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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 03:58 PM Original message |
What does "born again" really mean? |
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tandot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. that you weren't born "right" the first time around...? |
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WMliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. going through Barbara's coochie more than once! |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
44. Must. Scrub. Brain. |
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WMliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. i thought it was only for certain protestant cults, er denominations |
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Inland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Born again is a concept of American revivalist christianity |
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kixot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. pretty much right from what I understand |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Hell, the pig alone is worth a nickel! |
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charlyvi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. Baptists think it. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Interesting |
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charlyvi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Christians operate on the idea of Jesus as the Saviour |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:22 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. You don't have to have had a bad life before ... |
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kixot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Sort of. |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
23. I remember it all my 51 years |
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charlyvi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:46 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. I understand that |
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ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:57 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. It is negative |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
38. Salvation from "Original Sin" ... |
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democratreformed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. Arkansas "mutt" here. |
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charlyvi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:13 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Thanks democratreformed. |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's a fundamentalist litmus test for presidential candidates |
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Nimrod (999 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. An adult epiphany |
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MrMonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. "Oh, you always think that you can do things better than your mother." |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. i means you are now sanctified, and can do whatever the fuck you want |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:14 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. Not sanctified |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:16 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. depends on which branch of the cult you follow |
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kysrsoze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
40. I think it means denial and lost critical thinking ability |
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Randers (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. To me |
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Carla in Ca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. I compare it with the sealing of criminal records |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
12. From a Baptist -- It's part reaction to Catholics and Episcopalians |
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Randers (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. In 1500-1600 Europe |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. Thank you |
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kixot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
39. But that's why Catholics have "confirmation" |
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Bonhomme Richard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
15. It means you are absolved of all responsibility for your life......... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:32 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. That may be so but |
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Randers (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. as this site implies |
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NervousRex (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
28. It's a do-over... |
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0rganism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
29. wikipedia article has a good summary |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. n/m eom |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
31. there's being baptised and then there is being ''born again'' |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
34. This: |
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CBHagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
35. Here's part of the passage. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:48 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. but that's the point -- even if you are a miscreant |
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shawn703 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 12:18 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Still |
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IggleDoer (601 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
37. "Fooled again" |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
41. Good question....ignore the ignorance here |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 07:36 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Okay..... |
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Randers (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 08:43 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. There are plenty of people |
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theboss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 12:03 PM Response to Reply #45 |
55. It's not a club with an initiation. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
42. It means that you some times become... |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
47. It means you can do whatever you want, no matter how rotten, and |
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shawn703 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 12:09 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Ah but there's a gotcha with that |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 07:20 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Many who call themselves Christians like to forget |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-04 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
48. Psychological trauma induced to get one to relinquish control |
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shawn703 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
49. I'm a Southern Baptist, and this is what it means to us |
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ElkHunter (300 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
51. CBHagman and the Boss... |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
54. The context of John 3 |
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