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Post by Shiv on Sept 27, 2009 23:14:42 GMT -5
Funny part is that I don't even call myself anything but a theist
But I still know that the answers are somewhere, I just don't have them myself spewing from my own self-righteous logic
Which is why I don't get anywhere near apologetics
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Post by Maarten on Sept 28, 2009 9:53:14 GMT -5
Isn't saying your a non-denominationist just a fancy way of not association yourself with any denomination, thus just saying your a theïst? If you just call yourself a theïst, you are now, in my head, a non-denominationalist, who doesn't waste his time on wining about how bad denominations are.
That I call myself a non-denominationalist doesn't mean I don't listen to anybody. It just means I listen to the people, rather than to the doctrine.
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Post by Shiv on Sept 28, 2009 15:07:26 GMT -5
Dude, I'm not even a Christian
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Post by notavailable on Sept 28, 2009 15:14:17 GMT -5
He just believes in most of the basic tenants of what we call Christianity without associating himself with a denomination (and in the case non-denominational counts as a denomination).
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Post by Shiv on Sept 28, 2009 15:28:15 GMT -5
He just believes in most of the basic tenants of what we call Christianity without associating himself with a denomination (and in the case non-denominational counts as a denomination). Not even At this point I'm being drawn to it, but it hasn't come to convince me yet It's such a complex issue that it's pointless for me to sum it up with one description
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Post by notavailable on Sept 28, 2009 15:35:58 GMT -5
Gotcha.
Well as my friend once put it, "the church f**ked me over without even giving me a friendly reach-around".
nuff said for me.
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Post by Shiv on Sept 28, 2009 15:52:49 GMT -5
The only institutions I have problems with are the protestant ones
It's the people who keep me from being convinced
Liturgies, masses and ceremonies can be beautiful and captivating
Protestant worship is just half-hearted, forced, pathetic and embarassing
I find it to be more blasphemous than Deathspell Omega
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Post by clareabel on Sept 28, 2009 17:04:21 GMT -5
I'm still struggling to remember a definition of Protestantism different to my own.
I feel the same about many of the churches of that type. This is possibly why I enjoy more traditional services- they are actually in many ways easier to glorify God through than a so-called free church, as they're often just so off the mark.
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Post by Scott on Sept 28, 2009 18:22:35 GMT -5
Liturgies, masses and ceremonies can be beautiful and captivating Protestant worship is just half-hearted, forced, pathetic and embarassing I find it to be more blasphemous than Deathspell Omega Whatever dude, you can't worship God with rituals. - Every American Protestant ever.
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Post by Van Zan on Sept 28, 2009 20:17:26 GMT -5
You retards. Everybodies a theist. If you believe in a god, you're a theist. If you believe in one ultimate essential God, you're a monotheist. (Pretty sure shiv falls here, but maybe not). Then you're lumped in with Christians, Muslims, Jews, and some others, even some primitive cultures practice it. f**k!
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Post by conner on Sept 28, 2009 21:14:40 GMT -5
This is a big deal you guys.
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Post by Van Zan on Sept 28, 2009 21:47:39 GMT -5
As totally demonstrated by my serious tone and rhetoric. I'm witty on the interwebs you guys.
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Post by conner on Sept 28, 2009 22:45:18 GMT -5
BACKPEDAL FASTER BRO
*feels so cool*
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Post by sayallowedaloud on Sept 28, 2009 23:44:12 GMT -5
This is possibly why I enjoy more traditional services- they are actually in many ways easier to glorify God through than a so-called free church, as they're often just so off the mark. How is that any different than a Protestant saying that their church is easier to glorify god than the traditional ones and that tradition is so off the mark??? Or am I totally out of context??? <3
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Post by Shiv on Sept 28, 2009 23:50:24 GMT -5
What the f**k did you just try and say?
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