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'Christians should lead active rather than contemplative lives.'
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'Christians should lead active rather than contemplative lives.' I believe that the statement is saying that Christians should lead a life of witnessing and helping other people i.e. raising money for charities, looking after the destitute and the dying, educating people, evangelising to people, and much more, rather than leading a life of prayer, worship and reflection in an enclosed order. Some people would say that you should lead an active life, as this would provide help i.e. for schools. This would show that they would be able to help a community through living a practical life, which would enable them to raise money for charities, and helping others. Some people would also say that leading an active way of life would be obeying the gospel message, which teaches that Christians should bring the light of Christ to others, and that this cannot really be done by leading a contemplative lifestyle....
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