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Originally Posted by Hoovie
Part of the statistical problem might be that the Pentecostals may not claim someone if they only attend church twice a year while the mainstream churches might still consider them members...
Pentecostals do appear to have very high rates of mental disorders. Of course, it does not mean Pentecostal churches create the disorders... it may mean the opposite, actually. Perhaps people with such disorders find the most help at Pentecostal Churches. Or perhaps Pentecostal evangelism is more aggressive into ALL people regardless of mental state.
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Ok, you hit on something in this post that is absolutely true. In a baptist church you may have hundreds or even thousands of people who attend and say they go to that church but have absolutely no fruits of the spirit. They go because it is the cool place to be in town or because of tradition. I have noticed that people on this thread have mentioned how they drank and fornicated with their "catholic" or "lutheran" friends. I wonder if we are really getting the whole truth. I know a plenty of pentecostals who have been fornicating and do just as many sins as the heathen.
Just because a person attends a church doesn't make them a true christian.