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Hey long time no talk...

Anyway, I thought I would enlist the intelligent and well-informed help from all NationStates posters to help me find an appropriate church/denomination for myself.

My current church (McLean Bible) isn't really fitting in with what I think the Bible teaches. I'm looking for a Christian church that will accept if not endorse the following doctrinal beliefs of mine:

1) Liberation theology
2) That the Catholic bible (that is, the bible with deuterocanonicals) is the true bible
3) Afro-centrism
4) Rejection of "sola scriptura" (which is the idea that the bible is the only source of Christian truth and should ALWAYS be interpreted literally)
5) Rejects the papacy, or at least the belief that any man is infallible in faith

Yeah, it's a lot to ask, but if you can think of any that meet some of them, I'd be really happy.

Thanks in advance!

The Episcopal Church. No question.

Someones put up a subject with a link to a site that tells you what religion your beliefs are most like, why dont you try that?

The id always the Ethiopian based Coptic Church...
-The Great And Powerful Bob

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

The Church of Science

:confused: why don't you start your own branch of followers

Here's a site that'll tell you according to the answers you choose.

It's twenty questions, takes about 10 minutes.

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

The Luthern Church???

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/76/story_7665_1.html

Looks like somebody beat me to it. ;)

Looks like somebody beat me to it. ;)
guess I did!

The id always the Ethiopian based Coptic Church...
-The Great And Powerful Bob

Copticism is a birthed religion, meaning that there can be no converts. You are born into it, or SOL.

guess I did!

Indeed! :)

The church of foamy

hahaha. The church of foamy. Squirrely wrath!! I tiook the test, I'm a secular humanist.

Think about it do we really need churches i mean they are no use to us all there good for is takeing your hard earned money telling you that there is a god and "he created all life "which most people dont believe in it any way i think churches are a load of !@#$ and they lie to you. so im just saying that dude you dont need a church you need to keep your own ideas and not someone elses ok thank you this is CNN signing off until next time and if you want to debate this issue with me just sent me a teligram k bye this to all churches :upyours:

Hm. Well, I suppose you could always try Unitarian Universalism. It worked really well for me, but well, it's not Christian... Although you ARE welcome to believe that Jesus is the son of God if that's your wish. There isn't a great deal of "You must believe this!" kinda stuff in our church. It's very open to opposing views and beliefs. Here, I'll post the URL to the site that helped me when I first started doing research...

http://www.uua.org/

I found this part of the site, particularily useful!

http://www.uua.org/aboutuu/newcomerfaq.html

Sincerely,
The High Council of Avastania

Methodist? Personally I don't see why one needs a church, but good luck.

I would suggest Judaism or Islam. You may wish to try Buddhism. Consult your local religious leaders, but don't mention conversion(especially to a Christian). Just say you are curious about the religion. They should be happy to help.

1) Liberation theology -- To the best of my knowledge, you have to find a Catholic country with a serious communist insurrection to find this in a church.
2) That the Catholic bible (that is, the bible with deuterocanonicals) is the true bible -- I think you need to find a Lutheran, Catholic, or Othodox church for that.
3) Afro-centrism -- Lots of churches for that, but most are Baptist or Pentacostal.
4) Rejection of "sola scriptura" (which is the idea that the bible is the only source of Christian truth and should ALWAYS be interpreted literally) -- Catholic and Othodox only
5) Rejects the papacy, or at least the belief that any man is infallible in faith -- Maybe Orthodox, but they do think that the Church Council is infallible.

Hope this helps.

\ Personally I don't see why one needs a church, but good luck.


dude u rock

Just make up your own religon. You can be the high shaman, pope, even messiah, and people will probably follow you. Besides, if it dosen't work, you can always commit mass suicide (:mp5: ), then you'll be famous(maybe)!

I can't stand classifying Christian ideologies because it always loses sight of the philosophy.

My advice to you would be to temporarily put aside your personal desires and find a calvinist church that teaches salvation through grace.

You should also read your bible and pray.