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To call a Christian a theist is roughly equivalent to calling the space shuttle Atlantis a glider.

R. C. Sproul

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R. C. Sproul
Age: 78 †
Born: 1939
Born: February 13
Died: 2017
Died: December 14
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Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Theologian
University Teacher
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
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Christian
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Atlantis
Theist
Roughly

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