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It is possible for things to change, you know. It is possible that 10 or 15 years ago things were different than they are now.
Your experiences as a teenager or member of the UPCI may be different than what young people and young families are experiencing now. I am not saying that you're not telling the truth; however, show me the same courtesy. I'm not lying either. It is possible for both sides to exist.
Look up the word: Dichotomy.
It is obvious that there is a faction of the UPCI that is death on television usage, and probably have the same staunch stance on standards. However, I have to say "probably", because I haven't actually attended their churches and heard them preach so I can't say for sure. The ones I've attended, and whose pastors/ministers I've actually heard preach have not preached heaven or hell standards.
Again, I'm just saying that my experience has been different than yours. I really don't understand why that's difficult for you to comprehend. My negative experiences have been with members of the AMF (whatever the name is now), and Independent churches.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
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