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Month: July 2024

Hello again!

Hello again!

Many folks who have followed my online presence over the years may recall that I once maintained a blog and collection of resources as part of the Highland HomePage. After a series of changes of webhosts, as well as a change in the underlying architecture for my huge genealogy database, I discontinued blogging. Well, I’m back!!! Unfortunately due to all the transitions among host providers, I was unable to save or retrieve several years of postings (thanks especially to Google”s…

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The “No-Heller” Baptists of Appalachia

The “No-Heller” Baptists of Appalachia

How many of you have heard of the “no-hellers” of Cental Appalachia? They were a small subset of Primitive Baptist “universalists” who firmly believed that a loving Creator would not separate anyone from ultimate reunion with the Creator. Instead, they believe that “hell” consists in the disordered mortal life of sinners, who after death would be reconciled into a unity of all humanity.The no-heller movement was, and is, centered primarily within a single cohesive group — the Three Forks of…

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