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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Differentiating terms tend to become watered down in time. "Evangelical" once meant "Bible believers" as those who strongly esteemed the Bible as being the sure, supreme, substantive, accurate and authoritative word of God. Classic "evangelicals" long attested to being the most conservative unified large religious group (at least in the West) in key basic values and fundamental beliefs .
11 posted on 04/25/2024 7:18:35 PM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: daniel1212
>> "Evangelical" once meant "Bible believers" <<

Regardless of how its popularly defined, the word technically means spreading the Gospel and good news about Jesus Christ. Thus, all Christians are would technically be "Evangelicals", not just fundamentalist protestants.

>> Still, only about one in four gave the “Bible answer” of “definitely not,” and close to half are planning on or leaning toward it. <<

Sounds like they believe in the "Biblical" definition of marriage the same way they believe in the "Biblical" definition of Holy Communion. Maybe 1 in 4 of them use bread and wine like Jesus did, and actually believe they're receiving Jesus. The rest of the so-called "Biblical" evangelicals use grape juice and Ritz crackers and think its "merely a symbol".

It's not surprising to me only about 25% of "Biblical" Christians actually follow what the Bible itself says. The rest seem to think "Biblical" means having smog machines, light shows, jumbotrons, and rockin' out to Hillsong music on stage.

41 posted on 04/25/2024 10:17:26 PM PDT by BillyBoy ( Build Biden Better.)
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