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halo14x
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| Posted 5/30/2002 7:26 PM (GMT -6) |   | I started reading Letters from a Skeptic again today and I have a question. It says...
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When I first became a Christian some 14 years ago, you were legitimately concerned that I had gotten myself involved in some sort of mindless cult. (It turns out you weren't very far from wrong at the time!)
I'm wondering what you meant by this. Thanks a lot.
In Christ,
halo14x
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 5/30/2002 7:38 PM (GMT -6) | | My first exposure to Christianity was in a "Oneness Pentecostal" church that was pretty cultic. They basically believed that only people who a) denied the Trinity b) were baptized "in Jesus name" (not "father, son, Holy Spirit) c) spoke in tongues and d) lived according to their holiness standards (women never cut hair, no jewlery, makeup, guys no facial hair, etc.) were saved.
I was in it strong for about a year. Lost my faith for a year. Came back to it but with increasing reservations the next three years. Got married (how God works) and left it.
I write about the group in my 1994 book (still in print) Oneness Pentecostals and the Trinity (Baker).
Blessings
Greg
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Tom
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| Posted 5/30/2002 11:50 PM (GMT -6) | | quote:
...guys no facial hair....
What about those nagging hairs that grow out of my ears, and even those on my ear lobes? Will they disqualify me? 
Tom
"Every saint has a history and every sinner a future." Oscar Wilde
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GregBoyd
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| Posted 6/3/2002 3:34 AM (GMT -6) | | [What about those nagging hairs that grow out of my ears, and even those on my ear lobes? Will they disqualify me?
The Wise One: They are most definitely of the devil and must be removed immediately. Nose hairs as well, as they are not only unsightly but tend to catch an increasing array of bugers which is a bad testimony. Butt hair is allowed, but only on men. Eye brows on men must be allowed to grow unhindered, for to trim them is feminine and a confusion of sexual identification. Women must cut leg hair, for if God wanted women to have leg hair he would not have invented nylons. Men can wear nylons, however, but only on Friday nights when they are entertaining their spouses.
Are you clear on all this?
You call yourself a man of God and yet don't know such rudimentary things!!!
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