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A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection

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A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
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A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
April 9, 2017 at 4:31 am
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39153121

Quote:A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the BBC suggests.

However, almost one in 10 people of no religion say they do believe the Easter story, but it has "some content that should not be taken literally".



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RE: A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
April 9, 2017 at 9:53 am
Does describing oneself as Christian make it so ?
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RE: A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
April 9, 2017 at 10:07 am
That certainly seems odd. 

I may be a little fuzzy on the issue but isn't it: no resurrection = no salvation?
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RE: A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
April 9, 2017 at 10:08 am
How many folks with one arm describe themselves as ambidextrous ?
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RE: A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
April 9, 2017 at 10:31 am
(April 9, 2017 at 10:08 am)vorlon13 Wrote: How many folks with one arm describe themselves as ambidextrous ?

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RE: A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
April 9, 2017 at 10:32 am
What do you expect from a country that put an image of Darwin on its currency ?
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RE: A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
April 9, 2017 at 10:52 am
(April 9, 2017 at 9:53 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Does describing oneself as Christian make it so ?

Sort of. Pollsters don't make sure they're "true Christians", It's whoever identifies as Christian.
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RE: A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
April 9, 2017 at 10:54 am
(April 9, 2017 at 10:08 am)vorlon13 Wrote: How many folks with one arm describe themselves as ambidextrous ?

Monkeys.
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RE: A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
April 9, 2017 at 11:36 am
(April 9, 2017 at 9:53 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Does describing oneself as Christian make it so ?

Since there is no real Christ against which to measure, what other standard can there be?
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RE: A quarter of British Christians do not believe in the resurection
April 9, 2017 at 11:39 am
(April 9, 2017 at 4:31 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39153121

Quote:A quarter of people who describe themselves as Christians in Great Britain do not believe in the resurrection of Jesus, a survey commissioned by the BBC suggests.

However, almost one in 10 people of no religion say they do believe the Easter story, but it has "some content that should not be taken literally".

This is the hypocrisy of every religion. If you keep watering every story down to metaphor what the fuck is the point in buying the book at all? I have the same problem with Jews who call themselves "secular Jews", those whom like the tradition but don't buy the magic stories.

Humans don't understand that the further back in time you go, the more the fantastic claims were taken seriously as true. 

None of it should be taken seriously, that was then, this is now. 

Back then most humans believed in the purity of virgin births. Even in Buddhism the first mythology of his character had his mother Queen Maya giving birth to him avoiding the vagina.

Nobody survives the death myth if you attempted that in reality and killed someone like that in reality. But back then the readers really believed it. 

I see no point in continuing to relegate more and more of a book to metaphor. How about realizing that was then and this is now and we know better now.
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