re: Does Satanism exist without Christianity?

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You’re not really interested in one. You have your own very narrow-minded religious beliefs.

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There is some sort of irony that the first place anyone ever argued with me that Mormonism was Christian was this very board, 11 years ago.

In a comic twist, to defend Mitt Romney and promote him as the future of the Republican Party

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So did Pentecostalism and what we consider modern Baptism, along with a slew of other sects of Christianity during the Revival period.

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What scriptures do the Pentecostals or Baptists add as authoritative texts to the Canon?

Also, Pentecostals and Baptists use Scriptural ideas as the basis for their theology. I can disagree with parts of their theology while understanding their Scriptural basis for it.

My learned Classical Civilization professor at the University of Missouri and my very pagan Biblical Studies professor both referred to Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Seventh Day Adventists as para-Christian sects.

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You’re such a bitch.

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It has to suck to absolutely get demolished by me in every thread. Bitch.

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Yes.

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They do not believe that Jesus was with God for all eternity, but instead, believe he was one of many created beings that attained God status. They believe we too have the ability to become Gods and inhabit and populate our own planets.
Their beliefs about Jesus are closer to the beliefs of Buddhism and their belief in Ascended Masters

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What scriptures do the Pentecostals or Baptists add as authoritative texts to the Canon?

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So Greek Orthodox? Does it have the same canon as Southern Baptists? Catholicism? Coptic?

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It has to suck to absolutely get demolished by me in every thread. Bitch.

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The smartest guy in every room! Are you ready for your Monday morning admin meeting tomorrow?

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So Greek Orthodox? Does it have the same canon as Southern Baptists? Catholicism? Coptic?

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The inclusion or exclusion of 2 Esdras in the Canon is in no way similar to the inclusion of a book written by a guy in the mid 1800s purporting to have been translated from Reformed Egyptian and claiming to hold the truth over and above all other writings before or since.

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Read about Joseph Smith’s life and how he found the golden tablets, met the Angel Moroni, had special glasses to translate the golden tablets, etc. Then come back and tell me how any of it is Christian.

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What defines being Christian?

The other poster asked a specific question. I answered. You incorrectly responded, and are talking about other variables unrelated to his question.

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The inclusion or exclusion of 2 Esdras in the Canon is in no way similar to the inclusion of a book written by a guy in the mid 1800s purporting to have been translated from Reformed Egyptian and claiming to hold the truth over and above all other writings before or since.

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Glad to see you're moving the goalposts mid-thread.

So different canon is OK when you say it is, but isn't OK when you say it isn't. Very applicable commentary to the larger discussion. Much consistent.

You’re talking about you things you don’t understand. Someone has to point it out.

Would you like to take a shot at defining Christology? For bonus points, delineate the variations in Christology between the later revivalist sects versus Catholicism.