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No, the Immaculate Conception is NOT the Virgin Birth
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Reed Hall
Yesterday was Christmas. Christmas is, of course, the Christian religious holiday that commemorates the birth of Christ, which may have to do with why this particular religious misunderstanding just happened to pop into my mind. Or it might have popped into my mind because I heard the term “Immaculate Conception” misused, as if it were…
Christmas 2012
By
Reed Hall
As I write, tomorrow (December 25) is Christmas, one of the most important holidays on the Christian religious calendar; the term itself derives from the phrase “Christ’s Mass.” The holiday (or “holy day”) is widely celebrated, even among non-Christians, as a festive annual occasion of gift giving, good will, and general merriment. Secular observances of…
Christian Demographics & Denominations (Part Two)
By
Reed Hall
In my previous blog entry (Part One of this pair of posts), I described and illustrated how Christianity worldwide breaks down, in terms of its various branches, wings, and internal subdivisions: Now, moving from a broadly global perspective to a narrowly national one, we can see at once that a similar breakdown of American Christianity…
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