Comments on: The Gospel Of Christian Atheism http://www.christianatheism.com/the-gospel-of-christian-atheism The Best of Both Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:04:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Richard Davis http://www.christianatheism.com/the-gospel-of-christian-atheism/comment-page-1#comment-460 Richard Davis Sat, 17 Apr 2010 03:20:48 +0000 http://www.christianatheism.com/?p=53#comment-460 I read TGOCA as a teenager, then later as an adult convert as a left the church (was also reading Nietzsche's Twilight of the Gods & The Antichrist). I've always been attracted to Altizer's radical theology and the human Jesus. A transcendent god is dead to us, it no longer touches our soul. I read TGOCA as a teenager, then later as an adult convert as a left the church (was also reading Nietzsche’s Twilight of the Gods & The Antichrist). I’ve always been attracted to Altizer’s radical theology and the human Jesus. A transcendent god is dead to us, it no longer touches our soul.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.christianatheism.com/the-gospel-of-christian-atheism/comment-page-1#comment-250 Jeremy Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:57:24 +0000 http://www.christianatheism.com/?p=53#comment-250 Sorry, sword not peace, my bad. Sorry, sword not peace, my bad.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.christianatheism.com/the-gospel-of-christian-atheism/comment-page-1#comment-249 Jeremy Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:53:21 +0000 http://www.christianatheism.com/?p=53#comment-249 I really think Altizer would be totally at odds with your version of Christian atheism. I don't even really understand why you have to hold onto the idea of 'Christian'. If all you want from Jesus is his teachings, then why even bother with Jesus? I don't think his moral teachings were by any means unique, and Paul completely agreed with me. Hence, Paul focused the entirety of his evangelism on crucifixion and resurrection, not on the teachings. Our modern day values are really just a secularization of the Christian values anyway. I'm just baffled why one would think Jesus' moral teachings are the most important. Historically, it was of course the Kingdom that drove his ministry, but if you emphasized on the 'here and now' of the Kingdom you do injustice to the 'to come' of the Kingdom. Furthermore, I suspect the Jesus you embrace is the liberal Jesus offered by folks Crossan and Borg. What do you with all of the apocalyptic passages in the the Gospels? Many other scholars like Ehrman and Allison focus on Jesus as the eschatological prophet preaching the coming reign of God. It's easy to take those aspects of Jesus all people can embrace (distribution of wealth, enemy love, nonviolence), but how do you understand statements like "I have come to bring fire!", "Peace, not sword", "Anyone who does not hate, mother, father, children...is not worthy of following me"? Not to mention Mark's Jesus is crazy. I really think Altizer would be totally at odds with your version of Christian atheism. I don’t even really understand why you have to hold onto the idea of ‘Christian’. If all you want from Jesus is his teachings, then why even bother with Jesus? I don’t think his moral teachings were by any means unique, and Paul completely agreed with me. Hence, Paul focused the entirety of his evangelism on crucifixion and resurrection, not on the teachings. Our modern day values are really just a secularization of the Christian values anyway. I’m just baffled why one would think Jesus’ moral teachings are the most important. Historically, it was of course the Kingdom that drove his ministry, but if you emphasized on the ‘here and now’ of the Kingdom you do injustice to the ‘to come’ of the Kingdom.

Furthermore, I suspect the Jesus you embrace is the liberal Jesus offered by folks Crossan and Borg. What do you with all of the apocalyptic passages in the the Gospels? Many other scholars like Ehrman and Allison focus on Jesus as the eschatological prophet preaching the coming reign of God. It’s easy to take those aspects of Jesus all people can embrace (distribution of wealth, enemy love, nonviolence), but how do you understand statements like “I have come to bring fire!”, “Peace, not sword”, “Anyone who does not hate, mother, father, children…is not worthy of following me”? Not to mention Mark’s Jesus is crazy.

]]> By: The Gospel Of Christian Atheism « Mohammed Abbasi http://www.christianatheism.com/the-gospel-of-christian-atheism/comment-page-1#comment-246 The Gospel Of Christian Atheism « Mohammed Abbasi Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:53:47 +0000 http://www.christianatheism.com/?p=53#comment-246 [...] http://www.christianatheism.com/the-gospel-of-christian-atheism Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Christian Mullah TV presenter reads out Star Wars plot!The Gospel of Thomas: Gnosticism or Early Christian Mysticism?SBL 2009 Papers related to the Gospel of Thomas: [...] [...] http://www.christianatheism.com/the-gospel-of-christian-atheism Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Christian Mullah TV presenter reads out Star Wars plot!The Gospel of Thomas: Gnosticism or Early Christian Mysticism?SBL 2009 Papers related to the Gospel of Thomas: [...]

]]> By: Megan http://www.christianatheism.com/the-gospel-of-christian-atheism/comment-page-1#comment-5 Megan Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:35:40 +0000 http://www.christianatheism.com/?p=53#comment-5 Hi Kathryn, hope this blog can help you in future discussions with your mother. What stand point would she have? Like most atheists, Christian atheists sometimes have trouble explaining their own stand point. We started this blog to explain our version of Christian atheism. Looking forward to reading your comments in the future Hi Kathryn, hope this blog can help you in future discussions with your mother. What stand point would she have? Like most atheists, Christian atheists sometimes have trouble explaining their own stand point. We started this blog to explain our version of Christian atheism.
Looking forward to reading your comments in the future

]]> By: Kathryn http://www.christianatheism.com/the-gospel-of-christian-atheism/comment-page-1#comment-3 Kathryn Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:37:35 +0000 http://www.christianatheism.com/?p=53#comment-3 I found my way to your blog via many searches. I hadn't heard of Christian atheism before, and I must say it's given me whiplash. I was discussing with my mother the other day where I stand, and if I'd had this term in mind it would have helped. I look forward to reading more. Thank you for starting this blog. By the way, I live in Santa Clara with my husband and 2 year old daughter. Peace. I found my way to your blog via many searches. I hadn’t heard of Christian atheism before, and I must say it’s given me whiplash. I was discussing with my mother the other day where I stand, and if I’d had this term in mind it would have helped. I look forward to reading more. Thank you for starting this blog. By the way, I live in Santa Clara with my husband and 2 year old daughter. Peace.

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