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To: achilles2000
you have to have a specific view of the age of the earth to be a Christian

I don't think I quite said that. The way I usually hear it (including many times on FR) is that the Bible says the universe and all the life in it was created in a certain number of days. And if we choose not to believe that, there is no particular reason to believe anything else in the Bible, including the life and resurrection of Christ.

17 posted on 12/25/2010 7:05:54 AM PST by Notary Sojac (Imagine the parade to celebrate victory in the WoT. What security measures would we need??)
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To: Notary Sojac

“And if we choose not to believe that, there is no particular reason to believe anything else in the Bible, including the life and resurrection of Christ.”

Universe in 7 days,, if you don’t believe that, it doesn’t follow logically that you should throw it away. It only means you arent a candidate for an inerrency branch of Christianity. This means you could fit easily into the huge majority of Christians who recognize that the Bible contains a lot of allegory, poetry, and symbolism.


41 posted on 12/25/2010 11:57:34 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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