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| bio | website | brucealderman.info |
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| location | Kansas, USA | |
| age | 44 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 9 months |
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I've been a Christian since 1985, and a member of East Heights United Methodist Church in Wichita since 1994. My theology is Wesleyan/Arminian, but I don't think all Christians must share this view.
I believe that the Bible is inspired but not inerrant, that it was written to teach us about God and not the physical universe.
I believe faith is not an intellectual pursuit but a transformation of our entire being.
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May 14 |
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What is the Biblical evidence for Old Earth? This does not answer the question; it's an attempt to answer the opposite question. |
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May 6 |
awarded | Good Answer |
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May 2 |
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What mainstream denominations (if any) hold a Young Earth Creationist view? I'm not so sure they were founded independently. Charles Taze Russell, founder of JW, was influenced by Adventist teachers. But that's interesting that the JWs would accept the day age theory or gap theory, given how flatly literally they take everything else. |
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May 2 |
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Condemnation of early Christians [edited] Then you might want to clarify who you're asking. There's a variety of opinions here regarding the qualifications for getting into heaven. |
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May 2 |
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Are the early followers of Christ considered Christians or Jews in today's context? If not, when was the religion created? @ryan: The question does look more clear now, but I'm still not sure whether the second part belongs here. C.SE is not the place to ask who should be considered Christians. For the purposes of this site, if they call themselves Christians, they are. So maybe the question should ask at what point the ancient Christians started identifying themselves as Christians rather than Jews. |
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May 2 |
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Condemnation of early Christians [edited] But then again, I'm not sure this is the place to ask whether a specific group is Christian. For the purposes of C.SE, if a group calls itself Christian, it is. So maybe the question should be refocused to ask about the arguments used against the Ebionites historically. |
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May 2 |
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Condemnation of early Christians [edited] I think there's a good question buried somewhere in this one, but I'm not sure how to find it. You might want to focus on a specific group of ancient Christians, the Ebionites, who did see themselves as a Jewish sect, and didn't believe Jesus was God. Other Christian groups were proclaiming Jesus as God by the second century. |
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May 2 |
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What mainstream denominations (if any) hold a Young Earth Creationist view? The Jehovah's Witnesses are related to the Seventh Day Adventist denomination, and may also officially profess YEC as a denomination. But I'm not certain. |
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Apr 30 |
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Rephrase: Does the Bible claim itself to be inerrant? Not all Christian traditions hold the doctrine of inerrancy. Are you looking for an answer only from those who do? |
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Apr 26 |
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Where did the hierarchical designations of priest, cardinal, bishop, and pope come from in the Catholic church? The Greek word for bishop (episkopos) appears in 1 Timothy 3:1-2 and Titus 1:7. |
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Apr 21 |
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Did Jesus know how to read and write? @Narnian: We don't know that Peter and John (or most of the other NT authors, for that matter) physically penned the letters that bear their names. In ancient times it was common for an author to dictate to a scribe. |
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Apr 19 |
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What is the evidence for the claim that Young Earth Creationism was the mainstream viewpoint in ancient times? @Jas3.1: But since it's easy to find ancient Christians who explicitly denied that Genesis should be interpreted as teaching a literal six days, I don't see why we should assume a literal interpretation was the default position. |
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Apr 19 |
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When and why did the modern Young Earth Creationism movement gain such a large following? @Jas3.1 Well, we could argue about that all day, but the question was about the modern YEC movement which, contrary to ancient young-earth beliefs, goes against the mainstream science of the day. |
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Apr 19 |
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What is the evidence for the claim that Young Earth Creationism was the mainstream viewpoint in ancient times? So is a literal six-day creation not an essential part of YEC? |
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Apr 19 |
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When and why did the modern Young Earth Creationism movement gain such a large following? @Jas3.1: I've edited my answer to account for historical views similar to YEC. The distinct characteristic of YEC that makes it different from these historical views (as I see it) is the attempt to dress it up in scientific language. |
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Apr 19 |
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When and why did the modern Young Earth Creationism movement gain such a large following? gave a little more of the history of young earth creation, and focused on both 6000-year-old and six-day creation |
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Apr 18 |
awarded | Enlightened |
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Apr 18 |
answered | When and why did the modern Young Earth Creationism movement gain such a large following? |
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Apr 18 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Apr 17 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Are there any Christian denominations that don't believe Jesus is the only way to salvation? |
