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Originally Posted by Evangelical
That is the reason we have denominations - people are too uncomfortable in catholic so they go to baptist. If too uncomfortable in baptist they go to Lutheran. Denominational people are individuals seeking comfort and a church service that caters to their needs and perceptions of what a church should be. For the same reason they will reject the local churches because it is too this or too that or not enough this or not enough that. They largely see the church as something that caters to their needs, to provide a service.
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Evangelical you really need to get out more. You are a sectarian "bigot." You make the same stereotypical characterizations so typical of other types of "bigots." I don't know where you are from, but you seem to have quite a "sheltered" view of the LC's. It seems like your knowledge of them is based on some books you bought on the internet.
The exact same issues which so characterize "them denominations" also describe the LC's. There is adultery in both, there are pleasure seekers in both, there are gays in both, there are thieves, liars, and cheats in both. There are bad elders and bad ministers in both.
If I had never spent decades in the LC's, I might think you have something special and I might think you have some ground to critique others, but after all these years I know better, and so do the other posters here.
Let me also say that in both the denominations and the LC's (
and community churches and home churches and whatever) there are precious saints, who love God, love His word, love His people and love their neighbors. They struggle against sin, the world, idolatry, and hypocrisy. Don't think for one second that the LC's have the market on spiritual goods, spiritual people, or spiritual teachings.