tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post111513751858074598..comments2023-11-02T09:15:14.899-04:00Comments on Shellfish: Cetaceanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09053214636263576330noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post-1115312364624422512005-05-05T12:59:00.000-04:002005-05-05T12:59:00.000-04:00Seriously humans, there will be no ELCA in much le...Seriously humans, there will be no ELCA in much less than 50 years, and it wil be defective church, a status not easily attained, in a few months, perhaps.Shrimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215479322209029361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post-1115225606029897612005-05-04T12:53:00.000-04:002005-05-04T12:53:00.000-04:00Your scenerio would be perfect if the ELCA actuall...Your scenerio would be perfect if the ELCA actually exists in 50 years. I give it 20 or less before it falls below the membership level of of a respectable cult.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post-1115223811270169052005-05-04T12:23:00.000-04:002005-05-04T12:23:00.000-04:00Every religion needs a few pagan lesbian priestess...Every religion needs a few pagan lesbian priestesses to spice it up. 50 years from now, an ELCA task force will recommend that ritual sex be implemented in the liturgy, since some congregations have been practicing it anyway, and it is now a "reality among us."Fearsome Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12171985273546955313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post-1115153203031767382005-05-03T16:46:00.000-04:002005-05-03T16:46:00.000-04:00Norsk: you're right, it was a red herring. You pro...Norsk: you're right, it was a red herring. You probably can't even get kicked out of the LWF! But you agree that it will strain relations. WordAlone sent a letter to all LWF member churches and received great replies from all but two. Guess? ELCA and ELCIC (whose PB was at the last Church Council fiasco pickiing up tips).<BR/><BR/>Eli: isn't it true that Luther did such a good job of taking a Shrimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215479322209029361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post-1115145004077822202005-05-03T14:30:00.000-04:002005-05-03T14:30:00.000-04:00It is both sad and horrible to watch the ELCA merg...It is both sad and horrible to watch the ELCA merge itself into the popular cultural. But we've been here before. How are the ELCA's actions any different from the actions of the German Christian movement of the 1920s and 1930s? In both cases theologians buckled under the weight of pressure from popular culture, abandoned fidelity to the Scriptures, and began to preach an inhuman philosophy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post-1115141746439155322005-05-03T13:35:00.000-04:002005-05-03T13:35:00.000-04:00Isn' it remarkable that a Church that bears the na...Isn' it remarkable that a Church that bears the name of the one who was quoted as stating: "Here I stand" can never seem to take a stand. Middle way. What tripe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12449722.post-1115141588537683452005-05-03T13:33:00.000-04:002005-05-03T13:33:00.000-04:00Another observation about this ridiculous reasonin...Another observation about this ridiculous reasoning is that, despite the apparent desires of some, the LWF is NOT a "communion". It is a worldwide association of churches. Member churches have not entered into "full communion" with each other, in the sense that pastors are fully interchangeable, teaching is presumably consistent, etc etc. To the extent that Lutheran churches around the world Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com