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[emzie]

You'ren't #1 though.

Yernt? Doesn't seem you are either.

 

[madviking]

Yernt? Doesn't seem you are either.

What? Contracting contractions isn't cool yet?

 

[GoodGame]

Ask a published author and ask a published scientist would both be cool.

Ask a lawyer might be cool too, but they charge!

 

[emzie]

What? Contracting contractions isn't cool yet?

I'd've said yes until I saw you type that.

 

[_random_]

I was raised in Christian Science, yes. Oh, and kindly keep words like "cult" for less polite surroundings, please. That's not helpful at all.

I think he was using a definition like Walter Martin's:

A cult, then, is a group of people polarized around someone's interpretation of the Bible and is characterized by major deviations from orthodox Christianity relative to the cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith, particularly the fact that God became man in Jesus Christ

The definition sucks, but Christian Science would fit under that umbrella.

 

[Smellincoffee]

Ask a teacher. I think one of the members is already a teacher.

I could myself answer to "ask a buddhist", "ask an indigo child".

Ask a Buddhist is one I'd like to follow.

 

[GoodGame]

We should have an Ask a Hypocrite thread. Because every single one of the other threads could then be merged into it.

Or Just "Ask a Human".

 

[jtb1127]

Definitely ask a moderator as well as ask a Muslim.

 

[emzie]

Definitely ask a moderator as well as ask a Muslim.

Ask a Muslim has been done a number of times. The first time it just devolved into a fundy Sunni telling a secular Shi'a, "you're wrong!"

 

[jtb1127]

Ask a Muslim has been done a number of times. The first time it just devolved into a fundy Sunni telling a secular Shi'a, "you're wrong!"

That doesn't sound like fun, but I'll go search it anyway.

 

[Ajidica]

That does sound like fun. If you find it, please post the link.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

I want "Ask an Economist" reinstated. I would like for there to be an "Ask a Research Scientist" thread.

 

[cybrxkhan]

Ask a Buddhist is one I'd like to follow.

Did we have ask a buddhist yet?

I am Buddhist, I guess, but I lean heavily away from the more mystical and spiritual aspects of it. I guess you can say I'm an agnostic Buddhist. I also don't have a very good knowledge of the scriptures, only the basic stuff.

But I'd love to see that too. Are there any other Buddhists on CFC?


Also, was there ever an Ask an Asian thread or something?

 

[jtb1127]

That does sound like fun. If you find it, please post the link.

The first ask a muslim thread that I found is here. I read the first 100 posts or so. The poster doesn't seem very religious to me.

The second one seems to be by a more religious person.

 

[GhostWriter16]

I'm flattered, but I've only been to three Orthodox liturgies in my life, I've never been formally catechized, never partaken of any Orthodox sacraments, etc. At this point I'm really just a teenager with more interest in and knowledge of Orthodox thought and practice than moast, so I really don't think I'm qualified. It'd be nice if Tekee were still here so he could start it, although he probably wouldn't be the best spokesman for Orthodoxy.

That is true, but you're still pretty qualified for CFC

Although for a thread like that, I think knowledge of Orthodoxy would be enough.

I think he was using a definition like Walter Martin's:

The definition sucks, but Christian Science would fit under that umbrella.

Yeah, that's the defintiion I'm using basically. In fact, I'm fairly sure he wrote the book on cults that I have...

 

[_random_]

That is true, but you're still pretty qualified for CFC

Although for a thread like that, I think knowledge of Orthodoxy would be enough.

Maybe. Almost all of my information comes from searching the internet, emailing a priest, and a copy of the Orthodox Study Bible, so someone could get all the information I have with time and 16.10 plus shipping. I think it would be better to wait until I have some personal experience before opening a thread like that. Anyone who wants access to what I know is free to PM me, or just ask Plotinus and get post count for it.

Yeah, that's the defintiion I'm using basically. In fact, I'm fairly sure he wrote the book on cults that I have...

The Kingdom of the Cults? My dad owned a copy of that before it got burnt. I used to borrow it a lot. It was my one of my favorites when I was like 10. You know, maybe I should start "Ask a guy who is and, in retrospect, always has been, an unemployed religious studies major waiting to happen."

 

[Ajidica]

The Kingdom of the Cults? My dad owned a copy of that before it got burnt.

Given the subject, burning seems a strangely ironic way to go.

 

[GhostWriter16]

Maybe. Almost all of my information comes from searching the internet, emailing a priest, and a copy of the Orthodox Study Bible, so someone could get all the information I have with time and 16.10 plus shipping. I think it would be better to wait until I have some personal experience before opening a thread like that. Anyone who wants access to what I know is free to PM me, or just ask Plotinus and get post count for it.

to that last part.

But sure, do wait until you have experience.

The Kingdom of the Cults? My dad owned a copy of that before it got burnt. I used to borrow it a lot. It was my one of my favorites when I was like 10. You know, maybe I should start "Ask a guy who is and, in retrospect, always has been, an unemployed religious studies major waiting to happen."

Yep. I like the book, good source of info AFAIK.

That said, I don't automatically take everything it says for granted.

 

[_random_]

Given the subject, burning seems a strangely ironic way to go.

We had a housefire a few years back. A lot of random religious and nonreligious books got burnt.

 

[Whiskey_Lord]

"Ask a Moderator." I want to know what it's like to be The Man.