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Even just identifying as a child of God will not necessarily communicate everything that you want it to communicate, especially if you have different beliefs than other people who identify as a child of God. Denominational labels are again just useful tools to help quickly communicate information about what we believe.
That's how it suppose to work, but often times it can be a stumbling block as well because even if you're affiliated with a denomination, not everyone agrees with the affiliation they are in. For example, not every Pentecostal believes in tongues, and not every 7th day Adventist treats the Sabbath as a day of rest. Although it's a quick tool, with the 100s of denominations within Christianity, and tryna figure yourself out on which best identifies your stance, I don't see the need of it. I find personally more of the dark side of it, where my assumption on their stance on certain things on the Bible based off of an affiliation, would at times cloud the fact that they are still my brother and sister in Christ who follow the Word.
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