ledboots
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He mentioned "the masses" and "The Christian electorate" in his post. That seems fairly encompassing of Christians to me, not directed to one bad Christian apple.
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Clueless Git
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The tendency for masses of Christians to mass together (on matters of general Christian interest) is an empiricaly observable aspect of Christianity, Ledders.
That is only one aspect of Christianity though.
One aspect = one apple.
One aspect /= all apples.
beancounter
The Fire That Burns Within
I did respond to CG comment, but yea it was off topic.
However, that only becomes an issue if a person does it habitually without contributing anything mesaningful to the conversation at all. And thus far, the majority of my comments have been on topic...or a reply to someone elses off topic comment.
beancounter
The Fire That Burns Within
I was referring to the 6K year earth folks. (Evangelical Christains) The Christain equivalant to the Saudi's brand of Islam.
Even they don't lump all Christians into one bucket. Go ahead and ask a random Evangelical Christian if Catholics are true Christians. You may not be please with their response....
ledboots
Peace
That's exactly my point. A minority of loud ignorant evangelicals are now somehow the face of Christianity. Jesus must be rolling over in his grave....oh, wait..
ETA Are you purposely spelling Christian wrong? "Christains"?
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one way scientists could counter creationism might be not to pretend that they know everything about the universe. Talking about 'God of the gaps' for example. As long as scientific supporters show no humbleness in the face of the unknown, the less trustworthy they seem, when it comes to the truth about reality.
beancounter
The Fire That Burns Within
That's exactly my point. A minority of loud ignorant evangelicals are now somehow the face of Christianity. Jesus must be rolling over in his grave....oh, wait..
ETA Are you purposely spelling Christian wrong? "Christains"?
As I said before, I'm a numbers guy, not a word guy.
And for some odd reason, the spell check in my browser isn't working.
beancounter
The Fire That Burns Within
I am not humble about saying that there are gaps in human kowledge. Just as I am not humble in saying that filling those gaps with a diety is a mistake.
Blobbenstein
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I think the word 'gap' itself may be a mistake. It suggests we have a whole picture of reality but with gaps, where as really we understand a few threads of reality. Of a reality that we have no idea of the bounds.
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ledboots
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That's not backpedalling? The reader is supposed to transform "Christain(sic) electorate" to "6 year folks (Evangelical Christains)[sic] The Christain(sic) equivalent to the Saudi's brand of Islam."
Per wiki, 73% of Americans self- identify as Christian. 19% of the 73% identify as Evangelical. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States
And "Christain" wasn't on the list.
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You went from the Christian masses to the Christian fringe. That's not clarifying, that's backpedaling.
beancounter
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I've been around here and the "other forum" for quite a while. I think most people by now would know my issue is specifically with the Evangelicals.
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ledboots
Peace
Yes, that's why I mentioned it; it seemed a little rude to Christians. I hadn't realized his spellchecker had failed multiple times, on that one word.
beancounter
The Fire That Burns Within
It didn't fail on that one word, it isn't working at all. For some odd reason, my company's IT department chose to disable that feature in the browser.
You'll notice that my spelling improves significantly after 6pm and on the weekends.
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