Arminianism Vs. Calvinism?
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Dead in sin-Gen 2:16-17 "you shall surly die", Gen 6:5 "of his heart was only evil continually" ,See Rom 8:7, 1 Cor 2:14\n"There is none who seeks after God" Rom3:11\n"No one can come to me unless it is grated them by the Father"  John 6:65\nSovereign election-Ephesians 1:4 \njust as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, Romans 9:16  So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy.\nJohn 1:13 who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.\nLimited-John 10:26-28  But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you. My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.\nJohn 17:9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours\nGrace-John 10-My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.\n1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.\nPhilippians 1:6\nbeing confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ;\nPermanent- Jude 1:24  Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, And to present you faultless Before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy,\nSovereignty of God=Jonah 2:9\nBut I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.” \nEph 1:11 In Him also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestined according to the purpose of Him who works ALL things according to the counsel of His will,\nvs 22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,  \nIsaiah 46:9-11 \n     Remember the former things of old,\n      For I am God, and there is no other;\n      I am God, and there is none like Me,\n        Declaring the end from the beginning,\n      And from ancient times things that are not yet done,\n      Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand,\n      And I will do all My pleasure,’\n        Calling a bird of prey from the east,\n      The man who executes My counsel, from a far country.\n      Indeed I have spoken it;\n      I will also bring it to pass.\n      I have purposed it;\n      I will also do it.
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I am Protestant, but I prefer to just think of myself as Christian - there are many denominations of Protestants that I do not agree with. I don't think that all Catholics are going to hell, and I can't say that all Catholics think I'm going to hell. \n\nIt's difficult to classify Catholics vs. Protestants today, owing to the fact that there are so many Protestant denominations with so many different doctrines and practices. I can therefore only offer the difference between myself and the Catholics (Roman) as I knew them at the school I went to. \n\nCatholics pray to Mary and the saints, I do not. \n\nCatholics christen infants (some Protestants do this too), I don't think that a person should be baptized until they are saved.\n\nCatholics have celibate priests and nuns, I find no basis for that. \n\nCatholics confess to priests/fathers, I do not believe I have to confess to anyone but God in order to be forgiven.\n\nCatholics believe in mortal sins and other kinds of sin (in other words, they "rank" sin), I do not believe that God ranks sin. I believe that they affect us differently on earth, but that the wages of all sin is death.\n\nCatholics have texts such as the Maccabbees that I do not follow. \n\nCatholics believe that the communion wine and bread really become the blood and body of Jesus Christ, I do not. I simply believe it to be a memorial practice. \n\nCatholics believe that Mary remained a virgin her whoe life and had no children other than Jesus. I believe she was a virgin only until Jesus was born, and that she had other children.\n\nCatholics have worship practices that differ from my own - they cross themselves, use holy water, pray the rosary, etc. Their masses, or church services, are often scripted - the priest will say something, then the congregation will reply (see the link). I disagree with the concept of holy water and praying the rosary. I don't disagree with crossig oneself, but I don't do it. Same with the statement/reply format. I worship in a different style and according to some different beliefs. \n\nThere are several more points of difference...\n\nNone of these differences takes away from the fact that both Catholics and myself believe Jesus to be the Savior and the Son of God (part of the Trinity) - and this is the most important and central belief of Christianity.
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100? There's a LOT more than that- don't you use the Skeptic's Bible list?\n\nSo- of those listed, how many affect doctrine or the central lessons of the Bible? No denomination I know of bases any doctrine on the age of the varius kings, or the numbers of soldiers.\n\nYeah, you can make the arguement that it somehow destroys the integrity of the Bible... but it really doesn't when two different authors over a period of time disagree on relatively minor issues, especially when the oral history element is facotred in.\n\nThe only REAL issue is that it invalidates the idea of inerrancy of the Bible... but for that to be an issue, you have to believe in a pretty 'stiff' and formal definition of inerrancy- the idea that God's hand moved the pen and protected each translation... which is so obviously untrue that it amazes me anyone believes it.
