[Part of Tri-State Baptist College's Doctrinal Statement]
The time has come as Baptist to re-teach and re-emphasize that Jesus started a church in his earthly ministry, and that church is not a Catholic or Protestant church but an Independent Baptist Church.
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They must not have heard that David J. Stewart--and, by corollary, Witch-King Jack Hyles of Angmar--hold that same "Baptists precede all other Christian-labeleds" claim. Hopefully, that would make them relinquish that in a hurry.
Excuse me, are you the Independent Baptists of America?
Fuck off!
We're the American Independent Baptists.
Why would your Jesus name his church after his cousin, John? Wouldn't make sense unless he wanted to avoid pissing off the local religious authorities or for tax evasion purposes.
Of course, the simpler question is: where does this happen in your fantasy book? On the banks of the Jordan River with his cousin?
ohh boy, how many "One True Church" claims does that make now? There sure seem to be a lot, yet you guys keep claiming that there can only be one.
Maybe you should fight it out with swords or something while shouting "There can be only one!"
(Hmm, now why does that sound familiar?)
@ dpareja
The catholics haters have nothing on the nutjobs who sanctify the King James Version Bible and say the readers of all other bibles are going to hell for heresy.
Look at the AV1611 forum sometime if you want to see some real wackos.
These people fully believe that their sect stayed active through the centuries until the Reformation by reading their Bibles and staying true to the message, despite the pressure from the Catholic church.
They've never been able to explain how that worked given that a) Bibles were hand-copied and hard to come by, and b) pretty much everyone who wasn't educated by the Catholic church was illiterate.
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After looking at the site, I found this "Some have said only Baptist are going to heaven, but yet the truth is that ALL who put their faith in Jesus Christ, whether Baptist or not, are on their way to heaven."
So, the Independent Baptists are the true church, the others are false, but that's OK - they're still going to heaven? I guess they are OK with Mormons, Adventists, JWs, Catholics and any other xtian cult?
They're false churches but that's OK. That's messed up even for a fundy.
Matt 16:18 (KJV, yo!)--"And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Peter was the first Pope...hardly an independent Baptist preacher.
The New Testament was culled from a mish-mash of scriptural writings by POPE Athanasius in 367 CE...nothing that one would call "Baptist" existed before the 16th century. You should really take the time to learn something about your own religion and holy book.
Yeah, and the Freemasons were started by the Egyptian pyramid builders.
There's no historical evidence whatsoever, because it was all destroyed by the Catholics. That right there is proof that the Baptists were first! Plus plenty of people got baptized as adults back in the first century, so that proves they were Baptists. And the Waldensians claim (with no more authority that the Landmark Baptists) to have ancient roots, and they baptize adults, so they must have been early Baptists, too. Of course, they deny having anything to do with the Baptist church, but they've been brainwashed by the Catholics and Protestants. [/sarcasm]
This is college doctrine, a proclomation to all students that the great lie is to be reinforced.
Because this one pushes the parishoners doubts. A johnny come lately sect that claims they began it. Then wouldn't that Bible be a creation of your church? Instead of being a variation still not even created by your church?
An 'Independent Baptist Church'. Just one of the tens of thousands of denominations of Christians; each & every one claiming they alone have the 'Truth'.
...yet, there's only one kind of Atheism, which accepts only one Reality. With not even anything remotely resembling a so-called 'Mystery' of a 'Trinity'.
And as so many of you Christains claim that 'Atheism is a religion', therefore thanks for admitting that we are the only Monotheists out there, then. [/Akhenaten]
A rainbow doesn't physically exist, but can be seen and is easily explainable. If 'Atheism is a religion', then Reality is our God. Which can be seen . Yours, not so much. Ergo, Atheism. [/Reverse -Circular Logic ]
@Quantum Mechanic
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