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You respect another person's beliefs by acknowledging and respecting them as a person-- which includes their right to believe what they do. For example, I have many atheist friends, whom hold beliefs I find to be HORRIBLY destructive to themselves and those around them. Still, I acknowledge...

JJ, I 100% respect everyone's beliefs (or lack thereof), because such beliefs are an extension of that person. I may think "Mike's" beliefs (or lack thereof) are nonsensical or even harmful, but I will still respect Mike and his right to believe whatever. Are you willing to likewise respect...

People treat me that exact same way, and regularly worse. When somebody is trolling that way, just walk away. Don't jump in the mud pit to "defend" yourself from the pigs, that only gets you filthy and the pigs a playmate. The Christ-like thing to do is to just walk away. Online you can...

These are two very different questions. The Church of God has been on the Earth as long as there have been people on the Earth, and pre-dates even that. When the New Covenant started would be transition after Christ's death/resurrection/ascension through when the original Apostles teaching...

Let me sum up this entire thread: You (the anti-infant baptizer) will say that there's no scriptural support for it and use verses ABC to support your position. A pro-infant baptizer will say that there's scriptural support for it and use verses XYZ to support their position. You will say...

Sadly, people assuming that they know who 'Mike' is and what he believes is one of the common downfalls of human beings, regardless of what group Mike or the assumer is from.

It is not a church leader's job to spy on you. Rather, to help you through the repentance process, which sometimes does involve some discipline.

May God ever be with you @historyb

That is totally unrelated to your thread title. And again, let's not have denomination-bashing thread #293523

Speaking personally: I do visit this site regularly (way more regularly than is probably healthy), but I don't post as much as I used to. If there is a new/good conversation that interests me, I happily join in. I do want to be here, to fellowship, and contribute. But I'll also admit that if...

Sometimes formal discipline is needed, and a church should be able/willing to institute it. The specifics of who/when/how vary, but all of the dozens of denominations I have visited have had some system in place, even though they rarely came into play. No duh. Let us not turn this into...

I don't need to specifically know you: there are ZERO sola scriptura Christians in existence. Even the Bible you hold in your hands is not defined by scriptura, but by outside tradition. You read it through lens of tradition. You recite creeds of tradition. Etc. This applies to EVERY...

Neither do you, or any other Christian. I'm just open about that fact.

Not a single Christian group/person is truly sola scriptura. Every one includes other sources of authority/tradition, even down to what defines scripture cannon. So trying to complain a group is not sola scriptura doesn't hold a lot of weight.

Except that CI never cites sources which A) Are actual real sources (vs citing a completely non authoritative document) and B) Actually support the claim he's making. Frequently the sources and him aren't even talking about the same subject I"m a person who have visited and studied dozens &...

No. Plain and simple.

Completely!

Long before you even comprehended it: God loved you, He urged you to come to Him, sent His Son to die for you, and has been there for you. I hesitate to answer the "God choose us" part of this though, because it has a big Calvinist vibe to it, which I don't agree with. God has loved, urged...

FWIW: there are folks on here that can disagree with a person without being a disagreeable jerk in the process. Speaking personally: I have some MAJOR problems with JW theology, having done a through investigation (spending months visiting congregations, chatting with people, reading firsthand...

Great thread! I'm a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I love studying faith, having an active relationship with God, and serving/understanding others. My hobbies include learning about what other people believe, and hence hearing all sorts of praises to God and coming...