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Recent content by Duvduv

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    Evangelical Free Church and Evangelical Covenant Church

    These two movements emerged from a movement in Scandinavia of pietism among Lutherans who felt the official Lutheran church was too large. What is the difference between the two denominations, and how did it happen that they emerged in Scandinavian counties? Do they resemble some of the modern...
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    Which Old Testament laws to be observed?

    Unfortunately my opening posting has been diverted into side issues not related to what I asked about in the beginning. I find this very unfortunate. I simply wanted to point out that if Christians adopt into their religion only what they consider to be "moral laws" from the Old Testament, they...
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    Salvation/Justification Questions of Christian Denominations

    It seems to me logically that given the belief in original sin in Christianity starting with Adam and affecting all mankind forever, that it was absolutely necessary that the sacrificial atonement for sins by Jesus on the cross was necessary from the start. It doesn't make any sense for Jesus...
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    Which Old Testament laws to be observed?

    If non-Jews did not need to convert to Judaism, there certainly there was nothing absolutely binding for the Ten Commandments either, since the Ten Commandments were given at Sinai to the Jews. I am not saying that non-Jews could murder or steal, God forbid, but that invoking the Ten...
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    Which Old Testament laws to be observed?

    I intended to point out that if a Christian follows Old Testament commandments then their implementation has to be, at least theoretically, according to the same religious system, not a secular legal system. Obviously governments don't operate according to biblical laws, but at least in theory...
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    Which Old Testament laws to be observed?

    PLEASE read my most recent reply. Thank you.
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    Which Old Testament laws to be observed?

    Unfortunately you weren't following me. I brought the example of murder. There are different degrees of murder in law, intentional, unintentional, with witnesses, without witnesses, manslaughter, etc. But this cannot be adjudicated for punishment without civil laws, so if the ones in Biblical...
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    Which Old Testament laws to be observed?

    People have claimed that Christianity only requires observance of moral laws of the Old Testament, but ritual and civil laws are not relevant. But how can a person observe the Ten Commandments without the laws related to their performance and violation in civil law? For example, what penalties...
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    Salvation/Justification Questions of Christian Denominations

    You don't understand what I meant. I asked a question of theology for which a direct explanation could be provided, but instead I'm offered scriptural verses that don't address my specific question.
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    Saved, but what are the consequences of sin?

    But what if a person CHANGES simply by virtue of the challenges of life and its stresses? Can't I get a practical answer to a practical question?
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    Saved, but what are the consequences of sin?

    But this doesn't answer a simple question. People have all sorts of life challenges that might change their feelings or values. So what are the consequences in this world of being saved but sinning? Or for that matter consequences in the next world?
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    Salvation/Justification Questions of Christian Denominations

    I'll never understand why participants can't go beyond talking points when discussing a theological issue.
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    Salvation/Justification Questions of Christian Denominations

    What happens when people ask about salvation and Jesus? Is it the Catholic Jesus salvation? The Lutheran Jesus salvation? The Calvinist Jesus salvation? The Baptist Jesus salvation? The Mormon Jesus salvation? The Pentecostal Jesus salvation?
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    Salvation/Justification Questions of Christian Denominations

    I'm sorry to say I couldn't follow the first reply that seemed a bit convoluted. All I asked was what punishment is a consequence of sinning? If salvation is guaranteed then sinning along the way isn't much of a bug deal. On the other hand suffering in this life despite moral living is a...
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    Salvation/Justification Questions of Christian Denominations

    Since salvation is subjective, and there is no objective proof of it, how can a sincere believer know which Christian "path" is the right one. If a person can be saved by faith regardless of denominational differences, then what's the point of the different denominations, whether Catholic...