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Post by robster on May 11, 2005 3:12:25 GMT -5
I havea odd question, Like the title says , How can you have so many churches ? with such a diffrent doctrin? I 'm talking about the so called "main line churches "
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Post by Timothy Newman on May 13, 2005 4:43:14 GMT -5
What mainline churches do you mean? like baptist, catholic, presbiteriean (however it is spelled) methodist?
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Post by robster on May 13, 2005 13:24:56 GMT -5
Tim- The answer is yes. That what I am asking when Jesus made the plan to be saved How is there so many things added to it ?
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Post by Timothy Newman on May 25, 2005 4:49:51 GMT -5
I replied earlier but I forgot to log in and my whole response was lost. so. Some of the different churches come from other churches where some of the members did not agree with everything and they decided to split and start their own church with a little bit different of a doctorine. others are different because some of the bible verses were taken out of content. the person did not do enough research on a particular part of the bible thus a different doctorine. the different versions of the bible also contribute to different doctorine. I know you probably think that I am a king james only person, but I am not. I use the new american standard, its close to king james. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with reading from other versions, but in order to really study the word a person needs to get as close as they can to the original text. was this about what you were asking.
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Post by Anonymous on Jun 24, 2005 13:37:25 GMT -5
How can you get close to the original text when a majority of it has been hidden/destroyed? The bibles we have today are a mere fraction of the scriptures that were written around Jesus time. Research the origins of todays bible and you will see that is true. The Roman Catholic bible (of which many other bibles are based on) was composed close to 1,000 years after Jesus lived, and during that time in Europe paganism was practiced by the majority of the population. The Roman Catholic church was trying to convert all that they could, and even integrated some pagan aspects into the bible to make the transition easier. Not to mention they refused to incorporate some of the most popular scriptures of the time into the bible, and ordered some scriptures to never be used in church and even destroyed. Also many documents were destroyed in holy wars. In the end the reason there are so many "churches" is because we are human, everybody believes in something different to a point. Although the Christian churches have many more "sects" than any other religion, mainly because of the origins of the Catholic bible, and the rapid conversion of people to the Catholic religion.
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Post by dan on Jun 29, 2005 4:10:42 GMT -5
You're right when you say that the reason there are so many churches is because we are human. We all experience life differently, and we all come to God in different ways and in different expressions. I think this is a benefit of the multi-denomination approach. It shows that there are a lot of ways to come to belief in Christ (which goes against the outcry that Christianity is too close-minded, with only -one way-) The denominations, and the scriptures, preach that God meets you where you -are-, not the reverse.
I'll respond to the Bible's origins when I have the time to cite recources (just so you know I'm not making my points up). There's a lot of history involved that is easy to mix up (for instance, did you know that the Roman Catholic Bible -- which includes the Apocrypha and is based on the Vulgate and not the Greek -- is not the bible used at The First Baptist Church of Mt. Healthy?). Bis später
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