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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]New poster. I was raised in an evangelical Christian church, and I can tell you that those people believe that God grants wishes, that he is interested in how you did on the test, that Earth was created in 7 24-hour days, that heaven and hell are actual places, etc etc.  And these are very, very "serious believers." Catholic theology is much different.[/quote]

Perhaps "Serious" is not the best word to describe what the previous poster meant -- I'va also heard the term "mature" used, suggesting, of course, that anyone who believes in a personal god is immature (though churches seem happy to take their sunday offerings)[/quote]

I think rather than "serious believers" the phrase you're looking for is "nearly all believers". If you polled the global population of Christian believers you'd find that those who believe in a big guy in the sky who grants wishes is the overwhelmingly vast majority of Christians. The scholastic theologians like the dude in the video have zero relevance to the Christian on the street--other than to lend a patina of intellectual respectability to the brand.[/quote]

I agree with your speculation and would like to see the results of such a poll.[/quote]

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