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    Baptism- literal or symbolic

    in hebrews 6:1-2 it gives a list of the basic teachings of christianity, baptizms or washings were on that list, and most people hold that paul wrote that letter, and paul never rebuked anyone for being baptized, all that he said was, were you baptized into the name of paul? no, but into jesus...
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    Did a traumatic experience make you unchurched?

    wow... I don't know what to say... my heart aches after reading all of these stories... I myself was born (again) "out of church", a few christians in my town really had God's heart for me and they taught and taught and taught.... all I can do is praise him... I know that a few of them...
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    Hebrew 6:4-6?

    those are hard verses to swallow... any tips on helping them go down?
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    What is your favorite "Study Bible"?

    New Inductive Study Bible (NASB)-Harvest House Publishers.... by far the best study bible I have seen (it is truly inductive)... it is straight scripture... no chapter titles but lines for you to fill in your own title... its a ladder bible, with all the perks of the NAS.... also at the end...
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    MEGA churches

    yeah, I could never go to one... I need fellowship... well I guess I would disagree with them then... fellowship is needed for a christian.... with out it, there is no body... its like walking down a new york sidewalk... you really don't care who is standing next to you.... they may even have...
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    Baptism- literal or symbolic

    well... I'm very new hear so I will explain my thoughts on it first (it seems alot of these threads have well... a spirit of division... I myself entertained it for a while... in my head I was saying "these people just **** me off, I'm not coming back here I just want to yell at them all for...
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    Baptism- literal or symbolic

    well My brothers and sisters in christ in my hometown, have been discussing baptizm.. And I wanted to know your thoughts on it and scriptures that support them... literal, sybolic, or well... both? and is it necessary for salvation?
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    Protestants and Praying to Saints

    ok to qoute myself "well... I was doing some reading and the saints are in heaven and are interceding for us... " well I cross-referenced saint/alive and saint/intercede and saint/heaven in pretty much every version of the bible there is... and I came up with nothing useful... so going back to...
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    Protestants and Praying to Saints

    well... I was doing some reading and the saints are in heaven and are interceding for us... I wonder how those scriptures are reconciled... anywhoo... I was looking in my updated and complete catechism (the catholic one), on prayer... and i did find something interesting... it might relate...
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    Protestants and Praying to Saints

    scripture? don't get me wrong, I'm all for tradition, I grew up in the catholic church, and I have a certain fondness of the mass... but any good tradition is based on some solid scripture (like mass is, exept for a few things, but thats a different thread)... some new testement stuff...
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    What does Religious Tolerance mean to you Christians?

    tolerance... "live and let live".... well I don't like tolerance that much, I prefer "Love and a let not die" (I wanted somthing more clever... so for my sake pretend I am writting in old english, mabye "loveth and allowith thou not to rest in sheol")
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    Protestants and Praying to Saints

    so... still another question remains... I'll put it a different way what about some new testement scripture supporting prayer to the saints? so you know where my head is at... if the things in the old testement are a type and a shadow of what was to come, if the old testement supports...
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    Protestants and Praying to Saints

    sorry for the double post.... but also... I am 20, I was raised in the catholic church (baptized, confermend).... I went until I was 16, then I was an atheist, then agnostic, then I started reading the bible again... St. Francis, is my favorite historical figure (aside from Jesus of couse), I...
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    Protestants and Praying to Saints

    ok so here is what I'm wondering... I am under the belief that I am a saint, my christian brothers and sisters are saints well heck... christians are saints right? those who are being sanctified, right?... heb12:2 fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith... well... if...
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    Abortion and the Pro Choice; Catholic view point

    soo I didn't come up with this myself... I heard it from a preacher in Minneapolis, and well... he heard it from the holy spirit so... I'll give a paraphrase of what was said ok.... so every one is either pro-life or pro-choice... this division exists even among christians.... what is going on...