Ex-COG Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 There are thousands of denominations out there. Some have similar backgrounds, but are considered different churches. This will influence what people check off on your poll. For example, if you had put down "Baptist" instead of "Southern Baptist" you might get more people checking that box. Also if you had put down "Brethern" instead of "Brethern in Christ". There are more congregations of The Church of the Brethern and The Brethern Church than there are of The Brethern in Christ, which is a rather small denomination. At least that's true around my area; maybe it's different where you are? I'm confused why you put the Seventh Day Adventist Church in with the Latter Day Saints. They have totally different beginnings, and to my knowledge are not connected in any way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clearview Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I don't know what the US Southern Baptists are like, but catholicism to me was like fascism. School life was regimented and rigid, critical thinking was not encouraged. Oddly however, they had to teach a certain amount of science and maths that required critical thinking and once you started doing a bit of that, along with reading a few banned books like Boccaccio's Decamarone, you saw them for the hypocrites and liars they were. Being abused helps a bit too, it makes you hate.Casey That sounds about right. They tell you how it is and then teach you stuff that directly contradicts the theology. "God created the earth in 6 days. Now let's turn to page 71 and talk about the Pleistocene era..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sage Nabooru Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Lutheran. Like Catholicism, but drier, more morbid and totally bereft of soul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-COG Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 "It's the Roman Catholics out in front, ladies and gentlemen, with the Southern Baptists holding onto second, the Lutherans and Asses of God neck 'n' neck for third...." Sounds like a church fundraiser. "OK, line your priests, pastors, ministers, elders, or what-have-you up on the starting line...last call for placing your bets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. S. Martin Posted April 24, 2007 Author Share Posted April 24, 2007 There are thousands of denominations out there. Some have similar backgrounds, but are considered different churches. This will influence what people check off on your poll. For example, if you had put down "Baptist" instead of "Southern Baptist" you might get more people checking that box. Also if you had put down "Brethern" instead of "Brethern in Christ". There are more congregations of The Church of the Brethern and The Brethern Church than there are of The Brethern in Christ, which is a rather small denomination. At least that's true around my area; maybe it's different where you are? The only reason I know there is a Church of God is because of your name--Ex-COG. I thought of putting down "Brethern" but I don't know anything about them so I wasn't sure if that is a name or just a nickname for a larger and more official name. The only denominations I really know anything about are the Mennonites, Amish, Lutherans, Roman Catholics, and Anglicans--approximately in that order. I've often heard the name Swiss Brethern but I think they changed into something else in recent centuries, though I'm not sure. There is a Mennonite Brethern church not too far from here but I thought because of the name "Mennonite" they fall under that heading. Are you saying they would belong under "Brethern"? I'm confused why you put the Seventh Day Adventist Church in with the Latter Day Saints. They have totally different beginnings, and to my knowledge are not connected in any way. Because I don't know a thing about them and they always seem to be mentioned as being in the same category. Maybe--but this is not a promise--I can do another poll based on the things I learn from this thread. Or is there a way to alter what I've posted? If there is, I don't know it. Because of the thread started by LosingMyReligion about "which is worse" I really wanted to see how RC and SB compare. See the OP here for more detail on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxic Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Anglican (Catholic lite!), did a spell with Elim Pentecostalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonHorn Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I put Southern Baptist, but was really an American Baptist. From what I understand they're pretty much the same except the ABA doesn't tell individual churches how to spend money where the SB does. At least that's what I was told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhia Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Assemblies of God was where my membership lay, I was a full-fledged pentecostal though. Speaking in tongues, screaming during the services, hanging from the chandeliers, the whole 9 yards. I clicked "other" though, because towards the end of everything, I turned to a staunch Zionist, and began attending a Messianic Jewish Synagogue on the outskirts of Philly. I celebrated all the Jewish holidays instead of all the Christian ones, and even came close to converting to Judaism, just so I could become a "completed Jew". So yeah, I was a Pentecostal Messianic, if that makes any sense. Wore a draped headcovering on High Holy Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Southern Baptist here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Harley Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 don't forget the Plymouth Brethren. They're not huge, but they produced Aleister Crowley... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosingMyReligion Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 I was a southern baptist Pentacostal... Honestly, I'm ashamed to tell anyone that now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotBlinded Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Other...United Methodist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llwellyn Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Reformed Church of America (RCA). This is a denomination that comes out of the Dutch immigration to the USA and Canada. It comes from the Calvinist tradition, and thus it is closely related to the various Presbyterian churches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panther Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Started off Presbyterian as a youngster. Later years ended up in a non-denom christian church that was very charismatic. (and put me over the edge with the healings, people passing out on the floor, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piprus Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Ex-babble bangin', truth-proclaimin', gawd-fearin', jebus-lovin', ex Southern Burptist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. S. Martin Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 Note the edit on the OP. A copy is below (purple part). I added quite a number of names and would like feedback. On the list below I added some of the denominations people mentioned that I missed. I don't know how to add them to the poll but I can add them to this list. Maybe I'll do another poll later that includes these. Let me know what you think about: Doing another poll later that includes a better representation of the spectrum of denominations. The way I now list them. I group some together that are closely related. I don't know too much about many denominations but some people gave info on theirs. Let me know what you think about the way I group them together or separate them. I made some changes in that (on this list only; not the poll because I can't). [*]How to decide on what to combine or separate. [*]Denominations you think should be on the list but nobody on exC belonged to it. Anglican/Episcopalian/Church of England Apostolic Assembly of God Brethern Baptist (all types except Southern and Fundamental) Calvary Chapel Church of God Congregational Evangelical (if this was main identity) Fundamental Baptist (KJV only) German Lutheran Hutterite Jehovah's Witness Latter Day Saints Lutheran Mennonite/Amish Methodist/Quaker Missionary Alliance Nondenominational Pentecostal/Charismatic Plymouth Brethren Presbyterian/Reformed Church River Brethern/Dunkard Roman Catholic Salvation Army Seventh Day Adventist Southern Baptist United Church of Canada Unitarian Universalist Other (please indicate what) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 don't forget the Plymouth Brethren. They're not huge, but they produced Aleister Crowley... ... And John George Haigh, come to think. (A hint for non British readers, he was one of the star turns in the British Criminal Courts in 1948 - 49) Casey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. S. Martin Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 Are the Plymouth Brethern different from the other Brethren groups? Aren't they what is now Presbyterian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 According to this Wikipedia article, they derived from the Evangelicals. Casey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Harley Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 don't forget the Plymouth Brethren. They're not huge, but they produced Aleister Crowley... ... And John George Haigh, come to think. (A hint for non British readers, he was one of the star turns in the British Criminal Courts in 1948 - 49) Casey Acid Bath Haigh, the Vampire Killer... slap me with a haddock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WCrystal Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 My dear, I used to be a gospel singing lutheran. Slap me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. S. Martin Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 Plymouth Brethren have now been added to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder 34 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I clicked on Seventh Day Adventist(SDA)/Latter Day Saints because I was a member of the SDA church. I think these two churches should definetly be seperated on the next poll as they basically have nonthing in common with each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder 34 Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Also I think that the Unitarian Universalist church should be removed for they are definetly not a Christian denomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycorth Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 I checked "Roman Catholic" and "Evangelical" - I did about a year as an nondenominational fundygelical at the end of my teens, but for 26+ total years of my life, I was a Cathoholic. What a way to waste over a quarter of a friggin' century :angry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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