Pew Research Center - What He Said: The Words of Jesus Christ https://whathesaid.com Making the words of Jesus Christ easy to read and explore Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:51:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 A Double-Edged Sword https://whathesaid.com/2010/12/08/a-double-edged-sword/ https://whathesaid.com/2010/12/08/a-double-edged-sword/#respond Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:51:45 +0000 https://whathesaid.com/?p=656 This piece, by Rose Marie Berger, puts Christians’ stance on repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) in an interesting light. A new Pew Research Center poll shows a majority of Americans, including Christians, now support allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly, and with equal rights, in the military. That’s great, Ms. Berger says. But […]

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]]> This piece, by Rose Marie Berger, puts Christians’ stance on repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) in an interesting light. A new Pew Research Center poll shows a majority of Americans, including Christians, now support allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly, and with equal rights, in the military.

That’s great, Ms. Berger says. But what about how Christians feel about the military, in general? When Jesus says “Blessed are the peacemakers,” He’s saying war is wrong. Killing sons and daughters and husbands and wives to settle politicians’ debates is wrong.

She points out that early generations of Christians refused to participate in war. What about current generations?

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]]> https://whathesaid.com/2010/12/08/a-double-edged-sword/feed/ 0 Do You Believe Jesus Will Return by 2050? https://whathesaid.com/2010/06/23/do-you-believe-jesus-will-return-by-2050/ https://whathesaid.com/2010/06/23/do-you-believe-jesus-will-return-by-2050/#respond Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:46:55 +0000 https://whathesaid.com/?p=500 The Pew Research Center in Washington, DC conducted an April poll of 1,546 adults. One of the questions they asked was if the respondent believed Jesus would return by 2050. 41% said “yes.” Among white evangelical Christians, the “yes” response climbed to 58%. They also published data broken out by education level. 59% of people […]

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They also published data broken out by education level. 59% of people with no college experience believed Jesus was coming, while only 19% of college graduates believed in a return by 2050.

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