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When one is willing to submit to God and prays that His whole truth be revealed to him this will take place! However, as long as one clings to their own ideas and refuses to believe God's truth in scripture as He revealed it there is no point interacting with them!
Salvation is of the Lord! Its all about Him, His name, His word, His plan for our life! Even 'faith' and 'repentance' are gifts from Him! Its not about us at all!
 
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I understand. You guys do get, though, that I was trying to stick up for fundamentalism, evangelicalism, etc., not criticize it? I wasn't saying fundamentalists - and I was certainly not saying that Calvinists - are unintelligent - I was saying these groups have less access to the educational and material advantages that mainline churches enjoy.

In otherwords, I was saying liberals - my group (sometimes, anyway) - are being hypocritical.

Thanks, guys.
 
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I am the type of person who steers away from Christians' views are so far right (extremists) that they are blinded and not seeing the bigger picture as I am with Christians who are in the far left (liberalism) who are also blinded and not seeing the bigger picture. Many of the views are so narrow and very dividing. I am reminded that even Jesus submitted to Roman's government without over-throwing it. Remember Jesus' main mission is to spread the Gospel, not running the governments.
 
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