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Backsliding is a term used within Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre-conversion habits and/or lapses or falls into sin, when a person turns from God to pursue their own desire. In Protestantism, within churches which teach Arminianism, backsliding is a state in which any free willed being can adopt, which is a doctrine rejected by Calvinists. Historically, backsliding was considered a trait of the Biblical Israel which would turn from the Abrahamic God to follow idols. In the New Testament church (see Acts of the Apostles and Christianity in the 1st century), the story of the Prodigal Son has become a representation of a backslider.

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-'''Backsliding''' is a term used within [[Christianity]] to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre-conversion habits and/or lapses or falls into [[sin]], when a person turns from God to pursue their own desire. Within churches which teach [[Arminianism]], backsliding is a state in which any free willed being can adopt, which is a doctrine rejected by [[Calvinism|Calvinists]]. Historically, backsliding was considered a trait of the [[History of ancient Israel and Judah|Biblical Israel]] which would turn from the [[Abrahamic God]] to follow [[Idolatry|idols]]. In the [[New Testament]] church (see [[Acts of the Apostles]] and [[Christianity in the 1st century]]), the story of the [[Prodigal Son]] has become a representation of a backslider.
+'''Backsliding''' is a term used within [[Christianity]] to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre-conversion habits and/or lapses or falls into [[sin]], when a person turns from God to pursue their own desire. In Protestantism, within churches which teach [[Arminianism]], backsliding is a state in which any free willed being can adopt, which is a doctrine rejected by [[Calvinism|Calvinists]]. Historically, backsliding was considered a trait of the [[History of ancient Israel and Judah|Biblical Israel]] which would turn from the [[Abrahamic God]] to follow [[Idolatry|idols]]. In the [[New Testament]] church (see [[Acts of the Apostles]] and [[Christianity in the 1st century]]), the story of the [[Prodigal Son]] has become a representation of a backslider.
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