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Originally Posted by votivesoul
Why not just mandate circumcision and forbid people to marry or to eat certain foods? Why not institute sprinkling instead of immersion for water baptism? Why not just smear some oil on someone instead of praying them through, and claim they've been anointed by the Holy Spirit? How far afield does a person have to go in their false doctrines before we call them on them for what they are?
We are supposed to be people of the truth, and yet, we are mostly just people of the kind of truth with which we are comfortable.
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So leadership has no authority to introduce ANY rules or regulations in the church not found in the scripture?
Should a man preach in your church wearing shorts and a sleeveless shirt?
How about a man in leadership that uses smokeless tobacco? Is there a verse about that in the scriptures?