tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655521.post109150533245958685..comments2024-02-23T17:09:12.957-05:00Comments on bethquick.com: another trial for the UMC...Beth Quickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14171030571583683180noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655521.post-1091754807150728982004-08-05T20:13:00.000-05:002004-08-05T20:13:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments (it's so great to get comm...Thanks for the comments (it's so great to get comments after a few months of silent blogging!) I think you're right, Brian. Issues of sexuality go a lot deeper, to the core of our beliefs. We've (the church) got different world views, different 'God' views, I guess. Where do we go from here?Beth Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14171030571583683180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655521.post-1091546606925674782004-08-03T10:23:00.000-05:002004-08-03T10:23:00.000-05:00I just wonder, doesn't the UMC have anything bette...I just wonder, doesn't the UMC have anything better to do than waste time kicking ministers out of the church?<br /><br />Do you read the Christian Century? There was an editorial/column a month or two ago from a UM pastor discussing the issue of homosexuality. He was a progressive and making the argument that it is interesting that it's the liberal/progressive wing of the UMC that's fighting the hardest to keep it together. <br /><br />But that despite the unity resolution that was adopted at General Conference, the liberal and conservative sides (for lack of better terms) have very different ideas about sin and salvation. He argued that until we get to the root of those ideas all talk of unity is superficial. He suggested that perhaps those ideas are unreconciliable and separation is the best course of action.<br /><br />I'm not sure I agree, but I think he makes a good point. Rather than two ships passing in the night, I'm not sure we're even in the same body of water, theologically speaking. I don't think we'll ever really get anywhere until we start seriously talking about how we view sin, salvation and the nature of scripture.<br /><br />Just my .02.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08049449750059727562noreply@blogger.com