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    Evolution of whales

    I find it both sad and humorous that some people refuse to even entertain the idea that perhaps God created the universe a guided its formation through many of the scientific principles that we have to this day discovered (and perhaps some other we haven't). Physics, chemistry, evolution...
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    Young adults struggle at church

    Hmm, being as close to the middle of that group as I can be (26) and struggling to find a community where I feel welcomed.... here's my $0.02 Treat me like a friend, not like a project, a number, or junior member... you don't know me or my background from a 2 minute "Hi, welcome, glad you...
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    Interdenominational relationships

    Being that I am in this situation I think I can speak to it with some confidence... ;) My wife is Catholic, I am not and don't really associate myself with a particular group (Christian, non-denominational, whatever). We dated for 5 years before we got engaged, and were married 2 years later...
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    Why we should accept the BoM as True

    I would partially agree here..... Essentially the way I have seen things, humanity as a whole has a tendency to drift towards a "looking out for #1" attitude. This is illustrated time and again in the OT by Israel's continual cycle of Fall-Suffer-Redeem (so to speak). In that respect people...
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    New Englanders Check In

    northwest CT checking in..... man this thread is slow.. oh well Raised in NY (near Saratoga), college in OK, living in CT As for the whole spiritually cold thing, the southwest likes to refer to us as a "missions" area. For some reason they keep sending people, and not much ever happens. Kinda...
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    Out Of Church Christians

    I think a good term would be "Removed from Religion" Christians... since a lot of ceremony, tradition, doctrine, etc tends to be wrapped up in the organized Christian religions/denominations. I personally would like to be able to wrestle the term church back from organized religious groups and...
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    More Questions for "Emergent" post-modernists

    Paraphrasing a bit..... I've been on a McLaren kick lately... I started by reading A New Kind of Christian and The Story We Find Ourselves In, both of which are excellent. They totally changed my outlook on life and spirituality because for a long time I have felt like something was missing or...
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    Does the ability to quote Bible verses give you more credibility when debating?

    I agree with Maccie and artybloke.... the ability to quote scripture does not impart any kind of aura of authority. Whether the task is friendly (or non-friendly as some can be) debate with Christians, or witnessing/discussing with non-Christians, the issue is not the ability to quote scripture...
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    "Rock" type worship

    Not really to my annoyance... i enjoy a good debate from time to time. ;) Not all 14 years of my church going was painful, the church I attended in my hometown was wonderful for the first 7 years. The preaching was good, the community of believers was small but friendly, and while it did...
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    Conflicting Beliefs

    I would agree here, and instead recommend a different author, especially if he is looking at historical/scientific surroundings and it causes him to stumble. Brian McLaren's books tend to tackle these subjects well. If you were to get him "A New Kind of Christian" if might be less intimidating...
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    Catholic dating a Pagan

    I married a Catholic, and so far we are doing wonderfully.... granted I am a Christian, just not Catholic, so we at least have a core faith that is the same. Inter-faith/religion marriages tend to be a lot more difficult, feasible at times, but difficult. The only advice I can offer is to sit...
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    The Switchfoot fan club!

    i actually don't think they need to post a statement of faith... i think their lyrics speak for them. and personally i'd prefer that they don't ever post one since it would probably include something of their preferred "church flavor" which i think would be detrimental to their reach in today's...
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    Harry Potter

    Precisely... the core of the problem is that when "something" becomes the sole focus and reality of your life that it eclipses all else and causes you to make (sometimes) irrational decisions.... then it has gone too far. Basically, parents need to remember, that while in today's culture we...
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    If you believe there is no hell . . .

    If you die as a follower of Christ, in God's kingdom, then your spirit lives on in His presence. If you die not following Christ, rejecting God's kingdom, your spirit will cease to exist.... death, gone, over. If you want to use the "lake of fire" symbolism.... it represents destruction...
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    "Rock" type worship

    Actually, since you don't know me at all you are "way off".... I have served churches. I've served at communion, prayers, readings... and I've sat and listened to sermons for 14 years. I am right smack in the middle of that generation that churches are seeing declining populations of in the...
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