"You do realize, of course you have a non-traditional form of
Christianity,
don't you?"
I can't speak for Kevin, but what he has written in this thread so far
comes pretty close to my own position. And as far as I know, nobody is
accusing the Presbyterian Church (USA) to be "non-traditional." (We are
not without faults, but that's not one of them). < G >
BTW, in 37 years of working for IBM, I was moved around the country a
good deal and have, as a result, been a member of a good many Christian
denominations, including:
Lutheran (ELCA)
Evangelical United Brethren (now part of the United Methodists)
Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends (Quakers)
Evangelical Covenant (Swedish)
Church of God (Anderson)
Southern Baptist
Nazarene
PCUSA
as well as part of two independent churches. So I can speak with some
experience to the "traditional/non-traditional" aspect of Christianity.
The core belief(s) of all the above are the same -- faith and commitment
to the resurrected Christ. They all differ immensely in their cultures
and traditions.
Some held that Genesis 1-11 was more literal than others did. None,
AFAIK, held that a literal view of Genesis was a crucial foundation to a
saving faith.
Burgy
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