His other doctrinal beliefs are suspect as well.
Not exact matches
Unfortunately in my case, I've probably gone to excess the
other way... after 43 years of being (in my view) threatened with hellfire for every cotton - picking thing (including the «sinfulness» of being born in the first place because it's a well - known scriptural fact that every human is born sinful and separated from G - d, with a heart that does nothing but desire evil and no way to please G - d even when righteous), threatened with being «left behind» in the rapture (should I fail on some
doctrinal (
belief) point at the crucial moment)... I refuse to consider ANY possibility of hell at all.
One doesn't even have to drill down into the details to see the very fundamental
doctrinal beliefs which shows a clear separation that demonstrates Mormonism is not just another denomination (i.e. Baptist, Lutherans, Methodists, ect...), but a whole
other religion.
However, the error of
doctrinal uniformity continues to plague the church as some groups are more concerned about articulating the errors of one group or another than in rejoicing with
others that they share a
belief in the same Lord and Savior.
Even within a local church, there are little groups that have very little to do with each
other because of disagreements (whether voiced or not) over minor
doctrinal or procedural
beliefs.
Co., 1978); Thomas C. Campbell and Yoshio Fukuyama, The Fragmented Layman: An Empirical Study of Lay Attitudes (Philadelphia: Pilgrim Press, 1970); James D. Davidson, «Religious
Belief as an Independent Variable,» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 11 (1972): 65 - 75; James D. Davidson, «Religious
Belief as a Dependent Variable,» Sociological Analysis 33 (1972): 81 - 94; James D. Davidson, «Patterns of
Belief at the Denominational and Congregational Levels,» Review of Religious Research 13 (1972): 197 - 205; David R. Gibbs, Samuel A. Miller, and James R. Wood, «
Doctrinal Orthodoxy, Salience and the Consequential Dimension,» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 12 (1973): 33 - 52; William McKinney, and
others, Census Data for Community Mission (New York: Board for Homeland Ministries, United Church of Christ, 1983), part of a denomination - wide study of census data relevant to each congregation in the United Church of Christ; David O. Moberg, `' Theological Position and Institutional Characteristics of Protestant Congregations: An Explanatory Study,» Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 9 (1970): 53 - 58; Wade Clark Roof, Community and Commitment; Thomas Sweetser, The Catholic Parish: Shifting Membership in a Changing Church (Chicago: Center for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1974).
On the contrary, the meaning of
doctrinal statements such as the creeds and
other historical professions of
belief, the circumstances which evoked them, and the philosophical presuppositions which helped to determine the character of their assertions are all matters of the greatest interest and importance.
While the vast majority of these
doctrinal statements were created primarily for the purpose of defining one group's distinctive
beliefs without condemning those who believe differently, nearly every statement contains points that are considered «non-negotiable» and which will cause churches to separate from
others who believe differently, and even condemn these
other groups as «unsaved.»