At the risk of exile

[major_minor]

To those that hang out in the debate forum, some might question what all the fuss is for. Some might ask why. Well, most of the debate we get caught up in the "brand battle".

I may get in troouble for this, but at the risk of us all forgetting out name tag and coming together as one body, I am willing to risk it.

No one church, no one sect, no one denomination, no one religion, no one congregation is going to heave, has it all right, nor is perfect.

The Romans aint got it, Pentecostals ain't got it, Baptists ain't got it, &th Days don't, Orthodxy don't, and so on. Here is a list I borrowed you may find interesting:
1. Christianity: 2 billion
2. Islam: 1.3 billion
3. Hinduism: 900 million
4. Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic/Atheist: 850 million
5. Buddhism: 360 million
6. Chinese traditional religion: 225 million
7. primal-indigenous: 150 million
8. African Traditional & Diasporic: 95 million
9.Sikhism: 23 million
10. Juche: 19 million
11. Spiritism: 14 million
12. Judaism: 14 million
13. Baha'i: 6 million
14. Jainism: 4 million
15. Shinto: 4 million
16. Cao Dai: 3 million
17. Tenrikyo: 2.4 million
18. Neo-Paganism: 1 million
19. Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand
20. Scientology: 750 thousand
21. Rastafarianism: 700 thousand
22. Zoroastrianism: 150 thousand

The bad thing: The top 2 religions listed. If you were to take the time to seperate sects of each, and break it down even further, it would be either awe inspiring..or make you sick!
You see, religion is not going to save you. The Pharisee had religion, they had law, but no truth.

If we confess Jesus as Lord and Savior. If we live as best we can under law (10 commandments) under God's Grace and mercy, and we love one another as ourselves.....only then can the Body of Christ be restored.

[plmarquette]

We all have flaws in our dogma , doctrine , and tenants of faith ... we all can do some things better , differently, or change ( the crux of the gospel message ) .

Our greatest message (the salt and light ) is the fact that we keep our wits about us , when others are losing theirs ( heb. 11.1,6 ) . The fact that we do not see, yet we still believe (thomas' confession ).

Citing data , denouncing others creates an offense and a person offended is harder to win than a walled city ...

but if we truly love some one , we meet them where they are at , assist them in work around the home , with children , with food and kind words ... demonstrating for them the 11th commandment ... love one another

[Ravenonthecross]

If we do not follow the law as Christ said (He said, "I have not come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it."), we are guilting of sinning against him, since is the Lord God Incarnate. Let us follow the commandments of our Lord God to the fullest and obey the Church whose authority who by Christ's authority was established. His Church (His Holy Roman Catholic Church), given the authority to loose and bind, is protected by our Lord from promoting heresy, and as we are bound by Christ to obey him and be in obedience to him via obeying him in the church---Let us obey Christ by fulfilling our obedience to him and his church (The Holy Catholic Church).
May Christ's Peace be upon you.
sincerly,
Ravenonthecross