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Originally Posted by Hoovie
Amanah, the numbers reading here dwarf the numbers that ever post.
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I've had people who have never posted on AFF contact me privately thanking me for some of my posts here. I can only guess that they represent some sort of "tip of the iceberg" - not just about my posts, but people who simply lurk in general.
It's interesting that that this thread was started a few years ago by a someone who no longer posts on AFF because he feels that this forum is "being used" to dissuade people from following the "holiness standards" of the UPC and other orgs. He seems to have been made something of a career choice in this matter.
Of course, reading the Bible itself will dissuade people from following these man-made doctrines as well. It's just that the UPC and most OPs drill their people to "quote mine" from the Scripture and and to "proof text" with one or two verses at a time, never really reading the books of the Bible to understand their overall theme and context. Portions of
Acts 2 and
Acts 10 are quoted a lot, but the context is ignored (
Acts 2:21, for example and the fact that the Gentiles in
Acts 10 were "sealed" into the Body of Christ (SAVED!)
BEFORE they were water baptized (
2 Corinthians 1:21;
Ephesians 1:13 together with
Acts 10:43-45).
... not to mention the fact that
Acts 15:11-20, is completely ignored.
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