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My doctor asked me to pray.
RE: My doctor asked me to pray.
(April 1, 2016 at 9:21 pm)Godschild Wrote:
(March 31, 2016 at 6:31 pm)Jehanne Wrote: Very few scholars are Biblical literalists; as far as Christianity growing, it's only growing in 3rd World nations, places of poverty and ignorance.

 Believe what you will Christianity is growing everywhere.

GC

Not in the Western world, GC.

Christianity is on the decline, albeit slowly, but trending downward nonetheless.
And while atheists are a minority, they are in fact a growing one.

Even your fellow Christians acknowledge this. If you don't believe anyone here, perhaps a simple Google search is in order.
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RE: My doctor asked me to pray.
(April 1, 2016 at 10:04 pm)Thena323 Wrote:
(April 1, 2016 at 9:21 pm)Godschild Wrote:  Believe what you will Christianity is growing everywhere.

GC

Not in the Western world, GC.

Christianity is on the decline, albeit slowly, but trending downward nonetheless.
And while atheists are a minority, they are in fact a growing one.

Even your fellow Christians acknowledge this. If you don't believe anyone here, perhaps a simple Google search is in order.

Yep, it's declining:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/170834/three-...d-god.aspx
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RE: My doctor asked me to pray.
Indeed it is.

http://www.pewforum.org/2015/05/12/ameri...landscape/
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RE: My doctor asked me to pray.
I think you should listen to your doctor. He is an authority figure.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
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RE: My doctor asked me to pray.
(April 1, 2016 at 10:04 pm)Thena323 Wrote:
(April 1, 2016 at 9:21 pm)Godschild Wrote:  Believe what you will Christianity is growing everywhere.

GC

Not in the Western world, GC.

Christianity is on the decline, albeit slowly, but trending downward nonetheless.
And while atheists are a minority, they are in fact a growing one.

Even your fellow Christians acknowledge this. If you don't believe anyone here, perhaps a simple Google search is in order.

 I believe atheist are a growing group, I have a doubt about the polls done on Christianity, I see to many new churches being built, then I'm in east Tennessee and that could have something to do with my perception. 

GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
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RE: My doctor asked me to pray.
Okay guys, I went to one of the poles you posted and by my calculation 0.7 percent is not a big decline at all and would fall with in a +/- of any pole.
The unaffiliated in the poll are still Christians, the title to the poll suggested and I say suggested that they were separate from Christians.

GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
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RE: My doctor asked me to pray.
"I believe I am right because the bible is right and the bible is right because I believe it is right".
Repeat until everyone loses interest, and take their lack of interest as proof that you have won the argument.

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Just sticking your fingers in your ears and going "la la la" might be satisfactory for you, but it's becoming increasingly unsatisfactory for a lot of people. They can see the flaws in your position even if you lack the intellectual honesty to acknowledge them yourself.
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