Christianity & FreeWill Presbyterian...

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Denise B. Sep 18, 2007, 4:09pm UTC

sorry no clue

Vivian P. Sep 18, 2007, 4:11pm UTC

Christianity is religion of Christians in other words any religion that believes you can only be saved through the worship og Jesus Christ. The other I don't know

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Felix R. Sep 18, 2007, 4:27pm UTC

The Free Will Baptist were heavily anti-slavery...they were abolitionist. General Baptists are in substantial doctrinal agreement with the Freewill Baptists.

There is no difference between the Free Willers and mainstream Christianity. It's just another Christian denomination.

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George McNaughton Sep 18, 2007, 4:33pm UTC

There were Baptists and then there were Baptists when it came to abolition. Southern Baptists were not noted for the civil rights stands. If you want fire-eating abolitionists you could not find anyone more so than the Reformed Presbyterians (Covenanters) who refused to participate in American Government because the Constitution condoned slavery. I am not real clear what Felix defines as mainstream Christianity -- I am not sure that exists anymore. It used to mean Methodists, Baptists, United Brethern, Church of Christ, Lutherans and Presbyterians -- but that was before the fundamentalist revolutionized Christianity in America.

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Donald M. Sep 18, 2007, 4:49pm UTC

I have been Baptist all my life and have never even seen a tie between Baptist and Presbyterians.
Every Church [believers in Christ] has their own doctrine. The is not one of these doctrines that matter if you dont believe and have a personal relationship with God.
In the forming of Churches they all have set different guidelines. It all falls back each and everytime to the fact that if you dont accept God in your heart and life, none of the names of the Church will get you to Heaven. If I am trying to get to California from Texas and you from Wyoming. We are all trying to get to the same place by different routes. If we follow the laws and dont break the rules. We will get there by the faith we had in our travels.

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Julia *loves my baby girl chloe* M. Sep 18, 2007, 5:14pm UTC

religion is religion as long as you believe in jesus christ and why he died for us then it doest matter.. when we get to heaven god isnt going to look at what religion we were he is going to look at if we believed in him and if we accpeted him in our lives!! and if we lived our lives!!

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Col. George W. Sep 18, 2007, 7:21pm UTC

Christian = Crist's one = A follower of the teachings of Jesus Christ

Christianity = The practice of being a Christian.

Freewill = The free will of any person to believe in Christ or not as he/she pleases.

Prespreterian = A phylosophy of Christianity as taught by John Calvin. The main phylosophy of which is Calvinism

Calvinism = The belief that only certian people can be saved by believing in Jesus Christ and that those people are Fore-ordained to be believers

Baptist = a Christian religion dating back in antiquity befoe the reformation (once called Anta Baptist) Their main doctrine is a personal relationship with Jesus and the free will to give your life over to him.

Freewill Presertian Baptist = A group once Calvinst Presperterian who have adapted the Baptist doctrine of Freewill

Way back in '62 I read that there were 32 seperiate Baptist denominations in the US There are probably a lot more now.

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