I agree and as I live in VA and don't consider myself part of the Biblebelt you may bery well have the majority. However a sizeable amount on both sides stand clearly on both sides of ths arguement. I wouldn't base an entire belief (or dismissal of) without sampling it, and in my experience (big denominational) churches typically splinter and evolve into smaller and more contemporary interpretation of scripture. The biggest drawback, IMO, of denominations is their unyielding doctrine. If you can't ever change doctrine, even if your understanding was archaic and cultural, then how can you claim accuracy. Especially when even language itself changes regularly.
@Ace- Then it obviously wouldn't apply to you. As long as you're not in denial of any experiential proof, then I can't see where you're culpable Ace
@Ace- Then it obviously wouldn't apply to you. As long as you're not in denial of any experiential proof, then I can't see where you're culpable Ace
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
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