Any other fellow Christians here?

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By fellow Christians I do not mean hypocritical people who spam, troll, and argue the crap out of everything. You can go on somewhere.

Fellow implies more than one.

Yes, there are a few live breathing informed Christians here who occasionally attempt to get past the jokers and pokers.

So - a - your flavor? Orthodox through Pentecostal?

b. preferred areas of theological discussion?

Ego - Christianus sum, preferences liturgical but not big into organization, happy to consider such issues as the propriety of adding the Filiuoque.

I have no idea what you are saying, and honestly to me, it sounds like trolling.

yes there are a good many of us on here. I am a theist who grew up a christian(and still have strong ties to the faith and most of my family are christian, including my mormon half who consider themselves christian. And philologos knows a lot, so you need to clarify(not that you have to) so it can be better understood who you are and where you are coming from as there is many ways the question can go, be understood, and be answered.

I am a Christian

I fancy myself a Christian. More specifically, I'm a practicing Lutheran, attending a congregation affiliated with the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Christian practicing as a Catholic of the liberal/social justice/Kennedy flavor.

Philologos' questions were designed to get at the nuance of faith, the parts that make discussion among those in different denominations and with different backgrounds interesting. While we all grow up believing there is supposed to be one truth, that is only true as a super broad concept, and not in the details. God seems to have noticed that different personalities and different lives respond to certain variations in the details better, and has allowed that to flourish in His church here on earth. IMHO, of course.

Many of the posters here are pretty sophisticated theologians, coming from an angle that I haven't seen that often in real life off the Internet, so it might be something you just haven't come across before.

But you might take the level of analysis they like to engage in as arguing, so I put that caution out there. And most threads on faith get read by and eventually posted in by an ardent atheist or two, and sometimes attract Christians who are on a mission to spread their one version of the truth, so I put that caution out there as well. Basically, while I think we've got many Christians here at Wrong Planet, sharing faith on this board isn't exactly the uplifting experience many of us would be looking for and, so, it doesn't happen very often.

It looks like you're pretty young so you might find things here pretty challenging ... An excellent exercise if you want to sharpen the academic side of your faith, but not a good place to try to share a spiritual connection, IMHO.

I am. I'm protestant, but I can't really get any more specific than that.

He's not trolling, that's how he talks.

The Filiuoque is a phrase that is in one of the creeds that was (IIRC) added by the Catholics, but the Orthodox rejected it. This was all well before the Catholic/Protestant split. It has to do with whether the Holy Spirit proceeds only from the Father, or from both the Father and the Son. Personally, I think it's more reasonable to be both, but I wouldn't be at all bothered by people who thought otherwise.

You are entitled to your opinion, however absolutely wrong.

Take it that I am - like it or not, and many do not - seriously Christian. Take it that I am by my nature inclined to find out what for Christian you may be before I unmask too far. Take it that I provided basic answers for mtself to the basic questions I asked.

Beyond that, feel free to check out my past posts.

As for having no idea what I say, you are neither first nor last.

Personally, while I enjoy a good discussion - and even a few of the atheists can when they choose discuss isues reasonably - argument per se is not my thing. I will happily talk about the right senses of, for example, Revelation 10: 6, Not aiming to convince - we know little and darkly, each following the gleam shown him.

Hold on a sec, Philo. The OP's profile says Age: 14. We're not talking about the most mature person here (no offense meant, Wolfmaster), but rather someone who might understand that there is still much to learn.

@Wolfmaster: I'm a Christian, and you'll notice right away there are many different directions of thought when it comes to our faith. Some of us are accustomed to argumentation. Please don't let that scare you off!

Personally I do get into and enjoy the arguing and discussions. But for me, it's not about proving how big and bad and right I am. When people have an honest dialogue about beliefs vs. unbelief, they get to express their views and expose critical errors in thinking. It's actually healthy for Christians to dig deep into matters of faith and learn how to respond when someone calls those things into question. You learn a lot of things that way. But it takes a lot of patience to do, and it's not right for everyone.

I know it can come across as combative, but an honest attempt at discussion and debate is not "Us vs. Them" or Christians are Good and Atheists are The Enemy. As long as participants don't take things personally, it can be really constructive. Don't get too hung up on appearances because there's much more to it than that. To Philo's credit, he's had experiences in his faith that read like a page out of C.S. Lewis. His use of language is, well, different, but he's certainly no troll.

Welcome to WP and PPR! This particular forum is a pretty tough one, but I'd like to think that if you need help with anything that you could post here or just send any one of us Christians a PM. I've faced some tough (for me) dilemmas and I'm glad to say despite the differences you'll find most everyone here, Christian or not, to be supportive.

I had not noted the age stamp . Had, I might have toned down my initial response, which was, frankly, slanted in the direction of checking YOU out.

Of course, I talked kind of like that at 14 - who I am, where I am from.

I'm a Christian. My faith has its ups and downs and I have times of doubt but I do trust in Jesus to be my Saviour.

Yep, am a Christian

I am also a Christian.

I am Catholic.