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Originally Posted by *AQuietPlace*
Isn't that the truth! One cliche after another. Sound-bites. People seem to think that sound-bites are enough. They think they can shoot down everything you say by just replying with a cliche.
"We're supposed to be a peculiar people." "We are supposed to be separate from the world." On and on and on. No real discussion of the scriptures, or the meanings of the scriptures. Just sound bites. I'm so tired of it.
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Sorry, didn't mean to offend. I've found debate really changes little. It really is silly to debate. If I showed you scripture...would you change? I could show 15 scriptures to prove our doctrinal stance...and re- comment every comment but it wouldn't changed the minds of those that are determined to believe.
The only hope for those who have abandoned the truth their parents preached (like Dan) is to realize the power is gone from their lives and churches...of course they rarely admit it's because of their abandoning of the doctrine of separation. So they continue their search for a "spirit-filled breakthrough church that doesn't teach separation in lifestyle and they are still looking... Occasionally they will find a former upc church that doesn't claim to teach this doctrine.. Yet it quickly deals away the doctrine of the imperative obedience to
Acts 2:38.
While I do not subscribe to the idea that those who accept the doctrine of the pre-universal-doctrine-doesn't-matter church can never return to a love for the truth, I do believe that it is very very difficult. The amount of crow some would have to eat with their families and former pastors make it a pride-pill impossible to swallow.
So to answer your comment...this wasn't an attack against anyone. No arrogance... This post was copied from my facebook page and submitted here for mostly negative critique. I'm responsible for the church I pastor... If you don't believe the doctrine...walk out the door. The problem is some are so bitter towards some supposed UPC conspiracy to hurt them that they cannot walk away...ex Dan. It has some of you bound...you cannot walk away. It's not doctrinal issue so much as it is a personal spirit of unforgiveness I realize this doesn't apply to everyone...but many like Dan are seething packages of pain and bitterness.
Got to run...
Rob McKee (copyright 2010)<---in jest
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