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Old 03-29-2013, 02:08 PM
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Re: Is Modern Christianity Too Institutional?

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Originally Posted by Dante View Post
There's enough empirical evidence from other noted scholars who have studied Pentecostal groups to indict the Pentecostals as being a religion that relies on communal conformity. I don't have to exhaust myself traveling the nation, when sociologists have already published works from various parts of the country (and the world) that argue my initial point. So...there ya go!

So, in a way, yes, I do have the new ACME spiritual tongues detecto device! Good job, Mr. Watson.
The issue was not 'communal conformity'. It was your assertion of one particular example of it and you know it. All anyone can do is observe that it happens and not why.

So there YOU go. Those people have no way of detecting these actions are spiritually affected. All they can do is observe it happens and make theories as to why.
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