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speratus said:
The Reform churches do not have the outward marks of pure doctrine.
Against my better judgment, I simply have to ask yet another question due to this bold statement. It would imply, of necessity, that the Lutheran church, but only the specific denomination you belong to, which comprises but a drop of people when compared to the whole visible church on earth, qualifies to be the "one true church on earth" (as best as you are able to discern), because it holds to "pure doctrine".

Thus my question: are you sincerely saying that your little denomination is the ONLY group wherein there is no error in doctrine? With the exception of the obnoxious "TR's" within the Reformed camp, no Reformed denomination I have ever encountered has been so foolish as to make that claim for themselves. If of course, your bold statement is in fact true, then the LORD GOD's intention of created a New Earth is one of sheer overkill. For truly, I seriously doubt there is going to be enough people, assuming that every single individual who has belonged to your denomination is a true believer, to populate an area larger than the state of Rhode Island! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/rolleyes2.gif" alt="" />

Why is it that the cults all make the same claim that you are making? <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/scratchchin.gif" alt="" />

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