08-23-2009, 01:18 AM
Have not read the 31 page of posts..but am responding solely to the OP...number one thing in today's media is to KNOW your sources. I would not trust anything in Newsweek and several other journalistic publications that have very sided agendas. I use to read some of these 20 years ago for research and have seen a continued trend towards irresponsible journalism. Just reading 37% of Christians puts alarm flags...there have been large breaks in denominations (Presbyterian/Methodist/Lutheran etc.) in our generation that have 'watered' down what a Christian is today versus fifty years ago. Many are choosing to create their interpretation of the Bible to fit their congregation...it's a treacherous road and we'll see the effects of it in the next decades. But, don't take everything you read from sources like Newseek as to be fact....I could produce opposite results and still verify my sources....
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