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Which denominations have you spotted on this forum?
August 7, 2017 at 11:18 pm
Really there doesn't seem to be a variety of Christian denominations that are coming here. From what I've observed there are Catholics, Baptists, some sort of protestant and non-denominational. I mean there are certainly people here that are better at spotting them.
I'm asking this because it seems that most of denominations are rather secluded about going out of their inner circle. I mean certainly there are no Evangelists or if there were are they those that quickly get banned because of their aggressive attempts of conversions by sending PMs? Or Mormons or not to mention Jehovah's Witnesses. For instance sometimes people from the Orthodox Christianities come by but they don't last since they lose interest.
I mean even on Christian forums is there bigger variety of denominations? Because I can't imagine they all get along even on Christian forums.
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RE: Which denominations have you spotted on this forum?
August 7, 2017 at 11:42 pm
CL, Lek, and the fresh out of the oven pabsta are Catholic
Wooters is a Swedenborgian/Catholic Voltron
GC is Southern Baptist (I believe)
Not sure about RR, Steve, or Huggy... Protestant?
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RE: Which denominations have you spotted on this forum?
August 8, 2017 at 12:48 am
Still, a great variety of Scripture cherry pickers, slackers and heretics and apostates of all stripes it seems.
Even with a diverse sampling of all the shades of Christianity, I fear a proselyte of the One True Faith will still fail to log on here.
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RE: Which denominations have you spotted on this forum?
August 8, 2017 at 9:14 am
I'm a former Lutheran (Missouri Synod, fwiw.) Not sure if that means anything, since I don't believe anymore, though.
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RE: Which denominations have you spotted on this forum?
August 8, 2017 at 9:20 am
(August 8, 2017 at 9:14 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: I'm a former Lutheran (Missouri Synod, fwiw.) Not sure if that means anything, since I don't believe anymore, though.
Even the pious Lutherans are backing off of some of Luther's stuff.
Yet they don't asterisk their signage . . . .
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RE: Which denominations have you spotted on this forum?
August 8, 2017 at 9:25 am
(August 8, 2017 at 9:20 am)vorlon13 Wrote: (August 8, 2017 at 9:14 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: I'm a former Lutheran (Missouri Synod, fwiw.) Not sure if that means anything, since I don't believe anymore, though.
Even the pious Lutherans are backing off of some of Luther's stuff.
Yet they don't asterisk their signage . . . .
From my understanding, it's mostly his rabid anti-semitism. That said, given his decision to stand up to the Catholic Church almost 500 years ago, back when it was both really corrupt AND the religious juggernaut of Europe, it makes sense that people would still admire him.
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RE: Which denominations have you spotted on this forum?
August 8, 2017 at 9:38 am
You have your penny, your nickle, your dime, your quarter. You have your 50 cent pieces, and even Presidential and Susan B dollars. Then you have the 1 and 5 and 20 and 50 and 100 dollar bills. But to be honest, I have not seen anyone post pictures of those denominations yet.
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RE: Which denominations have you spotted on this forum?
August 8, 2017 at 9:44 am
When I was a Christian, as a little kid, I went to church in a YMCA. Not sure if the Y just hosted the church or whether it runs its own denomination.
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RE: Which denominations have you spotted on this forum?
August 8, 2017 at 1:34 pm
(August 8, 2017 at 9:25 am)Rev. Rye Wrote: (August 8, 2017 at 9:20 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Even the pious Lutherans are backing off of some of Luther's stuff.
Yet they don't asterisk their signage . . . .
From my understanding, it's mostly his rabid anti-semitism. That said, given his decision to stand up to the Catholic Church almost 500 years ago, back when it was both really corrupt AND the religious juggernaut of Europe, it makes sense that people would still admire him.
Still, for the current Lutheran hierarchy to back off any morsel from the founders pen might raise doubts about what else Luther was wrong about.
See how that works ??
The Mormon's insist on having it both ways; they maintain (with a straight face and everything) that they've never changed anything, yet Mormonism has clearly evolved, and evolved a great deal, since it was founded. If all but literally beat over the head with evidence that they have changed things, the most that will be admitted to is they've either updated the grammar, clarified something that people found confusing (now it's YOUR* fault!!) or they have made no substantive changes.
*I love that one, caught red handed changing essential and intrinsic church dogma and it hasn't been changed in meaning, YOU are stupid and we had to rewrite it so YOU could comprehend it. The quintessence of Mormonism !!
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RE: Which denominations have you spotted on this forum?
August 8, 2017 at 6:32 pm
(This post was last modified: August 8, 2017 at 6:34 pm by Rev. Rye.)
Still, most religions change and don't acknowledge it. I can remember going to a Catholic high school, and we were once taught about the subject of divorce, how, in the Gospels, Christ said it was okay for a man to divorce his wife if she was unfaithful, and then in the thirteenth century or so (or perhaps earlier), the Church decided it was not acceptable under any circumstances. The teacher (an otherwise fairly intelligent man) did not see any contradiction between "maybe in some circumstances" and "never ever ever."
That said, given that the 1800s were a far more literate time than the first century AD, it's obvious that the shifts in Mormon thought would be a lot more obvious.
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