Category Archives: Comparative Religions
What Is Protestantism?
If, as some charge (and I don’t necessarily agree), United Church of God, an International Association (UCGia, or UCG for short) is becoming “Protestant”, then what does that mean? Yesterday, we discussed how they are not going charismatic or Pentecostal. … Continue reading
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Michael Newdow Proves Atheism Is a Religion
I have argued for years that atheism is a religion. Generally speaking, religion is: a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually … Continue reading
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Is UCG Charismatic
I’ve been trying to decipher this one for a day or two now, but it just doesn’t add up. A certain blogger has made the claim that UCG is becoming “charismatic”. Whenever I hear “charisma” or “charismatic”, I usually think … Continue reading
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Bowing To the Pope, Part 2: The Sabbath
The topic of Bowing To the Pope really goes hand-in-hand with Sunday worship as well. It has been acknowledged by many leaders in Evangelical and other circles that it was the Catholic Church who admittedly changed the day of worship … Continue reading
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Bowing to the Pope, Part 1: The Trinity
A Pretty Unbiased Look at Nontrinitarianism It appears that the AllExperts website now has an entry on Nontrinitarianism. It mentions history, paganism, Mormonism and even the “Sabbatarian Church of God” movement. It is an excellent effort at remaining objective, taking … Continue reading
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Unleavened Bread and Unity
My Jehovah’s Witnesses friends stopped by a couple of days ago. They wanted to invite me to their version of Communion. Actually, they didn’t give it a name, so I’m running with the assumption that is what they call it. … Continue reading
Throw Out the Straw
No, we do not have all the answers. Let’s face it. If we had perfect knowledge, then wouldn’t we in fact be God? We are linear beings. In fact, we are bounded by time itself in such a way that … Continue reading
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Comparison of COG to Evangelicals, Part 2
In Part 1, we examined how the Churches of God are different than Evangelicals, and then we examined a few areas where evangelicals get it right. Not theologically, mind you, but more of the attitude and results of some of … Continue reading
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Comparison of COG to Evangelicals, Part 1
I had planned on writing this for today in any event, but someone made a related comment to me yesterday that kind of hit me in an odd way. We were talking about filters and how they affect how someone … Continue reading
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SDAs on Rapture
I have posted before about a series of David Asscherick, a Seventh Day Adventist, in order to compare and contrast. I have not yet seen the entire series, but they are educational. There is a YouTube video of part of … Continue reading
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