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How can theists believe in Darwinian evolution?

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bluescat48
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Message 121 of 125 (577664)
08-29-2010 11:47 PM 		Reply to: Message 120 by Pauline
08-29-2010 11:37 PM

Re: Will the real theist evolution please stand up?
Wordnet2.0 writes:
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Christian
Noun
1. a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
(hypernym) religionist, religious person
(hyponym) Adventist, Second Adventist
(member-holonym) church, Christian church
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Show me where any specific amount of faith is required or where one must accept biblical teaching?
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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
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Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
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Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008
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Message 122 of 125 (577665)
08-30-2010 12:01 AM 		Reply to: Message 121 by bluescat48
08-29-2010 11:47 PM

Re: Will the real theist evolution please stand up?
bluescat writes:
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Wordnet writes: Christian
Noun
1. a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
(hypernym) religionist, religious person
(hyponym) Adventist, Second Adventist
(member-holonym) church, Christian church
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Show me where any specific amount of faith is required or where one must accept biblical teaching?
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The belief that "Jesus is the Christ" IS Biblical teaching. So you can cross that off.
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Where do guys these sort of silly questions from? Not from your brain, I suppose. Last time I learnt about faith, I wasn't taught to measure it. Only to have it. And yes, it does take faith in order to believe that God exists and that Jesus Christ is that God.
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Message 123 of 125 (577742)
08-30-2010 9:04 AM 		Reply to: Message 122 by Pauline
08-30-2010 12:01 AM

Fallacy
All your last two posts have been is a recitation of the No True Scotsmen Fallacy.
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Why do you feel you are capable of making the universal definition of what is a Christian. The vast majority of Christians do not hold the same beliefs as you. The pomposity and self-righteousness is amazing.
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In your previous post you have declared that the majority of people that profess that they are Christian are not Christians at all.
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On the main topic, I share the view that a Bible believing, practicing Christian cannot also claim to be so while claiming to be an evolutionist.
Since the majority of Christians do not agree with you, maybe your ideas about what is a Christian is what is wrong.
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Edited by Theodoric, : No reason given.
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Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
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bluescat48
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Message 124 of 125 (577786)
08-30-2010 11:50 AM 		Reply to: Message 122 by Pauline
08-30-2010 12:01 AM

Re: Will the real theist evolution please stand up?
Where do guys these sort of silly questions from?
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From your idea that a Christian is something other than a believer in Jesus. Who you think is or isn't a Christian is irrelevant. Why do you think there are hundreds of Christian denominations. Some accept evolution some don't. Whether they accept or not has no relevance as to whether they are Christians or not. The reason for the "silly" question is the silliness of your narrow minded view of theistic evolutionists, can't be Christians and vice versa.
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There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
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Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
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Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008
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Message 125 of 125 (577796)
08-30-2010 12:43 PM 		Reply to: Message 122 by Pauline
08-30-2010 12:01 AM

Re: Will the real theist evolution please stand up?
Pauline writes:
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Last time I learnt about faith, I wasn't taught to measure it. Only to have it.
Jesus talked about the size of one's faith:
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Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. (Matt. 17:19-20)
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Life is like a Hot Wheels car. Sometimes it goes behind the couch and you can't find it.
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