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Re: This Is Why We Get a Bad Rap!!
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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
I do, totally, see your point.
Do you remember when I made the statement that I looked around and didn't see anyone that had anything better than what we had or have? I think I went as far to say that I didn't see anyone setting a better example.
This point of view, I have, is exactly what Sherri is talking about in this thread. Many UPC people look around and see what she has referenced and, therefore, we don't look any further. Why would we? We see more of what Sherri referenced than the life she is trying to portray.
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Now this is a very good point. It's easy to suspect people who leave any denomination of changing their core beliefs, (that would seem to be the basic premise of change anyway) and inwardly continue to do so unless they prove us wrong or earn our trust in some way. Why? Because I've seen so many leave, and turn into wild sinners who curse worse than the average gangster on a bad day, and have the same level of morality as an x-rated movie. Even worse are those who do so and still say they are Christians under the nondenominational or charismatic label.
There's another group who fall into immorality, and then leave to attend "looser" churches in what seems to be an attempt to avoid accountability.
So I will agree that these kinds of people give others a bad rap, and the "others" (the good ones) seem like the exception to the rule.
Normally we tend to think within our own personal paradigm. How's that for redundancy?
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