Sentences with phrase «as biblical literalists»

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But the Biblical literalist can not do this, and has to insist that the words of Joshua and Elijah, Ecclesiastes and Job, are as true as anything Jesus said, and therefore presumably just as important.

In most of the denominations there is still a considerable number of biblical literalists (self - styled conservatives but called fundamentalists by others) who refuse to accept the views of modern historical and textual scholarship as to the true meanings of the Bible.

But if the early church could survive — and in fact, thrive amidst persecution — when it included both Jews and Gentiles, zealots and tax collectors, slaves and owners, men and women, those in support of circumcision and those against it, those staunchly opposed to eating food that had been sacrificed to idols and those who felt it necessary, then I think modern American Christianity can survive when it includes democrats and republicans, biblical literalists and biblical non-literalists, Calvinists and Arminians... so long as we're not rooting for one another's demise.

This phrase is often misunderstood, especially by biblical literalists, as meaning the words of God, supposedly contained in the Holy Book.

Don't make the mistake of thinking those questions are prompted by some «do your own thing» new - agey attitude — as a born - again spirit - filled biblical literalist I would have asked those questions of you — and been concerned for your spiritual state if you were indeed saying what you seemed to be saying.

Bryan was not a biblical literalist, but he nevertheless eschewed the middle ground as much as Darrow, Larson writes.