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How Can Christians Still Believe??

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How Can Christians Still Believe??
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RE: How Can Christians Still Believe??
March 6, 2012 at 7:23 pm (This post was last modified: March 6, 2012 at 7:27 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
From the very beginning, most people understood that the bible is filled with allegories, symbols and figures of speech. For example, there are two creation accounts. The first is an allegory about the inner growth of the individual. The second is an allegory about how our imperfect nature leads us to pursue evil into falsity. The trick is trying to figure out which parts are history and which are symbolic. Its a source of debate between denominations and theologians. Fundies on the other hand try to shoehorn modern science into places where it doesn't fit.
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How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Xavier - March 6, 2012 at 4:13 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 6, 2012 at 4:15 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Xavier - March 6, 2012 at 7:01 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Forsaken - March 6, 2012 at 7:11 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Xavier - March 6, 2012 at 7:16 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by BeeDeePee - April 2, 2012 at 12:21 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by BeeDeePee - April 2, 2012 at 8:53 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 6, 2012 at 6:13 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Forsaken - March 6, 2012 at 6:48 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Erinome - March 6, 2012 at 7:23 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Neo-Scholastic - March 6, 2012 at 7:23 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Xavier - March 6, 2012 at 7:30 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Xavier - March 6, 2012 at 8:43 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 6, 2012 at 8:31 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Godschild - March 7, 2012 at 3:17 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Skepsis - March 7, 2012 at 11:52 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 6, 2012 at 9:01 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by picto90 - March 7, 2012 at 3:59 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by ThomM - March 7, 2012 at 2:06 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Godschild - March 7, 2012 at 2:20 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by One King - March 14, 2012 at 5:00 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 7, 2012 at 2:13 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Voltair - March 7, 2012 at 2:50 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Godschild - March 15, 2012 at 2:09 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 7, 2012 at 11:32 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by average - March 14, 2012 at 4:50 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 14, 2012 at 5:56 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 15, 2012 at 2:56 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by average - March 15, 2012 at 8:00 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Godschild - March 17, 2012 at 1:00 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by mediamogul - March 18, 2012 at 6:23 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Godschild - March 25, 2012 at 3:48 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by mediamogul - March 25, 2012 at 11:02 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Zen Badger - March 15, 2012 at 8:21 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by average - March 15, 2012 at 9:32 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by KichigaiNeko - March 15, 2012 at 9:37 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Xavier - March 15, 2012 at 1:02 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by average - March 15, 2012 at 10:14 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by KichigaiNeko - March 15, 2012 at 10:16 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by average - March 15, 2012 at 12:32 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 15, 2012 at 2:33 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 17, 2012 at 2:12 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by average - March 18, 2012 at 9:07 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Godschild - March 18, 2012 at 4:49 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Nine - March 18, 2012 at 4:54 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by average - March 18, 2012 at 6:12 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by YahwehIsTheWay - March 19, 2012 at 12:00 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 18, 2012 at 4:52 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 18, 2012 at 7:56 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by average - March 19, 2012 at 5:34 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Phil - March 25, 2012 at 4:21 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Forsaken - March 25, 2012 at 5:49 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Godschild - March 26, 2012 at 3:06 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by mediamogul - March 26, 2012 at 10:14 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - March 26, 2012 at 12:18 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Minimalist - April 2, 2012 at 2:18 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by NoMoreFaith - April 2, 2012 at 8:47 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Nine - April 2, 2012 at 8:48 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by NoMoreFaith - April 2, 2012 at 8:54 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by BeeDeePee - April 2, 2012 at 9:12 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by NoMoreFaith - April 2, 2012 at 9:21 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by BeeDeePee - April 2, 2012 at 9:31 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by NoMoreFaith - April 2, 2012 at 9:33 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by genkaus - April 2, 2012 at 9:41 am
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by genkaus - April 2, 2012 at 1:10 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Welsh cake - April 2, 2012 at 1:23 pm
RE: How Can Christians Still Believe?? - by Welsh cake - April 3, 2012 at 3:56 pm

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