*for the letter kills*

The idea of denominations and doctrines is to present something as the truth about Christ and being a Christian.

you dont need a bible to believe in god

the law was written in the hearts of men

You need the bible to believe in the true God

Like baptism, how should a Christian be baptized when, etc

Different churches disagree

You just need to take a shower

its just a ritual of water

Presumably someone is wrong and someone is right

there is no magic ooga booga involved

it is symbolic

What you just said is you presenting your position, your doctrine

fine

Either you're right or you're wrong

“Unless one is born of water and of the spirit, he shall not enter the Kingdom of God”

it takes a little bit of common sense

Yes but water, Christ ment something with that

for example when he was pierced with the spear

a stream of blood and water came out seperately from eachother

So it’s not a shower now, it’s just metaphor?

People who counter signal all denominations and organized chirstianity remind me of anarchists

baptism is a vow one makes to be a believer

nothing more

Civilized humans organize themselves into groups that are in charge and have a formal process for making decisions

John the Baptist literally dunked people in water

dont rely on humans for salvation

trust no man but god

You’re literally trusting yourself to interpret the texts

no thats the spirit

This fetish for a world in which every asshole runs wild and there's no state, no laws, no formalized morality/theology that the people agree on is retarded

im not an anarchist

obey the laws of the land

unto caesar what is unto caesar

So the Spirit guides you but not the thousands of sects that disagree with you?

nope because they put their faith in men

and doctrine

thinking abiding by the rules of the bible saves them

You put your faith in a man, *yourself*

no i put my faith in god

Why don’t you even capitalise His name then