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body of Christ.\nthe catholic religion believes the wafer actually becomes the body of Christ whereas protestants believe it is representative of same.\ntransubstantiation vs consubstantiation.\ni think i remember that corectly.
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There are many different denominations because there are many different kinds of people. Sects and denominations are not an abomination at all, but are merely different ways of attempting to understand the same principle of God. So God may, indeed, be an omnipotent force--but there are many ways of trying to understand Him/Her/It/Them. Defining God is so far beyond our capacity that we've all developed different ways of trying to explain the inexplicable. Personally, I see it as a good sign. At least we're still talking about God.
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Protestants started with a monk Martin Luther who rebelled against the corruption of the RC church in his time (15th Century). Anglicans were started by Henry VIII who wanted a divorce. Protestant tends to cover Baptists and other groups that are quite 'back to basics' with regard to the Bible. Anglican covers a spectrum from Anglo-catholic (more like RC) to Evangelical (more like Pentecostal). The biggest difference though is in how they view Holy Communion. Anglicans would be closer to the Roman Catholic interpretation (Jesus spiritually and physically present), whereas Proteatants see it just as a memorial meal of the last supper.
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Christian protestant churches teach Scripture.  The bible is the authority.\nOrthodox churches teach some Scripture, but much like the Catholic church, they teach traditions as well.  \nThe Orthodox make a big thing about Mary and their Icons as well.
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I'm an anabaptist, from the Church of the Brethren, but most of our churches are not very conservative. There are some conservative churches in my denomination. Check out www.brethren.org.
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I think you'll find most Christians believe in both.\n\nIt's just the fundamentalist nutters who think you have to choose between them.\n\nAnd I bet you start a flood of drivel from them, mate - be prepared!
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It's a great concept. I am leaning towards it. I'm not in religious organization nor do I go church but I do believe in God. I have been studying religious Humanism which I believe is the same as Christin humanism. I believe in the trinity but yet I see contradiction in the scriptures. In my heart, I believe that Jesus was God. I just started studying this in the past few months.
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yes, calvin was like hitler.  of course pre-destination is wrong, that's why God sent Jesus, otherwise he neednt have bothered.\n\ndoh!
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The trinity is not a biblical teaching, no matter what preachers say! Jesus said himself that the father is greater than he is!\nJohn 14:28 YOU heard that I said to YOU, I am going away and I am coming [back] to YOU. If YOU loved me, YOU would rejoice that I am going my way to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.\nAnd he also said that he went his way to the father. Does that sound like they are the same?\n1 Cor. 11:3 “I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.” (Clearly, then, Christ is not God, and God is of superior rank to Christ. It should be noted that this was written about 55 C.E., some 22 years after Jesus returned to heaven. So the truth here stated applies to the relationship between God and Christ in heaven.)\n\n\nWhat is the origin of the Trinity doctrine?\n\nThe New Encyclopædia Britannica says: “Neither the word Trinity, nor the explicit doctrine as such, appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Old Testament: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord’ (Deut. 6:4). . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies. . . . By the end of the 4th century . . . the doctrine of the Trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since.”—(1976), Micropædia, Vol. X, p. 126.\n\nThe New Catholic Encyclopedia states: “The formulation ‘one God in three Persons’ was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century. But it is precisely this formulation that has first claim to the title the Trinitarian dogma. Among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective.”—(1967), Vol. XIV, p. 299.\n\nIn The Encyclopedia Americana we read: “Christianity derived from Judaism and Judaism was strictly Unitarian [believing that God is one person]. The road which led from Jerusalem to Nicea was scarcely a straight one. Fourth century Trinitarianism did not reflect accurately early Christian teaching regarding the nature of God; it was, on the contrary, a deviation from this teaching.”—(1956), Vol. XXVII, p. 294L.\n\n\nloj
