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Submitted by Dakota on 2002-08-28 14:25:02, Wednesday
In reply to Question for Huckleberry and Dakota submitted by drew on 2002-08-25 19:04:03, Sunday
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I re-read this post and realized I was mistaking Drew for Drifter. That's why I answered as I did. I thought Drew was the one who was earlier posting about how he had changed his mind on the propriety of man/boy sexual contact. Sorry for the confusion. To answer Drew's question, when I said I was non-denominational, I didn't mean I wasn't Christian. I meant that I don't follow a specific denomination's set of standards and beliefs, such as Baptists, Methodists, Catholics, Protestants, Presbeterian, Pentacostal, etc. I think denominations sometimes get bogged down in minor matters that have no way of being proven one way or the other, such as is it ok to dance, play cards, gamble, watch R rated movies, watch any movies, work on Sunday, etc. Will the rapture occur before the tribulation, after, during? Are we once saved always saved, or can we lose our salvation? The list goes on forever. I'm sure many of you have definate beliefs in these areas, and I do too on some of them. But I think there is enough to deal with in the main focus of Christianity that we often get sidetracked on minor matters. When I said I didn't think any denomination was the ultimate truth, I didn't mean there WAS no ultimate truth. I just meant I doubt that any one denomunation is exactly right on everything. So everyone must be at least a little wrong in some things. And I've never been the kind of person to follow anything just because someone said so, unless that someone is God. I take everyone's beliefs and reasonings into consideration and after prayer and Bible study, I make up my own mind as to what I think is right and wrong. So while I'm sure I also must be wrong in some minor beliefs, I would rather be wrong from what *I* earnestly think God is saying, than what someone else does. Dakota |
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