yolland
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Basstrap was referring to mass killings which were reputedly directly ordered by God.
I am bewildered at the ignorance of Pentecostals today concerning this issue of speaking in tongues.
I think when we are killing human beings, we can call it a war.
I am not a denomination.
Was it looked down on to not be able to do it?
I have friends and family members who are traditional Protestants. Methodist, Lutheran, etc. and they have no problems what so ever with Catholics or any other faith. I think it was just what my ex neighbor was taught in the Pentecostal church.
I'm not sure it's fair to make protestantism in general answer for the WBC--they're really soooooo out there; there's probably some televangelist who would make a better example. There are self-identified "charismatic Catholics," I've encountered a couple of them, who are often linked with Opus Dei and, in fact, practice speaking in tongues, "spiritual healing" and so on. But I think, in general, you're right that the highly centralized nature of the Catholic Church keeps "fringe" activity at a minimum (though perhaps at the cost of enabling more pervasive institutional corruption in other ways).In protestant denominations in general you get more of this kind of thing; this may be because they have no central authority to determine dogma. You generally don't find fringe churches like the Westboro Baptists in Catholicism. Do you?
I was raised Catholic and now consider myself more agnostic, but I had no idea that Catholicism was so reviled by other Christian denominations. No idea. This comes as a surprise to me.
Which denominations, in your view, would not fall under "false teachings?"
Historical Baptists teachings and views.
Historical Baptists teachings and views.
One word, freedom.
One word, freedom.
Ah yes written by the same man who gave us this delightful insight into hell.... Hell Inside The Earth -by David J. Stewart
'Can you imagine how hot Gene Simmons' hell will be if he dies in his sins?'
I can just imagine God shouting, 'Right everyone let's put a few more logs on the fire Gene Simmons is coming!'
My point here is that it is a false teaching.
So the one denomination that is right, just happens to be the one you were raised in? Well that's convenient...
So how are Baptist more free than say Methodists? It's funny that you mention freedom when part of the reason for the Baptist split in America was based on Southern Baptists not condoning slavery.
Pretty bold statements for a denomination that's only 400 years old.
So you want us to read about the Baptist from a Baptist website, but they're almost as biased as you.