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Originally posted by Mulhollanddose
You are either a Bible believing Christian or you are not...You cannot take a little here, drop a little there, and call yourself a Believer in Christ.
1 John 5:10-12
Anyone who believes in the Son of God has this testimony in his heart. Anyone who does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because he has not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life." [/B]
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There's a difference between thinking the Bible is historically accurate and literal down to the last verse, and taking the important message: that the Bible is the process of God's revelation of Himself to the Jewish people, culminating in the gift of His son, Christ. In that sense, I am very much a Biblical Christian. But I also rely on Catholic tradition.
Why are there two different creation stories, found in Gn 1-3? That's right...different writers, different traditions. Some wished to focus on God's power, others focused on His interaction with humans.
And as far as association with all the -isms...yes, the Church is a divine institution run by humans. So we got comfy with Mussolini...not a good move. Still, our late pope did as much, if not more than this country did to bring about the downfall of the Soviet Union. You can't accurately say the Church is in bed with communists, drawing evidence from the Church's last days as a political power.
But, you're Mul. You won't listen. Good thing I agree with you on most other issues...I'd end wasting far too much time on here defending my position otherwise.