Pog, I don’t even know what half of those things are, but I THINK I agree with you on some of them and disagree on others. 
But I am definitely a mystic (if that means God talks to me and I “hear” Him. That’s not a problem in my group.)
I no longer believe scripture to be inerrant, though I DO believe scripture as a whole can give us a wonderful picture of Jesus (which is to say, a picture of our Father, of whom Jesus is the express image.) I haven’t told anybody that yet. It would definitely be a problem for some of them.
I guess I’m a partial preterist. The last time I looked up those terms, I seem to remember that one applying to me more than the others. I never can keep it in my head what they all mean. I don’t think I’m an amillenialist though. (Again, going on memory here. It’s amazing how I can NOT remember those things.) It doesn’t make sense to me. There has (in my mind) to be a transition from one age to the next. Amillenialism, it seems to me, doesn’t actually leave room for a literal resurrection, but maybe I’m mistaken about that.
I am beginning to think that perhaps God did create His creatures via evolution. On a theological basis, this just seems to be the way He works with us – the way He typically does things. A step at a time He builds and develops us.
The main reason I find rather rather incredible, though, is that on a scientific plane I don’t see how evolution could work. (Rather the opposite approach to most people, and I’m not in fact much of a scientist.) On the other hand, God could make evolution work – provide the constant input of energy to the planet’s engines, put together the right “hopeful monsters” at the right moments. Without His input, no I do not believe in evolution. I simply do not think it could ever happen. In MY group, sympathy for evolution would put me a bit on the outs, though I did manage to persuade one of the ladies that her Christ-following uncle was not going to hell simply because he believes in evolution. She was very concerned for him (as I suspect she also is for me).
I’m not an open theist, but I still love you.
I’m with you on the universal doggies – mine are laying here by me on the rug and they’re so cute. I know Papa will never damn them to fiery torments or chuck them on the dung heap even when they’re bad. He made them. He loves them. Or even if He doesn’t, I love them, and He loves ME, so He HAS to keep them.
Oh yeah . . . You might get a chuckle out of this: My sister-in-law is a bit impatient with what she believes to be “Christianity” and she has a bumper sticker on her Audi: “My Karma Just Ran Over Your Dogma.” Very offensive, but also quite funny. We don’t talk religion when we get together, which alas isn’t often enough.
Is a cosmic warfare theodicist someone who believes in the existence of a personal devil at war with God, and that’s the reason so many bad things happen? If so, I’m with you on that one. (I know some of the folks here will roll their eyes, but I’m sure they’ll do it lovingly.)
I’m not sure what an inclusivist is; I thought if you believe that all the humans, and even the devil, even the doggies and the pet snakes and so on will be reconciled to the Father, that was pretty inclusive . . . ? Or is that what you mean? But isn’t that pretty much the logical extension of universalism?
Rejecting Penal Sub would be a hard bump with my group. They’re a reasonable bunch, most of them, but I’d be afraid that the moment I mentioned my problems with it, walls would unconsciously go up and nothing I said afterward would even be heard. Alarms would be ringing in the ears and it’s hard to hear over all that racket. So I just slip in the occasional (scriptural) picture of a BETTER atonement theory. When enough of these pictures have been built up to create a sufficient stile, then they will maybe find their way over the barbed wire fence of PS. Asking them to crawl through it might be a bridge too far.
I agree that prophecy is sometimes conditional, as in Jonah’s prophecies of doom to Nineveh. BUT I also think that some prophecy is simply God saying, “I wouldn’t have to do all these things if you would change, however I know that you’re not going to change, and this is what’s going to happen: ____ ______ __ _________.” It’s not that it’s set in concrete; it’s just that this is what’s going to happen, but He will fix it all for good in the long run. That doesn’t mean that on a micro level our own actions can’t make a difference. You’re right; they can and we SHOULD work for peace and good will. Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons (uihos/huios seekfind.net/Uihos.html ) of God. On a macro level, though, I do think that God knows what’s going down. But again, I still love you even if you ARE wrong.
As for the gender complementarianism, I’m not entirely sure what that means. I probably agree with you, and that wouldn’t cause any trouble in my group but I’m hesitant to talk about it in some company and even perhaps THIS company. Maybe that would be a good reason to do a thread on it.
Blessings, Cindy
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