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The Thumpers and the Thinkers: DEFINED
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These are the two extremes that usually post in this forum. All thumpers are staunch scriptural inerrencists. Some thinkers are believers, yet a thinker will often humbly say that he/she does not know something and either try and define it or leave it alone. A thumper usually does not think for themselves but rather thumps the table and presents many pages of documents which were compiled by a thinker. More about these two:
Some thinkers claim atheism. Some claim to be Christians. Some claim only to be truth seekers.
All thumpers claim to be right. If a thumper is wrong, they will thump louder or go elsewhere to thump. Some thumpers never shut up, while a few thumpers get stumped by the panel and may yet turn out to be thinkers.
One thumper who claims that he is too busy to post here, yet will give us long drawn out posts with numerous links is still a fellow believer with me. I cannot judge him, for often, my posts get too long as well. To all of you thinkers: Keep thinking and posting. From Phatboy, still a believer and a biblical literalist, but stumped by the evidence. Only God knows the plot!
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