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don doggett · 13 Apr 2006, 03:47 · from 2006-April.txt.gz

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From: kingwukong at yahoo.com (don doggett)
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 20:47:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (urth) Information, etc.
In-Reply-To: <1f7617370604121518n1712fa59m2aed313a56c99fdb at mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <20060413034716.61846.qmail at web32414.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

--- Dan'l Danehy-Oakes <danldo at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> But when I say that the Christian faith is
> predicated on belief in
> miracles, I mean something like what CS Lewis said
> fifty years
> and change ago: if one does not believe that Christ
> was resurrected
> from the dead, then one should not refer to oneself
> as a "Christian,"
> no matter how good you think his moral teachings
> were. It dilutes
> the term, which has a fairly clear meaning.

At least since the time of Constantine. It's funny how
the point of a sword will clarify things. . . around
200 a.d.  the meaning was a little fuzzier. That said,
I agree the term Christian in the modern age belongs
to those who accept the resurrection, though I think
it's unfortunate and leaves the religion poorer as a
whole. Not trying to pick a fight, just throwing one
in for the fringe.

Don

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