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It you are "non-sacramental", you are semi-Christian at best. The sacraments instituted by Jesus Christ are a core part of true and complete Christianity, and have been for 2,000 years.
I would not go quite that far, but there are definite Gnostic attitudes at times expressed by such folks. The biggest problem it really removes much of the context that is helpful when it comes to the New Testament, and how to apply it. In short, there is a lot more Jewish stuff in Christianity then what people realize. For many people, it's almost like there was this radical shift that came from such events like Resurrection of Jesus, and the tearing of the temple veil. The tearing of the temple veil was indeed significant, but not to the degree that many people read it to be. Some of my former church folk, seem to believe that with events like that the Church pretty much gave up most of everything of old Judaism, that most of it was purely Dispensational where the Church would be like today's Pentecostals, Vineyard Church folk etc. albeit with beards and robes. That is not a historically accurate perception, but many have it!
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