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Hi,
Please could someone help me as i have a test soon and have lost lots of my revision books, including my R.E One!
There are a few things i would like to know
1) what do you call somebody who takes everything in the bible literally?
2) what do you call somedbody who uses the bible as a guide
3) what do you call somebody who is not sure if they believe in God?

Thanks x

tinkerbells Sun 11/05/08 21:16

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WaldoMcFroog
Sun 11/05/08
21:32

I don't think you should ask what *I* call someone who takes everything in the Bible literally, or someone who uses the Bible as a guide, but if you want to know the term that is *generally* used to describe such a person, it's 'fundamentalist' for both 1) and 2). You could also 'inerrantist' for 1).

3) 'Undecided'. I suspect you might be after people answering 'agnostic', but 'agnostic' doesn't mean undecided, it means someone who has decided that there is insufficient evidence to know for certain either way. An agnostic can be a Christian (or other religious belief) or an atheist.

jno
Sun 11/05/08
21:36

um, what's an agnostic Christian? One who thinks there's not enough proof but believes anyway?

I think fundamentalist may be a bit hardline for someone who uses the Bible as a guide - isn't that just standard Christian practice?

naomi24
Sun 11/05/08
23:29

But they all practice different versions of it.

WaldoMcFroog
Sun 11/05/08
23:59

For Jno: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnostic_theism

Octavius
Mon 12/05/08
11:32

You have lost your RE revision book and this is all you need to know? What sort of RE test is it!

I smell something fishy.

jno
Tue 13/05/08
11:51

thanks, Waldo

Lil O'lady
Tue 13/05/08
19:09

1) american 2) american 3) thinker

Is an 'RE test' that asks these questions worth the paper it's printed on?

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