The biggest difference between different churches is additude, not belief?

Question

Additude shapes belief and belief shapes additude. I've been in enough churches, even ones considered cults and I know that additude shapes belief and belief shapes additude. I see that as the biggest difference. Everybody grow up. The additude isn't really in the Church or religion, it's inside yourself. But one church can over whelm you with one additude and another church can over whelm you with another. So your fruit is accordingly. What you believe is your additude and your additude takes you everywhere.

Answer 1

Here is a list of attitudes that would be evident in the last days.
2 Timothy 3:1-5................... But know this, that in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here.  For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, self-assuming, haughty, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, disloyal,  having no natural affection, not open to any agreement, slanderers, without self-control, fierce, without love of goodness,  betrayers, headstrong, puffed up [with pride], lovers of pleasures rather than lovers of God,  having a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power; and from these turn away.

Answer 2

As a person who has been several religions, I can tell you some quick differences between these religions. Since everyone is already discussing mormons (LDS), I will begin there, I was LDS the longest 16 years. Mormons only believe the Bible is true as long as it is translated correctly. Which basically ALL religions believe basically BUT, the mormons of course carry it several steps forward, it is only translated correctly as it confirms or agrees with their other doctrines and books. The LDS church is an evolving religion and stay politically correct. Example...the LDS church would not allow blacks to hold the priesthood because they supposedly had the mark of Cain. God supposed revealed that the curse was lifted. Ask any LDS why they do not drink coffee or tea and they will say the caffeine yet ever watched them drink coke, mountain dew or etc. Mormons also believe that we are ALL Gods and will someday if we live worthy enough will be creating our own worlds like earth. In Romans it speaks of a church where it says I bear them record that they have a certain zeal for God but not according to His will, etc if you keep reading Chapter 9 into Chapter 10 you will see the correlation. There is an excellent site called Mormons in Transition that has alot of sources. The 7th Day Adventist are christians who observe Saturday as the Sabbath as that is scriptural and also are vegetarians and have alot of Revelation Seminars that are very informative on the end times. Protestants are non catholics. Catholics claim to descend from Peter because Jesus gave Peter the keys to the kingdom, historically Catholics created the belief in the Trinity during the Council of Nicea, prior to the that people were one God believers having descended from Judaism. Methodists are a breakoff from the Catholic church. There are differences between religions and their doctrines which I do not believe is God intended but man's unwillingness to just take the Bible for what it says and live it. We want to take the parts we like and discard the parts we don't rather than surrender to the Lordship of Jesus.

Answer 3

I will agree that very often the diffence between churches is less a difference of doctrine, and more a matter of "style". Two churches can believe 99% the same, but be very different in their style of worship, services, vision, attitude, etc.

There are usually several churches in town because, since people also have different "styles", they are more comfortable in one church then another.

Answer 4

The main difference between all Christian Churches, including Roman Catholism, and the classified False Cults of Mormons, Jehovah Witnesses, Seventh Day Adventists, and Charismatic fanatics, including even all other world religions: IS THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE BIBLE. Real Christian always have the Holy Bible their final authority in faith and in practice. They are so honest with the Bible and understand it literally. For if God did not mean what He said, why did He said it?

Answer 5

The Catholics seem to have forgotten this bit.
1 Timothy 1:1 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. 2 Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. 3 They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth.

The faith healers have forgotten this bit.
1 Timothy 5:22
Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

The marriage brokers and party goers have forgotten this bit.
2 Peter 2:13
They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done. Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.

The ones who pray repetitively have forgotten this bit.
Matthew 6:7
And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.

The warmongers have forgotten this bit.
Matthew 26:52
"Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

The evolutionists have forgotten this bit.
1 Timothy 1:4
or to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. Such things promote controversial speculations rather than advancing God's work—which is by faith.

The ones who think angels are appearing to them have forgotten this bit.
Colossians 2:18
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you. Such people also go into great detail about what they have seen, and their unspiritual minds puff them up with idle notions.

The ones who think they've got to rehearse what they're going to say have forgotten this bit.
Matthew 10:19
But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it. At that time you will be given what to say.

The ones who think that homosexuality is Christian have forgotten this bit.
Romans 1:26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

The ones who judge those who are unbelievers have forgotten this bit.
1 Corinthians 5:12
What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?

The ones who try to set up organisations that the government doesn't know about have forgotten this bit.
Romans 13:1 Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.

The ones who think they know what Paul's thorn in the flesh was have forgotten this bit.
1 Corinthians 11:29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. 30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

James puts it nicely.
1:26 Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless. 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

Answer 6

Come on, the church has always relied on the principle that nonsense begets nonsense. Like Chinese whispers.

Answer 7

I agree with you soo much

Answer 8

Amen, my Lady.

Answer 9

I agree, attitude and also elitism.

Answer 10

could be

gw