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In reply to the discussion: What have we become? [View all]PatrickforO
(14,600 posts)46. LOL. In a way, Christianity is like taxes.
There is the nominal rate, and then their is the effective rate.
There are nominal Christians, and then there are effective ones.
Plenty of nominal Christians walked by that kid, but the effective one helped him. Not that he was a Christian. He could have just as easily been a Buddhist, or a Hindu, or a Muslim. Effective is the key word. A guy that practices a living love.
Or maybe you could say the homeless guy who helped the kid was a book of James guy as opposed to an Ephesians guy...
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I think this was an experiment. The kid was the two boys' little brother, and
PatrickforO
Feb 2015
#28
Another evil that Reagan did to America, also further stigmatizing the mentally ill
AZ Progressive
Feb 2015
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