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Any particular brand of water filter?
 
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John, you couldn't be more wrong. Check my faith icon. I don't expect any understanding of modern science in the bible writers, nor do I expect scientific accuracy from them.

I don't know what you think my argument is, but it's simply:

"the Bible writers didn't write about a 15 billion year old universe because they didn't know the universe was that old\2

Nothing more.
 
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My apologies, I was looking at your name instead of your icons, and assuming you were one of the anti Bible thumpers with nothing better to do than harrass Christians at a Christian site. Genesis was not prophecy, but oral tradition of Hebrews is my point.
 
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John16:2 said:
"A day with the Lord is as a THOUSAND years"-2 Peter 3:8. Yet enemies of Biblical validity DEMAND ALL in the Bible MUST be literal,

I agree with you on this. YECs are enemies of biblical validity.

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Why? Aren't Liberals allowed to be Christians? Did I miss a memo? Perhaps it was accidently sent to my bulk mail again like so much of the emails from the party.

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DJ_Ghost said:
Why? Aren't Liberals allowed to be Christians? Did I miss a memo? Perhaps it was accidently sent to my bulk mail again like so much of the emails from the party.

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You got me wrong now! I'm very liberal, but don't consider myself a backslider also. I'm a songwriter and music publisher with BMI, with a gone career in the music biz now, except for royalties. Ezekiel 33:32-33.

I'm too liberal to align myself with any denomination, to conform to their policies and beliefs, though raised Catholic.

All I need is a Bible to be Christian, not an IRS approved church that's agreed in writing with IRS to be non political, in return for tax exempt status. Non political means not opposing candidates, or running for office, or opposing wars that violate international laws, or pushing for reforms, or clean up of corruption, or leading marches. They are serving mammon, not God, as proven by 2 Timothy 3:12-"ALL that will live Godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution". That excludes them! But way over 3000 US churches have been arsoned since late 1992, so attend the ashes of the church of your choice. I noticed no Catholic churches among the nationwide arson spree.
 
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Then i don’t understand why Karls user name fooled you into thinking he was an atheist. Well its not important, I’m just confused by that.

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But way over 3000 US churches have been arsoned since late 1992, so attend the ashes of the church of your choice. I noticed no Catholic churches among the nationwide arson spree.

Well, like you, I tend to believe that you do not need to attend Church to be a believer. However, as for attending the ashes of a church, i live in the UK not the USA. We tend to be a little more civilised here, we don’t generally burn down churches. Sell them off for private residences, but not burn them down.

There isn’t nearly as much Arson about over here.

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The general definition of "Backslider" is one who slides back into sin, away from the faith.
 
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John16:2 said:
The general definition of "Backslider" is one who slides back into sin, away from the faith.

Is it? I was aware it meant to slide back into old habbits, i didn't know its use was exclusivly centred on the concept of sin, or religion in general for that matter.

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