On Sat, 29 Aug 1998, Thomas E. Mackey wrote:

> FWP,
>    Your statement that evangelicals and fundamentalists represent
> only about 10% of all Christians fails to take into account a phenomenon
> of the past 30 years.  
>    According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, the result of 
> Dr. Barrett's research, charismatics and pentecostals (who tend
> to be VERY evangelical and fundamentalistic) have swelled in
> numbers approximating 500,000,000!  Add to that other evangelicals
> and fundamentalists, and the percentage (depending on whose totals
> you use) ranges somewhere between 25-40% of all professing
> Christians!
>    The Mormons, however, despite their many admirable qualities,
> can hardly be termed "Christian" in a biblical sense, since 1) they deny
> the eternal deity of Jesus Christ, claiming that Jesus was once actually
> Adam and progressed through saviourhood to godhood, and 2) they
> qualify for St. Paul's anathema against any religious revelation from
> an angel presenting a gospel different from the one he had already
> taught and preached to them (Galatians 1:8).


500,000,000 eh? And how many Roman Catholics? About 1,000,000,000 I think.
Now what do you say to just 20,000,000 Jews forming their own nation? Do 
they have a monopoly on the right or obligation to form a nation of 
"God's chosen people"?


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