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Originally Posted by aegsm76
OP2 - the lib split that I was referring to on the forum was the establishment of the Apostolic Identity Forum.
Now let me weigh in with my two cents.
I have too much personal experience with friends and family giving up certain portions of the old landmarks/standards/identity, whatever you want to call it.
In my experience, the first generation is usually ok and they are able to hang on to the basic doctrine, be it either 1-step or 3-step.
However, when you get to the 2nd or 3rd generation, they become like every other religious group out there.
By this I mean that they go to the "sinner's prayer" religion.
To be bluntly honest, I do not totally understand why this happens, but it does.
That is why I have raised my family the way that I have.
Not because I believe that everything I do is a Biblical mandate, but because I want to do the best I can to raise my family to have the same, or better, experience with God than I do.
If others have differing opinions, that's fine.
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Probably one of the main reasons I persist in attending the UPCI church I attend-- when God blesses me with a family, I want them to really know, be known by and be in love with the Lord.
I call many Trinitarians my brothers and sisters in Christ and mean it, but I wouldn't want to raise my family the churches they attend, generally speaking.
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