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Originally Posted by CupCake
Ok lets make this real easy then, is the issue of outward dress taught or believed as salvation, Heaven or hell ! A sign someone is right with God, their sign they have God in them, one of us.
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Taught or believed as salvation, Heaven or hell...where? By whom? Not in my church.
It is certainly not taught as a sign that someone is "right with God", or is one of us.
Its not a simple yes or no, because I'm not the UPCI spokeswoman. I can only speak from my experience, and in my experience the answer is NO, but being the fair-minded individual I am, I have already conceded that your experience is obviously different than mine.
So what are you looking for exactly? I'm just looking for a fair shake, and a nod to my integrity as a Christian, that I wouldn't be dishonest in this conversation. I wouldn't say that my church doesn't teach that, if they really did. *shrug*
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