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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Is it me or does it just seem the legalists got more stricter as time went on?
The UPC was formed with two different groups that did not agree and supposedly would tolerate each other. Was it a lie? Was it a pipe dream?
I have a friend who was working with a client and on the wall was a plaque that read United Pentecostal Church, in spanish. He asked the guy about it to see if he was UPC. Well what ensued was interesting. The guy was from South America. I guess there is a "UPC" down there not affiliated with us. But the most interesting part was this: He asked why we OPs can't get along when Trinitarians from many different denominations can get together despite their doctrinal differences?
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The UPCI is NOT a cult or legalistic, but there is a radical fringe within the UPCI that is cultic. We are seeing that small group flex their muscle in a fit of absolute rage because the dominant strangle-hold they have held for so long has been broken.
This group came to power in the early-to-mid seventies, and have consistently pushed an extremist agenda, with no regard for those who disagreed.
The worm has turned.
One of the greatest biblical laws is found in
Galatians 6:7, "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap."