What about those of us who are in between?DanHead said:I think we should name the forums:
Conservative Jerks
...and...
Liberal Whackjobs
JADVirginia said:Yes, you may be right, and I recognize that the short hand of L or C is convenient.
Let me ask why we need to even have descriptions, or if we have them, why they need to be opposites? Maybe they see themselves as "Traditional." Perhaps we should look to phrases from the ELCA website for clues about our own description. For example, right at the top of the site,it says, "Living in God's Amazing Grace." So how about describing us as "Lutherans Living in God's Amazing Grace, welcoming all."
Lutherrunner said:Well, now that we have our own room, I might just visit a bit......have the last couple of months been kind of tense?
DanHead said:You may not be liberal Redneck, but the ELCA as a whole certianly is.
RedneckLutheran said:I'm hoping that if we do rename it that the word "liberal" can be taken out of the title...I really don't view myself as a Lib...If they want to be "Confessional" that's fine...I suppose "We're right and your not" Lutherans would be out of the question?...
I'm kidding...just kidding...put out the fire and lose the rope I didn't mean it...
PuppyforChrist said:I don't see why we can't name the sub forums. I think it's a good idea.
Perhaps though, to be fair, maybe we should just come up with our own ideas for THIS forum. And not the other one. Let the other members come up with their own name for the other sub. I actually have one idea that could work for both, but I'm not sure.
See, what if we picked a name for the sub that was the title of a Lutheran hymn? Then for the description of the forum, we could quote some parts of the hymn into the description, and that could be like our theme of the forum.
For example: (I'm just making one up off the top of my head.)
"Shepherd Me O God" - Forum name
Forum description - "Shepherd Me O God, beyond my wants, beyond my fears, from death into life... God is my Shepherd, I shall not live in want..."
And I can't remember the rest of the hymn. But that's a part of the beginning.
But do you guys get what I'm saying? The description could tie into a little theme for the forum. It could represent peace, living a Godly life, or it could just represent something in the Bible. Like in this case, a psalm.
What do you guys think?
ChiRho said:Redneck, I seem to recall a "I don't think I am wrong" confession from a different thread...which side are you on anyway?
KagomeShuko said:I like this idea. I also liked the idea of looking on the synod's websites to get names/quotes. I know that that mission statement of the ELCA as a whole is "Make Christ Known." Perhaps that could be the name or the description for this subforum and we could look to see what the LCMS has as it's mission statement.
Stein Auf!
Bridget
RedneckLutheran said:I'm hoping that if we do rename it that the word "liberal" can be taken out of the title...I really don't view myself as a Lib...If they want to be "Confessional" that's fine...I suppose "We're right and your not" Lutherans would be out of the question?...