Attitudes, practices and values of a group or institution.
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Has the Church historically considered biblical texts concerning slavery to be transcultural or finite?
How have the Bible's passages concerning slavery been interpreted and applied throughout Christian history, especially passages such as Exodus 21:2-11, Leviticus 25:44-46, and 1 Timothy 6:1-2?
Have ...
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Somebody was born into a culture that has no knowledge of the Christ - could he still “find him”?
If somebody
a) has no access to the Bible or any other written document on the Christ
and b) has no chance of hearing of "him" through the word of mouth either (because he lives in a culture that ...
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What are the key differences between the Western and Eastern Christianity?
I'm currently reading about Eastern Christianity as a part of my study.
Those are the churches that have existed since early times, such as the Nestorians, the Jacobites, the Coptics, and others. But ...
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Was anyone making a theological point by changing the ending of Jesus Christ Superstar?
So, I'll admit, I love Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar. I've seen it many times, and I've often tried to compare the 1973 and 1999 versions. Grant you, the acting is a heck of a lot ...
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Are contraceptives ok to treat other conditions?
What does the Catholic church teach about the use of the hormone medications normally proscribed for use as birth-control to regulate the symptoms of PMS or other conditions brought on by hormone ...
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Arguments For/Against Spiritual Uses of Cannabis in Christianity?
As I am aware most Christians regard Cannabis's physical and spiritual effects as the same as use of alcohol for intoxication, and that its use is not permitted by their doctrines.
Contrarily, some ...
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Is there any Biblical argument against using “cuss words”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What does the Bible say about “bad” words?
In modern Christianity, we tend to hold a certain set of (approximately) four letter words as taboo words. In ...
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How is Christian worship different than Christian religion?
I'm afraid I may have slunk to the depths of troll question engineering, but I'm having a hard time with this answer.
According to some facebook meme
it is "dictionarily" invalid to argue that ...
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Christianity and Straight edge [closed]
Christianity and Straight edge movement - are they compatible?
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Source of Christian attitudes towards fantasy and role playing games
I've heard many stories of people who abandoned their role-playing hobby, or burned their fantasy book collections, on the grounds that these were opposed to their Christian faith.
What is it that ...
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5answers
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Is a moral society more open to the gospel than an immoral one? [closed]
One of the answers to Why do many Christians object to same-sex civil marriage? got me thinking. If we work to make the common morals of our society more in line with Biblical morality does that make ...
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What is “dominion theology”?
I've read a little bit about "dominion theology", and don't feel I understand it. What distinguishes this movement from mainstream modern Christianity?
