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What specific non-Evangelical beliefs would cause one to be labeled a Neo-Evangelical?

Many claim to be Evangelical, but at what point does abandoning certain Biblical doctrines result in undermining the Evangelical Christian message?

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  • 10 years ago
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    When you start reasoning for yourself rather than just accepting

    all the myths that have been presented to you;

    when you start to question some of the stories you have

    heard for years, you are in danger of losing your evangelical fervor.

    Source(s): "the dead sea scrolls deception" by Baigent and Leigh
  • 10 years ago

    I don't think it's a question of undermining "the" Evangelical message; rather, it's a case of challenging the notion that one cannot be evangelical without subscribing to a rather calcified set of positions. The problem isn't departure from evangelism, but rather the tendency of certain subgroups to add extra requirements--basically, to demand support for all their views--as a prerequisite for their recognition.

    Perhaps this site illustrates the point:

    http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/Psychology/neo...

    It's a listing that pretty much insists the label "Evangelical" is owned by fundamentalism. It isn't.

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