John Shelby Spong said...

[certainthings]

Bishop Spong: First you need to develop an understanding of God other than the supernatural parent figure who lives above the sky and is waiting to come to your aid. Christian prayer is not an adult letter to Santa Claus. Second, you need to understand the nature of the world in which you and I are living. It is not a world of miracle, magic and

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[certainthings]

I thought the same thing.

[jenniferkaos]

this has nothing to do with this post but I wanted to ask you a question. :) I noticed on your profile page you had a list of testimonials. How did you come about that? Were they things that were said throughout time or did you make a post about it?

[certainthings]

There was a meme awhile back. :)

[not_sally]

Of course Christian prayer is not an adult letter to Santa Claus! Everyone knows that while angels are fine and dandy, elves can totatly kick their ass at making cool things.

[certainthings]

Hee.

[tabularassa]

Right on, yo.

[certainthings]

*pumps fist in the air*

[tastylilgifty]

Thank you. And thank ou Bishop Spong, for ensuring me that I am not, in fact, crazy... but neither am I a bad Christian.

Very, very accurate depiction of how I've always felt right there.

[certainthings]

I love him so so much.