Comments on: The Clergy Project: Seeking religious leaders who no longer believe in God http://dangerousintersection.org/2012/05/01/the-clergy-project-seeking-religious-leaders-who-no-longer-believe-in-god/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 24 May 2013 04:39:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2012/05/01/the-clergy-project-seeking-religious-leaders-who-no-longer-believe-in-god/comment-page-1/#comment-118354 Erich Vieth Wed, 09 May 2012 05:26:34 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=22466#comment-118354 Here is the link to the NPR piece on The Clergy Project: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/07/152197685/when-religious-leaders-lose-their-faith

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2012/05/01/the-clergy-project-seeking-religious-leaders-who-no-longer-believe-in-god/comment-page-1/#comment-118351 Erich Vieth Wed, 09 May 2012 04:30:18 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=22466#comment-118351 Maybe that is God’s way to suggesting that you date a Christian woman, Ronald.

]]> By: Ronald http://dangerousintersection.org/2012/05/01/the-clergy-project-seeking-religious-leaders-who-no-longer-believe-in-god/comment-page-1/#comment-118350 Ronald Wed, 09 May 2012 03:09:23 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=22466#comment-118350 Your Google Adsense code is bringing in ads for christians services. Perhaps a different ad service or site monitizing is needed. Just a thought

]]> By: Xtech http://dangerousintersection.org/2012/05/01/the-clergy-project-seeking-religious-leaders-who-no-longer-believe-in-god/comment-page-1/#comment-118200 Xtech Fri, 04 May 2012 12:22:26 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=22466#comment-118200 I am an active member of a Unitarian Universalist church. We have many many members who were formerly clergy of all types. UU culture is safe for expressing doubts and criticisms of every kind of belief and every kind of institution.

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2012/05/01/the-clergy-project-seeking-religious-leaders-who-no-longer-believe-in-god/comment-page-1/#comment-118153 Erich Vieth Thu, 03 May 2012 05:40:19 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=22466#comment-118153 Adam: Perhaps this is the first step, and it’s better than no step. Perhaps this leads to a less literal version of a sermon, and to more candid comments about what we don’t know. I agree, it’s not like many church leaders are going to walk to the podium and confess that they are agnostics. But it is a first step.

]]> By: Adam Herman http://dangerousintersection.org/2012/05/01/the-clergy-project-seeking-religious-leaders-who-no-longer-believe-in-god/comment-page-1/#comment-118152 Adam Herman Thu, 03 May 2012 04:26:25 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=22466#comment-118152 Why do they stay in their jobs? For the money? What does that say about these people? I mean it’s nice for people to start thinking for themselves and using reason, but it would also be nice if they got some scruples in the process. If you no longer believe, you have a duty to quit lying to your flock. What, they don’t believe in hell anymore so they figure it doesn’t matter if they defraud people?

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2012/05/01/the-clergy-project-seeking-religious-leaders-who-no-longer-believe-in-god/comment-page-1/#comment-118149 Erich Vieth Thu, 03 May 2012 03:31:32 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=22466#comment-118149 More on the Clergy Project:

“Today, Barker says the project has about 200 online members, including active and former clergy from Protestant, Catholic, evangelical and Pentecostal backgrounds. There are also a couple of rabbis and a lone imam. All choose pseudonyms and share only as much as they feel comfortable with each other.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/clergy-lost-faith-family-jobs_n_1465953.html

]]> By: Adam Herman http://dangerousintersection.org/2012/05/01/the-clergy-project-seeking-religious-leaders-who-no-longer-believe-in-god/comment-page-1/#comment-118146 Adam Herman Thu, 03 May 2012 00:43:27 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=22466#comment-118146 I think you can count on your fingers the number of people who truly believe in God. If they really believed, they’d be more afraid of him and do what he told them to do.

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