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Episcopal Liberals vs. Pentacostals

July 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

The Background
An particularly objective journalist at Arkansas Online recently posted a report here: http://tr.im/tCJn regarding homosexuality and conservative Christian denominations (via the popular blog ‘BibleBeltBlogger.com‘).
The report shows that there has been a dramatic increase in membership of Assemblies of God churches, accompanied by a dramatic decrease in membership within the Episcopal church over the last [...]

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Tags: Attitudes · Philosophy of Religion · Religion · Sexuality

God: The Universal Origin of the 7-day Week

June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

I have always just assumed that the natural celestial cycles (perhaps lunar) determined the 7 day week.  Imagine my surprise to learn that God set this number arbitrarily and then gave it to man!
A close friend of mine made me curious about this very question by claiming that the 7 day week was support for [...]

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Tags: God · Philosophy of Religion · Spirituality