begin
> to understand, even if I haven't been brave enough to broach the
> subject with my Dad again.
>
> I do have another question regarding terminology. A friend and I
> were talking about these words, labels if you will, that we keep
> applying to certain Christians. She had been described anonymously
> to another committee member as fundamentalist, and therefore someone
> this person did not want to be in a group with. We weren't sure
> where the label came from, what this person meant, and why it would
> necessarily be a bad thing (as it seems to be in this particular
> Presbyterian church), since fundamentals seem, well, basic and
> therefore important. Sooo... can someone point me to a description
> of various "labels" of Christians? What does evangelical mean and
> why does it sometimes seem interchangeable with fundamentalist? Does
> a "liberal" Christian believe in liberal politics or some "liberal
> theology"? You'd think I'd know all this, having grown up in a
> church, but there's really no Sunday School class covering it! And
> the media doesn't really explain every time they describe someone a
> certain way.
>
> Beth, who is looking for an online dictionary for such a purpose
> right now
>
>
tough tough... I've sort of given up on understanding all the
classifications.. Still, I did find this particular site very interesting and very chicken
soup for the soul at times, and as a quizz freak I really enjoy their quizzes: <A HREF="http://www.belief.net/features/quiz/index.html">
http://www.belief.net/features/quiz/index.html</A>
Ended up discovering I'm part budhist. Actually, part every single religion
in the world... But your immediate interest would be the What kind of Christian
are you. Be prepared, questions are pretty tough, demanding real
philosophical knowledge of what your beliefs really are...
Cristina
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