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To: andysandmikesmom; Marysecretary
they think salvation is found only within their own particular ‘church’....

But the Word of God says:

"And they said, 'Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you shall be saved, you and your household.' And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house. And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household." (Acts 16:31-34).

I am the way (highway) and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."-John 14:6

The "church" is the believers of Christ; not a building.

196 posted on 02/22/2008 4:13:43 PM PST by nicmarlo (A vote for McRino is a false mandate for McShamnesty)
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To: nicmarlo

Oh, please, we all know that we are not talking about a ‘building”....the word “church” also indicates a body if believers in a particular faith...stop getting all hung up on semantics... we all know, that Catholics(those who believe and follow the Catholic religion, and therefore consider themselves to be the the Catholic ‘church’(a body of believers), believe they are following the true Christian religion, Baptists believe that they are following the true Christian religion, Methodists believe they are following the true Christian religion and so on and so forth...

And each religion has its own little peculiarities, for want of a better word to use...I do not use this word ‘peculiarity’ in any sort of a demeaning manner...I use it to indicate a belief that a particular religion may embrace, which is not embraced by other religions...Catholics believe in transubstantiation, most other Christian religions do not...Many religions ‘preach’ that the earth is just 6000 years old, many other religions, find this claim ridiculous...some churches actually believe saved believers must handle snakes to prove their worthiness...now most ‘churches’ find this ridiculous, but those who handle snakes believe that those of us who dont, are risking our salvation...

We can all read the Bible, we can all study various religions, we can all come to our best understanding of what the Bible says...and as we go about this, there will be arguments and disagreements...your opinion applies to you, but it does not apply to me, or anyone else...

You may not think that Mormons are Christians, as you have come to define what that may mean...others are free to disagree with you and they do...


213 posted on 02/22/2008 4:27:48 PM PST by andysandmikesmom
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