Originally Posted by LindaLou
I will explain my point of view. This thread titled "Hypocrisy/apathy" appeared in the creation/evolution forum, not the Bible forum where it was once moved, because presumably it is meant to address people reading and posting here.

There are few areas of this forum complex where hypocrisy and apathy are off-topic. These evils impact many issues.
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It was written by creationists. Here is something Abishag said:

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AS our Pastor tells us, "Either you are a Christian and believe in the inerrancy of (all) Holy Scripture, or you are NOT a Christian and are on your way to the bottomless pit, Hell." No two ways about it....


As I see it, believing in the inerrancy of the Bible is the same as being a Biblical literalist, which means a creationist. Which means we are being told in this thread that non-Biblical literalists (most of whom are evolutionists) will go to hell.

A charming thought I'm sure, but I'm not sure what substance it adds to conversation here.
Abishag said a lot more than that. I don't see how picking out this sentence and carrying on so is going to lead to the type of discussion you'd advocate; and it's not likely to help anyone forget their eventual destination either, for that matter. You seem to be working in the wrong direction.

If you think people claiming to follow Christ while cherry-picking and deliberately misinterpreting scripture are not hypocrites, well it'll take more than an assertion to convince most folks, even the most atheistic atheists. If they are hypocrites, how is it off-topic to discuss their situation?

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