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To: atari
It's extremely complex and ranges from the Anglicans and Episcopals who worship much as in the Catholic church all the way to modern Holly Rollers who meet in store-front buildings, eschew so much as a steeple or anything shiny or purple on the alter ... even an alter or a pulpit. Some of em don't even have pastors or reverends.

The schisms of Protestantism began as soon as Luther nailed his treatise on the church door. Christians don't get along with each other or stay true to biblical doctrine any more than the world does. The disciples argued.

To understand the denominations .... the splits within denominations is to understand human bureaucracy. People horde power and don't get along with other people very well.

The main line denominations as in Lutheran, Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist, etc don't really differ all that much. Their churches may look a little different or their worship style may vary but they all adhere to the Nicene Creed.

The different ones are the Pentecostal or 'holy rollers'. They get very involved with what they think are the Gifts of the Spirit and play all sorts of games with healing and silly women passing out in church and laying about the isles. They also like to overdress, get weird hairdos and makeup and get on TV and beg for money so they can save the world through satellite TV.

The other weirdos are the cults who claim to be Christian but are not. These include Mormons and Jehovah's Witness. They have violated the Bible by adding to and subtracting from it and creating cults outside the bounds of Biblical Truth.

Of course this can be said of the Roman Catholic Church to a great extent as well. They adopted Pagan practices early on and corrupted the True Church.

Then we could get into the Black Churches. They mirror most of the schisms of white Protestant churches except they have rhythm.
18 posted on 11/21/2004 3:10:29 PM PST by mercy
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To: mercy; All

>>and corrupted the True Church.

LOL.... When exactly did this happen? Please give me a year.


20 posted on 11/21/2004 3:12:34 PM PST by 1stFreedom
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To: mercy

>> They have violated the Bible by adding to and subtracting from it and creating cults outside the bounds of Biblical Truth

Interesting, seeing as how Luther and other "reformers" took away from the Christian canon of Scripture.


21 posted on 11/21/2004 3:13:32 PM PST by 1stFreedom
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To: mercy
Your# 18.......

It's extremely simple....

........just like all of the different catholic churches,.....it's a question of which one is 'true' ....reigning/empire.....Israel!

All of these 'christian churches' claimed to have replaced national Israel as god's accepted/chosen people.

These churches claim to be the 'New' (reigning/spiritual) Israel.

(It's known as 'Re-placement' theology!)

32 posted on 11/21/2004 3:26:50 PM PST by maestro
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To: mercy

Could you please tell me what Pagan raditions the Roman Catholic Church co-opted? If you are talking about taking Pagan holiday dates and making Christian HOLYDAYS out of the same days, then I will agree....but otherwise, I think you are totally wrong.


35 posted on 11/21/2004 3:34:49 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: mercy

What is the TRUE Church in your eyes? Jesus's Disciples founded the Catholic Church with Jesus' and the Holy Spirit's guidance....so what other Church are you talking about? There was NO Church before Jesus.


38 posted on 11/21/2004 3:36:38 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: mercy
he other weirdos are the cults who claim to be Christian but are not. These include Mormons and Jehovah's Witness. They have violated the Bible by adding to and subtracting from it and creating cults outside the bounds of Biblical Truth.

Well that certainly didn't take very long, now did it?

39 posted on 11/21/2004 3:37:06 PM PST by Pahuanui (When a foolish man hears of the Tao, he laughs out loud)
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To: mercy

LOL!!! I am a bit amused! You seem to be saying that you are comfortable in believing that you know exactly what the original doctrines of Christianity were, as taught in ancient Aramaic, and thus can report which of dozens, if not thousands of denominations are accurate (ie, “true Christians”) and which are not. I’ve assumed that the religious freedom we are so privileged to have includes the right to define the very nature of the God(s) we worship, as well as our relationship to him (or her). Oops!


337 posted on 01/22/2010 4:32:08 AM PST by Lyndi Woodruff
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