in term of church doctrines.
2007-06-12 08:15:43 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ok, I am baptist. We believe that you when you are baptized it is your outward expression of your acceptance of Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior! Other denominations believe that as an infant(who is not able to make a decision for them self's it is their parents choice to sprinkle them) that they should be sprinkled (they call it being baptized) and that they are good for life. But in order to make it in to heaven you must except Jesus into your heart personally! The bible says that the only way to the Father is through the Son! So every person, whether they have been sprinkled or not, must, when they reach the age that they can make decisions for them self's, decide to choose Jesus. I know that other denominations believe that Jesus is the only way to God but Jesus was baptized as an adult and if HE chose to outwardly express His beliefs then why should I think that anything less is ok for me? We also are very big on our personal relationship with Jesus. Other denominations are not allowed to pray to Him or must go through someone. I don't. I speak to Jesus all the time and know that he hears me. Also we believe in the Trinity, God the Father, God the Son ,God the Holy Spirit! Yes there is only one God but God is all three! Blessed Trinity! The baptism is one of the main differences but not the only one. We are more alike then some think, I think that catholics are more different of a denomination then baptist.
Does that answer your question?
I hope so.
God Bless
2007-06-20 04:12:17 · answer #1 · answered by knight_janette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baptism after salvation.
Baptists reject infant baptism and require converts to be baptized after their salvation experience. Their original name was "anabaptists" or "re-baptizers" because when people converted from Catholicism they would get baptized "again" (Baptists would argue that they're being baptized for the first time).
On a secondary level, Baptists tend to believe that the Bible is verbally and plenarily inspired and that it is the sole authority for all matters of faith and practice. They lean toward a literal interpretation where the text doesn't otherwise indicate.
Some Baptists stray into a legalism that is born out of a desire to live holy lives that are pleasing to God. They don't call it "legalism", which they would say means keeping rules in order to get saved, but rather would say that they lead "separated" lives. The abundance of rules regarding relationships, music, worship, entertainment, dress, etc. does have a negative side, though, as some people live to follow the rules instead of living to please God.
Baptists are careful who they associate with. It's not unusual for a Baptist church to feel it is the only true church in a city with hundreds of churches (many of which are other Baptist churches believing THEY are the only true church in that city). Some Baptists believe in various "degrees of separation" so that they may not associate with a person who associates with a person who associates with a person who is believed by them to be an apostate.
There is a wide range of Baptists, however, and some are indistinguishable from their more "liberal" brethren. On the other hand when one speaks of a "Christian Fundamentalist", one is more often than not refering to some flavor of Baptist.
2007-06-12 08:17:50 · answer #2 · answered by Craig R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A real response would be book-length,but in practical or immediate terms,my view is that they separate themselves from the main body of Christianity by placing politics before Christ,which i call an abomination,i don't care if it sounds old-fashioned,there is just no other word for it. You can't put politics ahead of Christ and say,I'm a Christian. I don't care what their official doctrine says,I just know Baptists - and all their fellow "fundamentalist" denominations - take the view that to be a good Christian you must first be a good conservative. On a personal level they are more likely to accept a conservative atheist than a liberal Christian,and that says it all,frankly. To them Christ takes a long second place to conservatism. Mainstream Protestantism - and the Catholic Church - are not like that. Your politics have nothing to do with your relationship to Christ. Plus,they are basically more attracted to the OT than the Gospel,and still consider Jews the future masters of the world. That isn't a Christian belief. In a way they are kind of like messianic Jews.
2007-06-12 08:29:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hard to answer because there are several dozen different groups that all use Baptist as part of their name. And many of them are non-denominational, so they are run by the local pastor and teach whatever the local pastor decides to teach.
But as a general rule, they use the Bible as their main (only) source of doctrine. They are usually very literal in their interpretation of it, and accept t as the word of God.
They teach salvation through faith in Christ. They practice adult or believers baptism rather then infant baptism (from which their name comes). They usually hold to the diety of Jesus and the doctrine of the Trinity. They can be strict in their rules about dress, movies, music, dance, etc. (but not always). They tend to have informal, sometimes emotional, meetings. They are usually not into "tongues", faith healing, miracles, etc. They are often politically conservative.
They are probably the group most often indentified as "fundamentalist", but not all Baptist actual are.
But again, each one is different as the local pastor sets the tone and beliefs of most of the baptist churches.
2007-06-12 08:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Luthern faith is approximately as on the threshold of Catholic as you will get. Martin Luther, the 1st of all of the protestant religions ordinarily protested against the merchandising of indulgences, so which you will no longer see that. The Lutherns don't think in as quickly as stored continuously stored. They paintings out their salvation continuously. The Baptist have faith that as quickly as you're stored you're continuously stored, a minimum of a few of them do. Baptist preachers are extra hell hearth and damnation, Luthern ministers are extra sedate. They the two have faith interior the Trinity type Godhead, because of the fact they the two spun off the mum Catholic Church. The baptist do no longer do all of the rituals.
2017-01-06 11:17:57 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most denominations are true trinity. Believe God is made up of 3 co-existant persons. 1 called father-1 called son-1 called Holy Ghost. Which is a false doctrine since there is only 1 God. And he ain't a person. BAPTISTS don't believe the son is in the God head. According to scripture, in the man Christ Jesus. Dwelt the fullness of the Godhead bodily. They know in him was God. But also know the man, is not in the God-head.
2007-06-20 02:32:55 · answer #6 · answered by Ham Shank 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Baptist's themselves range from one end theologically to the other.
Ana-baptist's was a name given to Christians by their persecuters (The Catholic church) in the early Church days.
2007-06-12 08:22:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are many groups calling themselves Baptist with different teachings but the thing that bonds them is their insistence on Baptist by immersion.
2007-06-20 06:01:42 · answer #8 · answered by Dani 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Baptists believe in baptism by immersion (dunking). Other denominations are not so picky on the mode.
2007-06-12 08:18:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always thought that Baptists worshipped John the Baptist. Isn't that funny?
2007-06-12 08:19:36 · answer #10 · answered by cclleeoo 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