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To: Risky-Riskerdo

Are we calling our dog a cat now?

All who hold beliefs in opposition to or different from the Church are by definition heretic. Since you have a compilation of beliefs that conflict with the Church of Christ, you are by definition a heretic.

You may or may not be heretic to your own particular religion; I have no idea. But you are heretic to the Church that Jesus Christ established here on earth. Saying that it isn’t doesn’t make it so. We have the Apostolic Succession; you don’t. If you would tell me the name of your religion, I might be able to tell you who established it and when.

You may call yourself a Christian and be convinced that you are following the exclusive Church of Christ, but by the Bible and other Christian writings, we have proven otherwise. And will probably continue to do so.

You can call the Reformation an attempt to reform the Church, or the Restoration an attempt to restore the Church, but in the end, a man made religion is man made - normally the founders of the thousands of Protestant denominations did so out of ego. Luther did; Zwingli and Smith did; Calvin certainly did; Campbells (pere et fils) did; Mary Baker Eddy did; and so on and so on.

Calling your dog a cat doesn’t make it so.


411 posted on 05/21/2007 9:47:15 AM PDT by MarkBsnr
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To: MarkBsnr; Religion Moderator
Are we calling our dog a cat now?

Purely subjective response.

All who hold beliefs in opposition to or different from the Church are by definition heretic.

We Protestants do not hold beliefs in opposition to or different from the Church. The Roman Catholic religion does. Rome

Since you have a compilation of beliefs that conflict with the Church of Christ, you are by definition a heretic.

As per the Religion Moderator's instruction, I will not engage the persistent attempt to make things personal.

The beliefs I and other Protestants hold are not in conflict with the Church of Christ, they are in conflict with the Roman Catholic religion, which is not the representative of the Church of Christ.

As I said, I will not engage the continued attempts to make this discussion one of a personal nature.

Have a nice day.

415 posted on 05/21/2007 9:55:04 AM PDT by Risky-Riskerdo
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