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Re: Why not Both?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:02:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jon Kozan writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jon Kozan writes:
> > > > I'll second that question-- why pick the Bible? Why pick Jesus? Why pick
> > > > your (Jon's) particular sect of Christianity?
> > > ...[snip]...
> > > Although the 'sect' comment was a bit divisive.
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> > Oh? How so? I don't see it any less divisive than any other choices I might
> > have offered... Unless you think it my purpose to pick apart Christianity
> > thanks to its diversity, which I'm not after...
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> Good - an easy one!
> "Sect" I usally take to mean a small, off-the-beaten-path branch of something
> greater. Although that may not have been your intention, I _did_ only say 'a
> bit.'
> My branch of Christianity is actually pretty mainstream - I believe in a
> literal, evangelical Bible. Now this means a host of other things, but that's
> not getting back to your question...
I still don't really see it as any more divisive than had I said "branch" or
something... I was simply going down the narrower path. The Bible is common
to Judaism (at least the Old Testament), Christianity, and I think also
Islam, even though they expound on it with the Koran. Jesus is almost
strictly Christian, and narrower still than that is your particular 'area'
of Christianity. The question was "Why believe what you specifically
believe?"... It wasn't a direct attempt at dismantling Christianity.
DaveE
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| (...) Clarification on Islam (and this is just my understanding, please correct me if any of the following is wrong): Islam acknowledges that the bible is a "good book" and does contain revelation from God (Allah), but holds that it is not the full (...) (24 years ago, 26-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Good - an easy one! "Sect" I usally take to mean a small, off-the-beaten-path branch of something greater. Although that may not have been your intention, I _did_ only say 'a bit.' My branch of Christianity is actually pretty mainstream - I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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