Issues in Christianity – a growing list from a survey among friends

THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT BELIEFS FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE THAT IT BEHOOVES US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE. Can you add to this list (I’m hoping to collect about 300)?
• If you say the Sinner’s Prayer, you’ll be saved. 1-2
• God doesn’t remember sins. 3-4
• AD70 was the end times. 5-6
• Prayer doesn’t have any innate power. 7-8
• The Gifts of the Spirit have ceased to exist. 9-10
• Paul’s contribution doesn’t agree with Jesus’. 11-12
• There are certain people who God cannot love. 13-14
• The Holy Spirit lives on the inside of everyone. 15-16
• Jesus is coming again. 17-18
• Jesus has come many, many times. 19-20
• The Bible is inerrant. 21-22
• If you don’t speak in tongues you’re not really saved. 23-24
• You can’t be saved unless you are baptized with water. 25-26
• If you don’t give, you’ll not be blessed. 27-28
• When you get to heaven you will be healed of your handicap. 29-30
• Women shouldn’t wear pants or be ministers. 31-32
• God is Love. 33-34
• Jesus is the Messiah. 35-36
• Paying tithes buys a seat in heaven. 37-38
• No dancing should be allowed. 39-40
• No music should be in church building. 41-42
• No music should be in worship. 43-44
• All music in church must be acapella. 45-46
• Women must not preach. 47-48
• Women must not lead in singing. 49-50
• The Holy Spirit talks to us all the time. 51-52
• God is omnipotent. 53-54
• God is Omnipotence. 55-56
• Jesus is Lord. 57-58
• God is Lord. 59-60
• Hell is real. 61-62
• Hell exists only between our ears. 63
• Jesus is the only way to God. 64
• Jesus is one of many ways to God. 65
• Jesus is God. 66
• Jesus is not God. 67
• Satan is real. 68
• Demons are real. 69
• The devil is real. 70
• Neither Satan, the devil nor demons are real. 71-73
• Hypnotism is a useful tool. 74
• Hypnotism is dangerous. 75
• There is no forgiveness for suicide. 76-77
• Homosexuality is unforgivable. 78-79
• Women must cover their heads in church. 80-81
• Women must not wear pants in church. 82-83
• Gambling is a sin. 84-85
• Adam had no authority over sickness or disease. 86-89
• Faith in Jesus precludes impossibilities. 90-91
• The faith OF Jesus precludes impossibilities. 92-93
• Christians will be raptured before Armageddon. 94-95
• Redemption is only good until the next time you sin. 96-97
• Sanctification is ongoing. 98-99
• We must get all of our sins “under the blood”. 100-101
• If you keep sinning even though you believe, you will go to hell. 102-103
• If you keep sinning, you open the door to demons. 104-105
• We should talk about peace-making a lot. 106-107
• We should act as peacemakers whenever we can. 108-109
• We should never make blanket statements. 110-111
• We should look at the full counsel of God’s word and not just a passage or two. 112-113
• We should look for consistent patterns throughout the whole of the Scriptures. 114-115
• The Holy Spirit goes to God on your behalf. 116-117
• Being good will not get you into Heaven. 118-119
• Jesus came to heal a sinful and sick world. 120-121
• Grace is a license to sin. 122-123
• God puts sickness on people. 124-125
• God controls every little nit-picking thing that happens on earth. 126-127







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Issues in Christianity