One of the defense positions of false religions is claiming “victim-hood” from those who call them out, even that is often ‘masked’ by repeatedly attempting to associate themselves and their position with mainline Christianity......in one breath claiming they are the only true church and doctrines of, in the next breath making claims there is no difference, especially when those very differences have been clearly pointed out.
Counterfeit Christianity, such as UCG, Mormonism, Scientology, New Age Spirituality, always presents itself as "like" in its beliefs and behavior.....that's what they are.."counterfeits"......
In my opinion you’re being very unfair, here.
I’ve observed commentary from DouglasKC and occasionally interacted for some time on FR. He knows his Bible and does not err in his understanding of matters pertaining to salvation, not that I’ve seen.
His understanding of other Biblical matters is at times at variance with mine and it appears that he does not accept as doctrine some beliefs that most Christians do accept as doctrine. These areas, however, fall under Christian liberty as I’ve been taught to understand and continue to understand.
Can you show where it’s forbidden to observe holy days and feast days because they’re Jewish and not Christian? I’ve read the Bible through more times than I could recall for going on forty years, was even tested upon memorizing it while in a Baptist school for several years as a child, and I just do not see it.
I’m going to throw out an analogy that I hope will be helpful in settling this controversy between Christians: as a teen, your parents or guardians likely required you to be home by a certain time, let’s say 10 PM. As you grew into adulthood and the age of accountability, there likely came a point when that requirement was no longer. Did this mean you were forbidden to come home before 10 PM? Did this mean that there was no longer any benefit to be derived from doing so?
No, it didn’t mean those things, not at all. It meant you were no longer required, that you yourself were accountable for any consequences. You were given a freedom. That freedom was not to be abused, though.