[CS-FSLUG] TD: Hello everyone! Acceptance of the Statement of Faith . . .

[Timothy Butler]

Hello Michael,
     Welcome to the list, I'm glad Don invited you to come in. Your  
explanation of how your faith fits with the statement is truly  
wonderful. We've made every attempt to keep this group open to  
Catholics and Orthodox, but it is nice to get a confirmation (pun  
intended :-)), given that none of the administrators is Catholic.

     One little caveat: unfortunately, I did not do my job. The site  
still contained the *old* statement of faith until just now. On 9/13,  
we announced a new statement, which you can find at:

     http://cs.uninetsolutions.com/statement_of_faith.html

     Every effort was made to make this statement even more  
ecumenical, particularly giving a bit more room for the possible  
interpretation you made of Genesis. Article VII is the only one I  
believe could give a Catholic trouble, but we've made it an article  
of which adherence is not required, for that purpose (we are using a  
statement that incorporates parts of the original posted here, but  
was written for another ministry that several of the list admins work  
on).

     Take a look and let me know if you have any concerns that we  
might have missed. Anyway, thanks for that explanation, I shall have  
to save that, as I think it would be a good thing to keep around.

     I might as well introduce myself, while I'm writing. I'm Tim  
Butler (obviously), I'm a consultant and that also does some  
journalistic endeavors -- both freelance and for my company's Linux  
and Mac site (though I'm presently working towards the dream of  
becoming a professor of religion someday).  I was raised Evangelical  
Protestant, although I've become a self-convert to the Reformed/ 
Calvinist tradition, particularly the neo-orthodox strain as  
represented by theologians such as Karl Barth. I do have a great  
admiration of liturgical churches, though, and have a special  
fondness for St. Thomas Aquinas.

     Though ecumenism is not our purpose, we have frequent  
theological discussions (subject headers for those are tagged with  
the "TD:" prefix), and I'm sure I'm not the only one that would love  
to have another view point join in.

     Once again, welcome!

     -Tim

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