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Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

The Great Open Dance

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2. Freedom yes

Reply to multigraincracker (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 5, 2025, 11:58 AM

Jan 2025

Yes, I am familiar with Bart Ehrman's work. He is a recovering fundamentalist and working hard to slough off some bad theology that he was raised in. My faith, like that of Jesus, is also free, loving, uncontrolling, experimental, and humanistic. Progressive, if you will. I think that God is a humanist, personally. Respectfully submitted.

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