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Originally Posted by YP0534
And, just to keep things tracing back to the forum's purposes, it was Lee who first taught me the word "Hades" way back when. I had never heard of anything other than "hell" before I met the folks from the Local Church.
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For the record, me too! And I will always thank the LC for getting me started in my Christian life.
Interestingly, there are a few denominations out there who teach against the heaven/hell mainstream. We mentioned the Plymouth Brethren already. The denominations based on Herbert Armstrong's ministry are another.
Some other 7th day adherents as weill. Except for the Plymouth Brethren, these have other things in common with the LC:
1) They are often labeled as cults or nearly so by the mainstream
2) They have the tendency to state they are the true church.
3) They are legalistic.
In the "good ol days" of the LC, the legalism was not so prevalent. But it seems that man's nature is to become legalistic if one is blessed with truth.