[YHAOS]

Are the problems confronting American seminaries merely theological? Or is the problem more systemic?

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[Jacquerie]

Christianity is going to have to be more of a mission and less of a profession . . .

I'm way off topic here and do not mean to hijack the thread, but just how did muzzie mosques pop up by the hundreds these past ten years? Do they out-evangelize all of the Christian denominations combined? Why is stinkin' islam ascendant?

[hosepipe]

Are the problems confronting American seminaries merely theological? Or is the problem more systemic?

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Good Question... should make a good conversation....

[ screed ]
Since most of the christian world are bible worshipers.. much like many Jews are Talmud worshipers.. there’s even some that are church worshipers.. Idolatry has assumed many strange morphing’s of variation..

Jesus never really said read the bible.. or other Jewish lore.. since most couldn’t read anyway and if they could there were few written objects to read.. almost no bibles.. and the Talmud such as it was, was for Rabbi’s to fight over..

Jesus as I read him from available lore (if true) said; go to the Holy Spirit to receive all that you need to know.. So once so-called christians in later centurys started worshiping the bible this Idolatry start a long decapitation of Christianity..

To the extent most christians do NOT have an invisible friend(Holy Spirit)... to get their answers from.. and worship at the shrine of the bible.. and more or less pray to the ceiling fan.. That can get old.. After all what do they even need the Holy Spirit for.. heck they have the bible..

What do you think.?.. is the Holy Spirit a doofus?...
I propose “he” is not.. and gets much entertainment from christians attempts to marginalize “HIM” and resort to bible or church worship....
[ /screed ]

[1010RD]

Systemic.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[betty boop]

Neither Jesus nor any of the twelve apostles could get a job in any self-respecting mainline church in America today; none of them had a degree from an accredited seminary.

Dear brother in Christ, to answer your question, "Are the problems confronting American seminaries merely theological? Or is the problem more systemic?": I'd say "more systemic."

And not just in the seminaries; but in the churches themselves. It seems to me a "careerist attitude" is increasingly common today, as if being the pastor of a flock could in any sense ever be "a job," entailing concerns about promotion, mediation of grievances, pay, pensions, etc.

Thanks so much for the ping, dear YHAOS!