From: D. F. Siemens, Jr. (dfsiemensjr@juno.com)
Date: Sat Aug 30 2003 - 15:04:31 EDT
Burgy,
I can't give you a citation, but it is a number that is bandied about.
Note that "evangelical" is not confined to such entities as ELCA. Indeed,
the mark of an evangelical in many quarters is belief in a totally
inerrant Bible. This was a major part of the hassle in Missouri Synod
some time back, for example. Not all are YEC. Some give a concordist
interpretation to Genesis 1f to produce OEC. But they are probably not
the kind of evangelical you commonly meet in United Methodist and
Presbyterian Church USA.
Dave
On Sat, 30 Aug 2003 09:10:35 -0600 John W Burgeson <jwburgeson@juno.com>
writes:
> Dave wrote: " At least half of those who label themselves evangelical
> believe in recent creationism."
>
> Is it really that large a percentage? Can you cite a survey?
>
> I had not thought of "evangelicals" that way before. Almost none of
> the evangelicals I know are YECs. For some years I applied that
> particular label (evangelical, not YEC!) to myself -- I don't do
> that anymore but I am not uncomfortable with it either.
>
> Burgy
>
> www.burgy.50megs.com
>
>
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