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The answer to your question *must* be prefaced by a question:  Do you want to follow the Bible, to obey what is written in the Bible for our admonition?\n\nIf so, then you must seriously consider, as was pointed out above, 2 Corinthians 6:14\n\n(2 Corinthians 6:14 KJV)  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?\n\nJust yesterday, I think, I was speaking with my unmarried, almost 26-year-old son.  He is considering taking master's work at a college/university.  He suggested some private, Christian colleges, and he also suggested a public college.\n\nI cautioned him that even though right now he has decided to remain unmarried, that attending a public college may bring him into a situation where he is attracted to a woman who does not have the same belief system, is not a Christian.\n\nThis I also, since you asked for advice, or an "answer," ask you consider.  Linking up with a person who does not have the same belief system as you, especially of that belief system is important to you, can be very problematic.\n\nCase in point:  My mother was a Christian, my father was not.  Whereas he was tolerant, there were situations where she did not feel she could fellowship with other believers.  It was a very unhappy situation at times.\n\nSo, marriage is tough enough without this added burden of being unequally yoked....and I think that with nearly 30 years of marriage to the same woman, I *may* be in the place to make that determination.  :)\n\nLawrence\nhttp://www.truebiblesermons.com
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1. Baptist are those protestant Christians who are characterized by a belief in believers baptism by emersion.\n2, fundamentalist believe that the bible is the inerrant exact word for word literal word of god without any mixture of error \n3. Independent means they are not members of either the Southern or Northern associations. They do have their own association.
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I'm Christian. Women are viewed in a better light, and liberalism is more acceptable (we don't ALL have to believe everything in the Bible literally).
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QUESTION: Why did the first Protestant, Martin Luther, take out from the bible Hebrews, James, Jude, and Revelation, plus 7 books from the Old Testament—and put them in an appendix without page numbers?\n\nANSWER: Luther deleted those 7 books because they did not suit his doctrines.  He called the book of James “an epistle of straw…”.  The argument that the Jews did not accept them as scripture is based on the fact that they were not written in Hebrew.  That was never the criteria for the 27 New Testament books set forth by the Catholic Church that Protestants accept. Apostolic Teaching was the primary measurement for proving inspiration, not some mans opinions 1100 later.  By accepting Jewish standards for what should be in the Bible, you are accepting an authority that rejected Christ and the message of the New Testament. \n\nQUESTION: Also, why do some Protestants accept some of the 7 sacraments while others only accept only 1 or 2 of them while still others will reject them all?\n\nANSWER: By doing so they diminish the importance of the Incarnation, and the sacramental principle of the Incarnation. When God became man, physical matter was elevated to new heights.  Matter is not evil, as the heretics have taught. Physical matter can be used to convey grace, as “things” were used in the New Testament for healing. Bread, wine, oil and water are found throughout the Old Testament as outward signs of God’s actions. These same elements are used by the Church in the administration of the Seven Sacraments. The Bible shows they were instituted by Christ. \n\nQUESTION: Why do some Protestants insist that the Sabbath be observed on Saturday while other Protestants insist that it is Sunday while still other Protestants will claim that people don't have to go to Church?\n\nANSWER: The “Saturday” Protestants are mostly cults who are anti-Protestant. Christians who say you don’t have to go to a church are socially dysfunctional, or the churches they have been in don't have Real Food, and Real Drink.
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Both believe in the same basic premise of how to become a Christian.  Both believe in Baptism (although most Baptist churches dunk, whereas Methodist as a rule sprinkle).  Baptism has nothing to do with becoming a Christian.  To become a Christian, all you have to do is believe that Jesus is the son of God, came to this earth, lived a perfect, sinless life, died on a cross for your sins and was resurrected to conquer death.  Baptism is an outward sign to the world of your committment.\nAs for the difference, the Methodist church follows a holiness doctrine which says that once we are saved, the Holy Spirit works in each of us toward becoming holy(like Christ).  Either way, both are Christian churches which is what really matters.\nBTW, I grew up going to Baptist churches, but now I go to Methodist.  But I just label myself as a Christian.