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From: mmh@cs.qmw.ac.uk (Matthew Huntbach)
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Subject: Re: The Bible and Us: a book review; comments on Mary and Protestantism
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Date: 14 Sep 90 06:05:31 GMT
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>This is not what Protestants mean by a personal relationship with
>Jesus.  Normally people who describe such relationships talk about
>Jesus as a friend whom they experience in their normal lives.

As a matter of interest, where in the Bible is this rather
sentimental view of Jesus suggested as the core of religious
belief? Is it, in any case, "traditional Protestantism"? It
always struck me as a 20th century marketting trick.

Matthew Huntbach