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I Think It Goes Back To The Fact That The Evangelical Community Often Does Not Have A Biblical Vision Of God.

I Have Serious Problems With Fundamentalist Christians And Their Creationist Theories. Although I Believe That Scripture Is Divinely Inspired And Infallible, I Have A Hard Time Going Along With The Belief That The Whole Creation Process Occurred In Six Twenty-four Hour Days. My Skepticism Is Due, In Part, To The Fact That The Bible Says That The Sun Wasn’t Created Until The Fourth Day Of Creation (genesis 1:16-19). I Have A Hard Time Figuring How Twenty-four Hour Days Could Have Been Measured Before That.

When In Fact We Live In A Society That Makes Life Hell For Gays And Lesbians, This Community Has Got To Stand Up And Say, ‘we’re On Your Side As You Struggle For Dignity,’ And, ‘yes, We Will Defy Anybody Who Says Otherwise, Even If We Have To Go To Disneyland To Prove It.’

Like Most Christians, I Believe The Genesis Account Of Creation Is A Description Of Six Different Stages Of Creation, Each Of Which May Have Taken Eons Of Time.

Beyond These Models Of Reconciliation, A Theology Of Mysticism Provides Some Hope For Common Ground Between Christianity And Islam. Both Religions Have Within Their Histories Examples Of Ecstatic Union With God, Which Seem At Odds With Their Own Spiritual Traditions But Have Much In Common With Each Other.