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Comment on Christian Agnostic by thelegend9185

thelegend9185 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:39:21 +0000

I recently decided to do the same thing. In my late teens I was very conflicted with the distinction between what I learned in church on sundays, and what I fundamentaly believed about the nature of our existence. How could I explain my appreciation for the stories of the bible, and the lessons they taught, even though I mostly believe them to be fictional, or at the very least highly exagerated and modified from the original events.

I played around at first with the idea of calling myself an Agnostic Theist, but came to decide that didn’t convey the respect I still have for my Christian views. I believe in what Christ stands for, whether he did all the things he’s credited with, I don’t know, and neither does anyone else. I believe in god, and I believe god is more dimensional than a 600 page book.

Comment on Christian Agnostic by Annalee

Annalee — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 03:02:14 +0000

i just recently read something by David Dark that made me think the same thing. using “agnostic” in its original sense, meaning “without knowledge”, not necessarily in how we’ve termed people who don’t believe in God. we’ve started lumping agnostics and atheists into the same group, and neither of them want to be grouped with the other.

i simply use it to say, “look, i believe in Christ and what he came to do and that he is who he says he is. but i believe that by faith, not by knowledge. beyond that, i don’t know anything”. and honestly, do i need to? that should be enough. i grew up trying to convert my christian friends of other denominations rather than just loving people. that’s just silly. like any of us really KNOW. we do what we BELIEVE to be the right thing.

carry on brother. you’re not alone. it’s just going to take a while for people to understand.

Comment on Christian Agnostic by Ben

Ben — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 17:52:56 +0000

Yep. It’s not about meta-narrative, relativism or anything. It’s about personal responsibility. I think my approach is more one of faith that the civil religion you are hoping to defend. I believe in God, but don’t expect that I’m going to have all the answers or that He will always be as I or others expect. On the other hand, the conservative approach seems to have a real clear idea what God should be, but perhaps less confidence he’s actually going to show up? This is why they’re always trying to get social pressure, dogma, civil structure, law and order, whatever else, to fill his shoes.

Comment on Christian Agnostic by bon82

bon82 — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:54:20 +0000

Pragmatism has to be an individual thing. It is defined as having to do with the practical. What is practical for one person is their own business. Simply acknowledging this does not imply that one is condoning any behavior another considers practical.

Comment on Christian Agnostic by nocodad

nocodad — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:41:10 +0000

Well then, if a person decides its pragmatic to rob you of all of your possessions and kill you and all of your family, you would support them in their ideology I hope since you believe anyone can decide what is pragmatic for them right?

Comment on Christian Agnostic by Ben

Ben — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:47:33 +0000

Yep, pretty much. If you want to decide what’s pragmatic for yourself, be my guest.

Comment on Christian Agnostic by nocodad

nocodad — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:45:35 +0000

Who defines what is pragmatic? You?

Comment on MIDI Footswitch by Ben

Ben — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:45:00 +0000

I just used a Boss 9V pedal adapter. I don’t think you could control effects with the RF4, you would need to send Control Change messages for that (see comments above). I actually had the Tonelab Desktop and not LE, but I think the implementation is very similar.

Comment on MIDI Footswitch by philiptseng

philiptseng — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:06:14 +0000

hey Ben, thanks for sharing. This is exactly what I’ve been looking for (just bought a tonelab le for church use too!). What kind of AC adaptor did you use? Also, I assume you can also use the 4 buttons to turn effect (such as reverb or delay) on and off as if the tonelab is in pedal effect mode? thanks!!!

Comment on MIDI Footswitch by Ben

Ben — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:19:39 +0000

I’m pretty sure it would not. I’m not familiar with all the features of MIDI, but the only messages this footswitch can send are Program Change messages, which I think would not be analogous to any of the things you want to do. You’d need something more advanced for that … maybe the “MIDI Mastermind” by RJM? I would email their customer support and see what they say. They may even be able to tell you if it works with your program.