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No. The rules containing the policy (which has been in effect for a few months now) are posted in the Community Announcements forum. Here’s the link: Post in thread 'Christianity Board Statement of Faith' Christianity Board Statement of Faith

Just a reminder. Members who are registered “Christian” are prohibited by the Rules from expressing dissent from the Nicene Creed here. Only members who are “Other Faith” may do such a thing, and even then within limits. I’m registered “Other Faith”. Please don’t allow my unbelief in the...

Yes. I was reading the Nicene Creed earlier this morning. I recite the Shema every day.

The choice we are confronted with in scripture is between Jewish monotheism and idolatry. Neither is for Jews alone.

The leveler is a Jewish monotheist. What Jewish monotheism says about non-Jewish monotheism is weightier to me than what non-Jewish monotheism says about Jewish monotheism.

It’s something I face daily.

Good points. What catches my eye is Jesus including himself in the comment. Most Christians reject Jewish monotheism. Jesus and his contemporaries (those who were his disciples as well as those who weren’t) didn’t. Jewish monotheism is his / their / my monotheism. “I follow Jesus!” … “but his...

In another thread people were discussing whether or not Jesus was ever afraid. There is no verse which plainly says “Jesus was afraid.” Here we have a verse which says plainly that Jesus was asleep. The question: Did Jesus dream when he slept?

I don’t disagree, but I was thinking about Jesus in the moment rather than about the disciples.

What in church history do you not trust? People who lived it and people who examined it. People who lived it and people who examined it.

“Jesus was sleeping at the back of the boat with his head on a cushion. The disciples woke him up, shouting, ‘Teacher, don’t you care that we’re going to drown?’” (Mark 4:38, NLT)