What happens if I do return to Evangelical and what if I don't?
And how Evangelical: Do I need to reject evolution?
Do I need to believe the Earth is less than a million years old?
Do I need to believe the stars, Sun and Moon were attached to the firmament?
As far as I'm concerned 'evangelical' doesn't mean any of the above - it means 'happy message' - from angel - 'message/messenger' and eve - happy/good.
Protestantism has gone down a sorry path into idiotic fundamentalism - that isnt evangel and it isn't about being born again.
Justin Welby is an evangelical, but I don't think he is all of that stuff necessary to be included in those American fundy sects, which are getting more stupid as time goes on.
I am an evangelical.
What happens if I do return to Evangelical and what if I don't?
And how Evangelical: Do I need to reject evolution?
Do I need to believe the Earth is less than a million years old?
Do I need to believe the stars, Sun and Moon were attached to the firmament?
You are quite right, I should have said:
What happens if I follow your advice and become anti liberal / Fundamentalist and what if I don't?
And how Fundamentalist?: Do I need to reject evolution?
Do I need to believe the Earth is less than a million years old?
Do I need to believe the stars, Sun and Moon were attached to the firmament?
They usually afix a 'conservative' in front of evangelical - and that means the fundy, Bible thumping, Zionist, homophobic sort of religion which everybody in the UK detests.
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This question has vexed me for a very long time, and my own approach has changed over the years from the Fundamentalist position of reading and believing all of it to my present cherry picking approach, I'm particularly interested in whether there are other approaches and in reasons for taking them
The poll is anonymous and you can choose more than one option
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What happens if I do return to Evangelical and what if I don't?
And how Evangelical: Do I need to reject evolution?
Do I need to believe the Earth is less than a million years old?
Do I need to believe the stars, Sun and Moon were attached to the firmament?
You are quite right, I should have said:
What happens if I follow your advice and become anti liberal / Fundamentalist and what if I don't?
And how Fundamentalist?: Do I need to reject evolution?
Do I need to believe the Earth is less than a million years old?
Do I need to believe the stars, Sun and Moon were attached to the firmament?
They usually afix a 'conservative' in front of evangelical - and that means the fundy, Bible thumping, Zionist, homophobic sort of religion which everybody in the UK detests.
I think evolution/not is a rather personal matter. For me, I just don't believe that it is true, and I am fed up with the establishment drumming on about it all the time.
I hold to a geocentric paradigm. But that is not religion based, as I don't believe anything much in the Hebrew bible - it is based on my research on the topic.
I think you gotta get out of the established churches what you can - they will never shape up, and havnt done anything since the Reformation, except take backward steps.
I hold to some basic Christian stuff - the fundamentals of Christianity, not Judaism.
For me - I want proper communion ritual. Proper baptism ritual. Singing. And good friendly people. And that's what I get from the evangelical wing of the Anglican church - and nowhere else.
Yes, that set of beliefs all go together, basically it is what the oil companies want in religious thinking, Christians who focus on sexual behaviour and just aren't interested in how many people the military is killing in what country.
And the Christians emphasize how much of the Bible they believe vs other far more compassionate Christians who believe less of it and therefore can be dismissed as not true Christians.
Something people sometimes forget is as well as the oil company involvement in starting Fundamentalism, that Fundamentalism is not primarily pro anything but is primarily anti-progressive, pretty much anti-everything in fact:
Evolution is not a matter of opinion it is a lie espoused by secular humanists who are themselves rebelling against the truth (Rom.1:18-32; Col.1:15-16) and trying to force everyone else to do likewise.)?!
It took me about 3 years of study to work out that the book of Daniel is a load of old made-up rubbish. I could have just listened to what the sceptics have been saying for years and save myself all that bother.
Same goes for the rest of the the Torah and Old Testament - garbage in, garbage out.
Thanks for your balanced, measured and articulate opinion
Thanks for your balanced, measured and articulate opinion
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