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Old 05-24-2007, 07:54 PM
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I do believe that is what he means by culture religion, is what we commonly call cultural Christianity or "traditional family values."
If by family values we mean "Jerry Falwell/Grand Ole Party" stuff, then I would agree with him on cultural religion.

If by family (traditional) values we mean (and this is what I seek to mean) "principles derived from Genesis-Revelation--or Matthew-Revelation, just to be safe and non-theocratic--and properly applied in our situations, then I must disagree that cultural religion is a bad thing.
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