............whaaaaaaaaa?????? seriously?.............sigh............
Never really looked into their doctrines, have ya?
Seriously, you can count three days and three nights from Friday sunset to Sunday before dawn? That is just one tidbit of the error most protestant churches hold to. How about the Apostles creed recited every Sunday?
"The affirmation of faith most widely used by United Methodists. The Apostles' Creed derives its name from its use in the Christian church from as early as A.D. 150 and the early belief that it was used by the apostles. Beginning in the third century, this creed was used at baptisms by the Roman Catholic Church. Through the years it has been used widely by both Roman Catholics and Protestants as the formative statement of the faith into which Christians are baptized." -
Apostles’ Creed - The United Methodist Church
Now what is that creed?
The Apostles’ Creed
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth;
And in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord;
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried;
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come again to judge the quick and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.Amen.
And of course they claim it does not mean the Catholic church but the universal church. All the while the Caholics are laughing up their sleeve.
"United Methodism shares with Catholicism the basics of Christianity. We believe in the one God who comes to us in a Trinity of Father, Son, Spirit. Jesus the Christ is the Word of God enfleshed. He lived, was crucified, was risen. We read the Bible (although with fewer books, since we are Protestants) and find it it a sufficient guide to God's will for us. We have bishops who appoint pastors to the churches. We believe in life after death.
Our tradition asserts the real, personal, living presence of Jesus Christ. We understand the divine presence in temporal and relational terms. In the Holy Meal of the church, the past, present, and future of the living Christ come together.
Differences with the Catholic Church: We agree with other Protestants in affirming only two Sacraments, Baptism and the Lord's Supper/Eucharist. These are the Sacraments actually commanded by Jesus. We say that God in Christ is truly present in the Eucharist, but we do not affirm "transsubstantiation." We do not recognize the authority of the Pope, the Bishop of Rome.
We usually baptize by sprinkling, but we may pour or immerse as the candidate prefers. We accept birth control and abortion, after prayerful consideration.
We do not kneel at worship except at the Lord's Table. Our pastors are much more free to innovate in the order of worship and to follow the lectionary readings or to choose their own.
Peace and grace,
Bill Olewiler
United Methodist pastor, retired"
Yep, doctrines that are right down the line. By the way, you wanna buy a bridge?
