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To: marktwain
"... my point of view is that we are in the middle of a strong revival in the United States."

Can you cite some specifics, please? My point of view suggests the exact opposite -- there is a "Great Falling Away" by the true Church.

9 posted on 05/07/2005 8:16:39 AM PDT by TommyDale
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To: TommyDale

Just out of curiosity - what is your definition of "the true Church"?


14 posted on 05/07/2005 8:22:55 AM PDT by mollynme (cogito, ergo freepum)
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To: TommyDale
It is simply my personal viewpoint as someone who is not a church member. I see a growth in church numbers, particularly of "mere Christian" type churches such as espoused by that great Christian apologist, C.S. Lewis. I seem to meet more people who profess their Christianity proudly than I did a decade ago.

While this is not scientific or poll driven, I have learned to trust my intuition on issues such as this. On most, it has proved to be correct.

19 posted on 05/07/2005 8:26:33 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: TommyDale
[ Can you cite some specifics, please? My point of view suggests the exact opposite -- there is a "Great Falling Away" by the true Church. ]

Exactly...
Maybe the book of revelation is WRONG...
Which brings to mind...
What exactly IS a christian.?.
Seems that in America, at least, a christian is a groupie or club member..
The groups(clubs) might be growing exponentially though..
i.e. join a group, get a badge or I.D. card.. You can put kittens in an oven but that don't make them muffins..

Americans don't vote like seekers of TRUTH...

116 posted on 05/07/2005 10:36:21 AM PDT by hosepipe (This Propaganda has been edited to include not a small amount of Hyperbole..)
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To: TommyDale

**Can you cite some specifics, please**

See #117


122 posted on 05/07/2005 10:42:33 AM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: TommyDale
"....the true Church." Which one is that again?

Here's another question for you: What US President said the following and how come the anti-Christian, secularized libs and the MSM are not incensed by what appears to be a direct relationship between government and Christianity as believed by a president and a great majority of Americans?

"Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty."

Your answers please. It's a test.

285 posted on 05/08/2005 5:26:28 PM PDT by Paulus Invictus
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To: TommyDale
Can you cite some specifics, please? My point of view suggests the exact opposite -- there is a "Great Falling Away" by the true Church.

The Left Below episode of the Simpson's yesterday gave due respect to "evangelical" doom sayers, soothsayers, and fortune tellers. The crumbling credibility of dispensationalism indicates resurging health in the true church of our Lord Jesus Christ.

296 posted on 05/09/2005 7:05:27 AM PDT by TomSmedley (Calvinist, optimist, home schooling dad, exuberant husband, technical writer)
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