(October 24, 2013 at 9:29 am)John V Wrote: .
It's more a matter of extent. Some people attain more of these fruits than others, and so are more successful, or less unsuccessful, however you'd like to look at it.
Given that, how do you justify implying that the OP wasn't a successful Christian?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell