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Reinventing Christianity's avatar

A great subject to explore! I’ve always thought that there’s some key difference stemming from what each considers to be their foundation in faith. Most evangelicals are able to identify ‘the’ moment when they became a Christian; for them it was an event, an exact point in time when they ‘gave their life to Christ.’ Progressives, on the other hand, have always been and will always be becoming Christian; it’s a lifelong process. That one difference explains a lot: being Christian is an all-or-nothing thing for evangelicals, while progressives, who live on a longer and more circuitous path, can examine and wrestle with beliefs and scriptures and practices one by one.

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Rev Larry Froemming's avatar

Reminds me of something Rob Bell uses in his book "Love Wins".

He asked a person why he didn't believe in God.

The person shot off a list similar to many "evangelical" beliefs such as vengeance, hell, literalism, hate,.......

Rob Bell responds, "I don't believe in that god either".

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