One of my blogs found its way to spiritualabuse.or

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Originally Posted by Sabby

Does the administrator believe this is a UPC point of view? Maybe an email would be in order.
I have heard this explanation of water baptism given before but never in the context of UPC doctrine.

It seems the website is trying to pigeonhole the belief into a UPC belief, and not showing there's likely more people outside the UPC that believe that than the constituency of the UPC. But by saying it is UPC they are trying to say it is minimal and cultic . Can't say that when people who outnumber the UPC believe it too. By pinning it to an organization it's like pining it to a cult leader, or something like the JW's..

[Disciple4life]

Originally Posted by mfblume

It seems the website is trying to pigeonhole the belief into a UPC belief, and not showing there's likely more people outside the UPC that believe that than the constituency of the UPC. But by saying it is UPC they are trying to say it is minimal and cultic . Can't say that when people who outnumber the UPC believe it too. By pinning it to an organization it's like pining it to a cult leader, or something like the JW's..

I get what you are saying Mike, but I have never met a Oneness Pentecostal that was not going to a UPC church. Not until I came to AFF.

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Originally Posted by Disciple4life

I get what you are saying Mike, but I have never met a Oneness Pentecostal that was not going to a UPC church. Not until I came to AFF.

In Manitoba Canada there are far more oneness believers who are not UPC than are UPC. Strangely enough they are aborginals.

[aegsm76]

Originally Posted by Disciple4life

I get what you are saying Mike, but I have never met a Oneness Pentecostal that was not going to a UPC church. Not until I came to AFF.

Wow. What part of the world are you from?

[Disciple4life]

Originally Posted by aegsm76

Wow. What part of the world are you from?

Saint Louis Missouri

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Originally Posted by Disciple4life

Saint Louis Missouri

lol. No wonder.

[Sabby]

Originally Posted by mfblume

It seems the website is trying to pigeonhole the belief into a UPC belief, and not showing there's likely more people outside the UPC that believe that than the constituency of the UPC. But by saying it is UPC they are trying to say it is minimal and cultic . Can't say that when people who outnumber the UPC believe it too. By pinning it to an organization it's like pining it to a cult leader, or something like the JW's..

I think you're right. I would want to know the motive for publishing Votive Soul's blog piece. Is it, "See! Here is ANOTHER example of the cultic interpretation of water baptism!", without knowing that VS is not UPC.

Kind of like tossing spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks. When someone does that, they need to make sure that the spaghetti brand is the same.