To: af_vet_1981
I expect the Evangelicals to give in and reinterpret the Bible to match their members' preferences.
You neither now the future, nor the denominations you speak of because you do so in general. Which means you do to all denominations.
I cannot know the future, that is God's job, not mine nor yours, so I cannot foresee if the Catholic Church will fall in line with the teachings of the Word, or not. So I keep from making such overreaching predictions..
142 posted on
05/26/2014 10:43:10 AM PDT by
OneVike
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To: OneVike
I expect the Evangelicals to give in and reinterpret the Bible to match their members' preferences. You neither now the future, nor the denominations you speak of because you do so in general. Which means you do to all denominations. I cannot know the future, that is God's job, not mine nor yours, so I cannot foresee if the Catholic Church will fall in line with the teachings of the Word, or not. So I keep from making such overreaching predictions..It seems to me having an opinion that "I expect the Evangelicals to give in and reinterpret the Bible to match their members' preferences" falls short of the "You attacked all Evangelicals in your comment" by which you interpreted it. There are many denominations and sects that are tagged Evangelical. Since you won't identify the one(s) on whose behalf you are offended I am left to pick and choose.
Since Evangelical churches are more adaptive to change based on their members' preferences (my premise), they are particularly affected by how the young people view homosexual marraige. A late 2012 Lifeway Research Study showed that 73 percent of "born-again, evangelical, or fundamentalist" Christians believe homosexual conduct is sinful. I'll posit that 27 percent do not believe it is sinful and that the Fundamentalists, and "born-again" components of the poll have better numbers than the "evangelicals."
where 44 percent of younger evangelicals oppose same-sex marriage, 20 points less than older evangelicals (63 percent). Younger evangelicals also appear more conflicted, with 17 percent saying they were not sure about the issue, compared to only 7 percent of older evangelicals were uncertain.
Whatever numbers you use, they are going downhill. Evangelical churches (take the United Methodists for example if you like) are more likely to break on this issue than Fundamentalists or Catholics.
144 posted on
05/26/2014 12:07:52 PM PDT by
af_vet_1981
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