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Originally Posted by Igzy
Calling yourself "the church in Whoville" doesn't make you the church there anymore than calling yourself a ham sandwich makes you one. Also, not calling yourself a ham sandwich doesn't turn you into a chicken taco. You are what you are. It is not determined by what you call yourself. The Bible never implies anything of the sort.
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Your argument is flawed because you do not consider the other side.
If any woman came along and called herself by my name, that does not make her my wife. This is what you are rightly said.
But what you are missing is that my wife is my wife and that is why she calls herself by my name and not another man's. This is what you have missed - my real and genuine wife would call herself by a proper name.
Giving our self a name does not make us the church. But if we are the church we would give ourselves an appropriate name (in fact we do not see locality as a name, but what we are). Jesus said that He will build His church, He did not say "I will build my church, now go think of a name for it". Giving their church a name is what all fake churches do, when there is nothing of the sort in the New Testament (ignoring this fact, you people think you follow the Bible as your authority? that is worthy of a comic I think).
We do not call ourselves "the church in Whoville" and then think that makes us the church.
It is because we are the church that is why we call ourselves "the church in Whoville".
If we are the church why would we call ourselves by something different?
Different churches thinking they are a genuine church are going around calling themselves by different names. If they were the real deal then why would they? Why would a genuine McDonald's store change its name to Burger King if it was not the real McDonald's? Why do supposedly genuine churches call themselves by other names?