20-02-2003 00:11									#1
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Do you perceive a real difference in christian denominations?

like one being better form of christianity?

I am not sure if I am explaining right

Jon Miller

	20-02-2003 00:18									#2
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I dont like the Catholic (also Shiate muslim) heirarchy... the protestant (and interestingly enough Sunni muslim) idea of a community of believers who are all basically priests is better


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	20-02-2003 00:30									#3
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Denominations are silly, IMHO.

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yes, there are big differences. ELCA, Evangelical Luthern Church of America, is much more liberal than the Missouri and Wisconsin Synod of Luthernism. And this is just in luthernism. Take into account that you have pentacostals(make christianity look like a wacky extravaganza), methodists, baptists, mennonites and Catholics, there are gonna be diffrences in superflous ideology and church structure.

i personally think that catholics are ass backwards because of the way the church is organized.also it seems very impersonal, i went to a catholic funeral and man, it was a ****ing "god this" and "god that" festival. he talked about the deceased for like 10 minutes throughout the entire hour. it made him seem even more dead.

and at the other end of the spectrum i think that the way that many baptists and pentacostals spread the good word trivializes it. I dont need to have jesus rubbed in my face constantly. i also disagree with the emphasis that many of them place on revelations. john of patmos was a kook, and revelations doesnt serve any good purpose as to help our fellow man.

	20-02-2003 00:38									#5
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To be a pedant, catholicism, orthodox, etc. are not denominations.

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Not a Christian. I'm more Taoist than anything.

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quote: Originally posted by DanS To be a pedant, catholicism, orthodox, etc. are not denominations.

well

yah

but I didn't want to only include protestants

Jon Miller

	20-02-2003 02:16									#8
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Good poll John Miller.

All denominations, by definition, will have differences either doctrinally or traditionally. However, I have a hard time pronouncing some 'traditions' as better than others.

I will say that doctrinally, my church is the best, otherwise I would have joined another church. Traditionally, there should be a variety, representing what people feel most confortable with.

All Christians should get a feel for other churches as well as your own, because it becomes more clear what is the essential part of Christian faith, what all the Christian churches have in common.

Should there be differences between Christian churches in doctrine? Most of these differences, particularly between Catholics and Protestants have a longstanding history. In a perfect world, there would be no essential differences, but this world is not quite right.

quote: i personally think that catholics are ass backwards because of the way the church is organized.

MRT144:
Look at the mess the Anglican and the United churches are in because of lax church organisation. While the Catholic church may seem backwards, this discipline helps keep the congregations worldwide on the straight and narrow.

	20-02-2003 02:23									#9
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unfortunately, the catholic heirarchy also stifles reform.

as evidenced by the boston archdiocese. the "voice of the faithful" organization, a laypeople's group, had a very difficult time trying to even get an audience.

'course, that's also cause cardinal law was bad, but.

on the whole, though, i have no beef with the catholic church. i was baptized and raised in it, after all.

	20-02-2003 02:25									#10
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I'm a life-long Methodist.
For the most part, Methodists are lenient in thought; much moreso than Baptists.
They're not drunkards like Catholics though.

	20-02-2003 02:32									#11
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quote: 'course, that's also cause cardinal law was bad

'Nuff said. This would have been the source of most of that diocese's problems.

	20-02-2003 03:22									#12
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I'm technically a congregationalist - although a couple of my views stray from the church line... Luckily, unlike catholicism, people don't hassle me about having my own 'interpretation'.

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So you and your friends just stand around on the corner and congregate?

	20-02-2003 03:31									#14
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quote: Luckily, unlike catholicism, people don't hassle me about having my own 'interpretation'.

monolith94:
What do Congregationalists believe? What makes them distinct from other Christian denominations?

	20-02-2003 03:39									#15
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What do methodists, baptists, mennonites, shakers, quakers, pentacoastals, Anglicans, seventh day adventists, christian scientists and mennonites believe?

	20-02-2003 03:40									#16
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And the mennonites. What do they believe?

	20-02-2003 03:55									#17
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http://www.religioustolerance.org/var_rel.htm




My church.
http://www.arapaho-umc.org/

	20-02-2003 04:01									#18
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Well, if you really want to know.

A good summary is to look at the sermon on the mount, and to interpret this literally.

We are the same as the Baptists except for two points:

1. We interpret 'turn the other cheek,' as to not kill other people regardless of the reason. You may kill someone accidentally in self-defense, but we believe there will be a peaceful solution to most conflicts. In the case of national conscription we allow members to participate in non-combat service.

2. Swearing oaths. 'Let your yes be yes and your no be no.' Mennonites place a large emphasis on truthtelling, moreso than the Baptists.

3. Conservative mennonites require headscarves to be worn by women, and sometimes traditional dress. I belong to a more liberal mennonite church, which does not require this, partially due to the fact our congregation has a variety of national backgrounds, unlike more conservative congregations.

Our name comes from the founder, Menno Simons. He was a radical Christian for his time in the Netherlands because of the combination of pacifism and believers' baptism. The established Protestants, Lutherans, Reformers and Anglicans along with the Catholic Church all practiced infant baptism. They would burn Mennonites for the heresy of 're-baptising' those baptised as infants.

	20-02-2003 04:05									#19
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"Mennonites place a large emphasis on truthtelling, moreso than the Baptists."

I see that they're more judgemental also.

	20-02-2003 04:07									#20
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Damn, you've got me thinking of that Pioneers song now.

You keep telling me yeah, babe, but you don't mean it
You keep telling me no and try to lean it

	20-02-2003 04:09									#21
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quote: I see that they're more judgemental also.

Baptists don't need to be reminded as much as Mennonites.

	20-02-2003 04:52									#22
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"What do Congregationalists believe? What makes them distinct from other Christian denominations?"
We're basically a bunch of touchy-feely, lovey-dovey, liberal protestants. We also have the term congregation because we do, indeed, congregate. Our church is very much a community-based thing. We vote on stuff.

	20-02-2003 04:57									#23
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I'd like to take a missionary trip, except the damned savages would probably eat me for spite.

	20-02-2003 05:49									#24
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quote: What do methodists,

Not much different from Episcopalians except less Catholicish

quote: baptists,

Generally think the Bible is inerrant.

quote: mennonites,

Amish lite

quote: shakers,

No sex

quote: quakers,

Peacenik weenies

quote: pentacoastals,

Tongues

quote: Anglicans,

Catholic lite

quote: seventh day adventists,

Church on saturday

quote: christian scientists

Disease is from the devil

	20-02-2003 05:53									#25
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Christian Scientists believe in no medication.

	20-02-2003 06:39									#26
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Hard to tell...I've met some awfully strict and preaching protestants according to whom I'm going to hell just for disagreeing with them, but also some rather reasonable and tolerant catholics. And vice versa too, I suppose...

In the end, apparently differences depend much more on the individuals themselves than the specific church they belong to.

	20-02-2003 07:06									#27
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atheist...

	20-02-2003 07:12									#28
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quote: Originally posted by MRT144 Take into account that you have pentacostals(make christianity look like a wacky extravaganza)

This sounds like fun.

	20-02-2003 07:17									#29
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they all pretty much suck.

I am a member of the native american church. Guess what that allows me to do?

	20-02-2003 08:38									#30
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I'm in the midst of trying to find a Christian denomination in which I can actively affirm my belief in God and Jesus, without compromising part of who I am.

There is a church of the Episcopal denomination that I went to for the first time last week, and I probably will go again, and try to decide if I'm ready to be actively faithful in my beliefs.

The Episcopal denomination recognizes the human dignity of homosexuals.

But I have not decided yet, if this is where I want to go.