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Pierce gets his information about the second coming directly from the Bible. Although Crist points out Christians understand much of the Bible is meant to be taken symbolically, these Harvard students tend to be like Donovan, who says she "lives out of the Bible." They accept it as the word...

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: By the Book: Fundamentalist Christians at Harvard | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

Pierce, an Engineering concentrator, takes a somewhat harder line. He says, "I don't buy this stuff about man being descended from apes and monkeys. That's very dehumanizing. Evolution is only a theory and there's as much evidence for creation as for evolution."

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: By the Book: Fundamentalist Christians at Harvard | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

Pierce also rejects street corner conversion tactics because "it's the kind of thing off-the-wall religions like the Moonies do, and I don't want to be identified with that." However, if force isn't the Christians' bag, carrying the message in other ways is. Last week's...

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: By the Book: Fundamentalist Christians at Harvard | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

They believe it is the Christians' duty to share their faith with friends because Christ is the only way to salvation. Pierce quotes, "Nobody comes to the Father but through me." To Christians, hell exists because the Bible speaks of it, although conceptions range from fire and brimstone to the...

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: By the Book: Fundamentalist Christians at Harvard | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

Pierce says, "Jews believe in the true God. All the early Christians were Jews. However, nowadays Jews are aware of Jesus and should be aware of over 300 testimonies in the Old Testament relating to the first coming of Christ. They should realize Christ is the Messiah."

Author: By Anne E. Bartlett, | Title: By the Book: Fundamentalist Christians at Harvard | 10/26/1977 | See Source »

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