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To: wideawake
Surely it's not too much to ask that Christian pastors actually believe in Christianity? What's your problem with simple truth in advertising, or insisting that job applicants are actually qualified to do the job they're applying for?

As the author points out, there are 121 denominations and then some of Christianity. He points out that there are disagreements over the "fundamentals" of faith and gives as an example the fact that a large number of ministers don't believe in the "resurrection."

Some Christians believe the resurrection was a physical event, and some believe that it was a spiritual event. So, can we come to some agreement about this by sitting down and talking about it? Maybe.

Furthermore, and this is more to the point, some Christians believe that in the Last Days there will be a physical resurrection of the dead, while others believe there will be a spiritual resurrection of the dead.

So, to answer your question, no, I don't think it's too much to ask that Christian pastors believe in Christianity. But there are at least 121 different definitions of what that means.

Should Christians set aside their differences and unite? Of course they should. Will they? I doubt it.

9 posted on 05/10/2005 12:59:22 PM PDT by Grim
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To: Grim
So, to answer your question, no, I don't think it's too much to ask that Christian pastors believe in Christianity. But there are at least 121 different definitions of what that means.

I doubt that even one of those denominations, no matter how liberal, officially teaches that the physical Resurrection of Christ is an open question.

A denomination which teaches such a doctrine, like the Unitarians for example, is a non-Christian religion.

10 posted on 05/10/2005 1:04:48 PM PDT by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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To: Grim

"Some Christians believe the resurrection was a physical event, and some believe that it was a spiritual event. So, can we come to some agreement about this by sitting down and talking about it? Maybe."

I thought all Christians believed Christ literally rose from the dead physically as well as spiritually.

Thre's that story about the apostle Thomas actually putting his hands in Christ's wounds. If he only rose spiritually, that would not be possible.

The only Christians I know of who might not believe in the physical resurrection are Gnostics and I don't think there are too many of those around.


21 posted on 05/10/2005 1:46:55 PM PDT by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: Grim
But there are at least 121 different definitions of what that means.

Either Jesus Christ, the Son of God, rose physically from the dead, or he didn't.

It's really that simple. Choose which side you're on and be done with it.

61 posted on 05/10/2005 9:15:03 PM PDT by JCEccles (Andrea Dworkin--the Ward Churchill of gender politics.)
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