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    Speaking in tongues

    Oops! Mister Emu, I'm sorry, I don't know why in the world I typed "protestant" there. Perhaps I should have typed "some charismatics". Sorry! :o
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    Speaking in tongues

    I agree with Scott. According to those verses, it seems very clear what tongues is supposed to be used for. Do the protestants ignore those few Bible verses? I don't see how it could be interpreted any differently...
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    Speaking in tongues

    Some Christians believe that speaking in tongues is evidence of baptism in the Holy Spirit. I'm interested in knowing what everyones opinion is on this. I have a few questions. (I might come up with more questions later...) 1. Do you believe it's a sign of baptism in the Holy Spirit? Why or...
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    Why so many Christian denominations?

    There seems to be an example right here in this thread of what the topic of this discussion is all about! ;) This stuff even happens within the same church sometimes. Here is a few things that I found from Merle Hertzler, "Does God Speak to us Through His Spirit?"; "There was a time when...
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    Why so many Christian denominations?

    Scott, I think I understand what you're saying. :) But how is anyone supposed to know if they're being tricked by the evil one or not?
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    Why so many Christian denominations?

    Scott, I'm sorry if it seemed like I was picking on Christianity, but I was just trying to point out to OfPeace that Christianity's history is not all peaceful. I never said that ONLY Christianity had a violent history. When you say "That would be true if everyone on the planet was of the...
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    Why so many Christian denominations?

    OfPeace, What part of that do you think is nonsense? There are thousands of different denominations, and yes they do believe they are being guided by the Holy Spirit. They believe this because it says so in the Bible... The Holy Spirit teaches us; John 14:26 - But the Helper, the Holy...
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    Why so many Christian denominations?

    I agree, it probably has something to do with power, but what about all the things they disagree on? Like the Pope, birth control, baptism, nature of Jesus and so on... And also, like Maize said, some denominations don't even consider certain other denominations to be true Christians. Each...
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    Scientists and Christianity...

    A Christian (who doesn't believe in evolution) recently told me that there are scientists who are now admitting that "evolution don't happen", and that there are a lot of scientists who are turning to Christianity and the Bible. Has anyone else heard about this? I thought scientists...
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    Why so many Christian denominations?

    If Christianity is the "one true religion", how can there be so many different denominations, all disagreeing on a lot of different things, and at the same time each one believing they have the correct interpretation of the Bible? If everybody believes they're being guided by the Holy Spirit...
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    Why did Jesus speak in parables?

    Ceridwen018, I posted this already but I'll post it again... Mark 4:10-12 But, when he was in private...the twelve asked him the meaning of the parable. And he said, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to those outside, these things are said in parables, so that...
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    Why did Jesus speak in parables?

    But Jesus himself said that he used parables to intentionally disguise his messages in order to deceive some people so they would not be saved. That's the part of it that I don't like.
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    Adam and Eve, and various takes on that story

    It's not free will, it's an ultimatum. FREE WILL; freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention ULTIMATUM; a final proposition, condition, or demand; especially : one whose rejection will end negotiations and cause a resort to force or...
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    Why did Jesus speak in parables?

    Mark 4:10-12 But, when he was in private...the twelve asked him the meaning of the parable. And he said, "You are permitted to know the secrets of the kingdom of God. But to those outside, these things are said in parables, so that they may see but not perceive, and may hear but not understand...
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    Why did Jesus speak in parables?

    But my question was why did he only want his disciples to understand? Why didn't he want everyone to understand?
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