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  • noun Plural form of Christian.

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  • Christians 'Addiction to Porn Blamed on Technology yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Christians\ 'Addiction to Porn Blamed on Technology'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The Religious Right\'s newest adversary of evangelicalism and outward disdain for pornography may have less to do with their distaste for it and more to do with the fact it is maxing out their credit cards.'

    Christians' Addiction to Porn Blamed on Technology 2007

  • Christians '"Personal Sin" Hypocrisy in Foley Case Confirms Our Worst Fears yahooBuzzArticleHeadline =' Christians\ '"Personal Sin" Hypocrisy in Foley Case Confirms Our Worst Fears'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The double standards popping out of the mouths of Christians one Sunday after Republicans developed a strategy to deal with Mark Foley\'s sex scandal shines an unwelcome light on the political agendas of mega churches across the country.'

    Christians' "Personal Sin" Hypocrisy in Foley Case Confirms Our Worst Fears 2006

  • According to Christians, (the Inquisition, witch burnings, Nazi Germany, genocide of Native Americans all done by those claiming to be Christians_) When Jesus was asked his religion he said that he had none because religion brings strife.

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • Republicans Aren't the 'Good Christians' They Say They Are. yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Republicans Aren\'t the \'Good Christians\' They Say They Are. '

    Republicans Aren't the 'Good Christians' They Say They Are. 2006

  • But according to a recent nationwide survey by the Barna Group, a Christian market-research company, the divorce rate among born-again Christians is 35 percent — exactly the same as for the population as a whole.

    Primary Sources 2004

  • But according to a recent nationwide survey by the Barna Group, a Christian market-research company, the divorce rate among born-again Christians is 35 percent — exactly the same as for the population as a whole.

    Primary Sources 2004

  • They argued that circumcision had been instituted as a sign of an eternal alliance between God and Israel: if the Galatians then wished to have a share in this alliance, with its blessings, if they wished to be in the full sense of the term Christians, they must accept circumcision (Gal., iii, 3 sq.; v, 2).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • It also points that Constantine took over whatever they were churches and organized them into the roots of what we call Christians today.

    Lean Left » Blog Archive » The Gospel According to Judas 2006

  • Sanford like many other Republican so-called 'Christians' is a hypocrite.

    More GOP leaders demand Sanford's resignation 2009

  • A timely, much needed perspective, The Next Christians is good news for us all.

    Jonathan Merritt: Searching for Life Amid the Death of "Christian America" Jonathan Merritt 2010

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