[paladin1_dcs]

I’ve got to ask, do you realize that we Protestants don’t have a single, unified doctrine handed down by man like you Roman Catholics do?

Furthermore, do you even realize that there are those who are not Roman Catholic or Orthodox, but neither are we Protestant either?

Freewill Baptists, for one, aren’t descended from Protestant lines, we’re closer to Pentacostals and other Armenian lines. Southern Baptists, on the other hand, are closer to the mainstream Protestant lines due to their Calvinistic bent. That being said, neither one of them would accept female pastors, marry homosexuals or endorse abortion.

If you’re going to speak to us about the “sins” of our denominations, at least have the intellectual honesty to get our beliefs right.

[Titanites]

I’ve got to ask, do you realize that we Protestants don’t have a single, unified doctrine

Yes, I realize it and it's a contradiction of Scripture:

Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and [that] there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 1 Cor 1:10

If you’re going to speak to us about the “sins” of our denominations, at least have the intellectual honesty to get our beliefs right.

Go back through my posts. I never mentioned "sins" of other denomimations. I mentioned changing Protestant doctrine in response to an accusation of taking the Living Word way too lightly. Please try to keep the discussion straight in your head.

Do you deny there are Protestant denominations who accept female ordination, homosexual marriage. They don't consider it a sin. Have a look at this chart for example:

	Denomination	Ordains Women	Abortion	Homo- sexuality	Scripture	Trinity	Salvation by Grace
1	American Baptist	1964		2000
2	Anglican	1974
3	Christian Science	1881				Denies	Denies
4	Church of England	1992
5	Church of the Nazarene	1908
6	Disciples of Christ	1888
7	Episcopal Church	1976	1973	1996
8	Evangelical Lutheran Church	1970	1991	2006
9	First Congregational Church	1853
10	Foursquare	1927
11	Free Methodist
12	National Baptist convention	1895
13	Presbyterian Church USA	1930 -elder 1956 - Minister	1973	1987
14	Salvation Army	1865, 1870
15	Unitarian Universalist Association	1863	1973	1980
16	United Church of Canada	1936	1990?	1988
17	United Church of Christ			2005
18	United Presbyterian Church	1955	1973	Against
19	United Methodist Church	1956	1973
20	Universalist Church of America	1863
21	Wesleyan Methodist Church	1856