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Re: Geez, its hard to stomach all of this
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 22 Dec 1998 16:33:19 GMT
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Jeff Stembel writes:
> Tim Courtney writes:
> > In Catholicism. People generally lump Catholicism and Christianity together.
> > They have the same basic history, the same God and hence the same Jesus, but
> > believe other things like worship of Mary, the Pope, etc. I am an • Evangelical
> > Christian (Pentacostal/Charismatic to be precise) who does not believe in the
> > worship of Mary or the authority of the Pope since it is not written in the
> > Bible.
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> People lump them together because Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. If
> you believe that Christ is the son of god (and the rest of the Bible), you are
> a Christian. Most Branches of Christianity formed after the Reformation.
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> Jeff
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> P.S. I don't really want get involved, I'm just pointing out something.
Good point. I was pointing out that it was lumped, and it is confusing to
some non-believers.
And I agree, I will un-involve myself now.
-Tim <><
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| (...) I apologise for not being sufficiently precise. Catholicism is a kind of Christianity. But there are offshoots that feel that they are christian that most christians would not feel actually are. The one that springs to mind the quickest is the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) People lump them together because Catholicism is a branch of Christianity. If you believe that Christ is the son of god (and the rest of the Bible), you are a Christian. Most Branches of Christianity formed after the Reformation. Jeff P.S. I (...) (26 years ago, 22-Dec-98, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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