What is the closest religion to Pentacostal?
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crazymatic\n\nThats not nice. Pardon me. Pentecostalism is probably the broadest faction of christianity out there. Even in AG the churches are vastly different from one place to the other. Most any charismatic church will feel okay for you.\n\nBut of the ones you mentioned-  Baptist would be closest...But some Baptist churches can be a little tight, be careful if you feel the Spirit. Stay in your pew and you'll be okay. I did not mean that to be funny.
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It is 50. In Greek PENTECOST means the 50th day.
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Faithfreedom\n\ngoogle it
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Christianity is a religion.
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hmm...i used to be penticostal and i became adventist.\n\nit really depends on what branch of penticostalism you are talking about. there is the liberal type and the conservative type.\n\ni grew up on the conservative side. women wore dresses..you almost never cut your hair. as a woman you never wore anything above your knees. etc etc etc.\n\nso here are the similarities and differences that i have seen.\n\nas church standard..modesty is appreciated by both denominations.\n\nthey both read the same Bible (at least in romanian they do....im a romanian). \n\nromanian penticostal women wear headcoverings.....as most adventist women dont, though a few older women do, and in Romania, where teh custom of wearing a scarf on your head is very much a cultural thing, some adventist women will wear them out there.\n\nboth denominations believe that all the gifts of the spirit are still to be used today. the only difference is in the manifestation. Penticostals have the manifestations at just about any church meeting and home prayer meetings. While adventists believe that the gifts are to be used specifically when you are directly ministring to someone or witnessing to them about God. ( like peter did in the 1st chap. of Acts.) \n\na difference would be in the day of worship, pentis on sunday and SDA's on saturday. though both of them usually keep it the same way. at least when i grew up, we didnt cook or sew or do any work on sunday. and adventists do about the same.\n\nthere are also a few doctrinal differences, like about what happens when you die and about hell and about the whole tribulation and rapture issue. but those are deeper sujects. message me if you want to know more info.
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I used to be Pentecostal and I followed all of those rules for years. But When I started reading and studying the Bible, I never could find and answer to those questions. In fact I still have yet to find an answer. As it is I shave my legs, cut my hair, and wear pants, make-up and jewelry, and I am closer to God than ever. I honestly don't think he cares, but if anyone can prove me wrong, I'd like to know.
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"the pentacle ... was widely accepted in medieval times as representing the five wounds of Jesus."\n\nAnd also the five holy martyrs.\n\n"I know that Satanic cults use the inverted pentacle, and so now it's cool for anyone with a death-obsession to wear/display them, but Satanic cults also use inverted crosses. Does that make the cross as evil a symbol as the pentacle?"\n\nSome modern Satanists invert the holy symbols of other religions in order to mock those religions.  But such a use doesn't negate the original use of any holy symbol within its original context, or make the symbols inherently Satanic.\n\nSidenotes:  The first person to make the distinction between the upright pentacle as "good" and the inverted as "evil" was Eliphas Levi.  Prior to him making that distinction, both forms of the pentacle were used more or less interchangeably.  Also, the inverted cross is a legitimate Christian symbol - its the Cross of St. Peter.  \n\n"What about the swastika? It wasn't always a representation of an evil regime ..."\n\nIncidentally, the Nazi swastika is an "inverted" or left-facing swastika.\n\n"Will we ever go back to these peaceful representations of protection instead of the hateful ways they are viewed now?"\n\nWithin some communities, they never stopped being used in their more benign connotations.  The trouble is in getting the greater populace to recognize the misunderstanding and misuse of these symbols.  And that seems to be an uphill battle. After all, who likes to be told that they're wrong?
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They are too diverse to list their beliefs though they exists within the possibilities that Protestants believe in.  They tend to be very ahistorical (especially the charismatic sects) and that makes it impossible to track exact beliefs from community to community.  \n\nHowever, a good starter would be to check this site and scroll to the Pentecostal section.\n\nhttp://www.creeds.net
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Try these...\n\nhttp://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2002/005/1.18.html\n\nhttp://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6842774
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As a Christian, I have to say the Christian Church.  The denomination doesn't really matter.  The differences are not of the essentials of the Christian faith level.  They are minor differences so Baptists, Presbytarians, Lutherans, Pentacostals, etc. are all part of the true Church of Jesus Christ.  I might add that Mormons, though they like to claim to be Christians, are not Christians.
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Theocracy is the best, but only if Jesus is on the throne.  We will live in Theocracy for 1000 years after the second coming of Christ.  A benevolent dictator.  This will go against the grain of some here, but God is going to do it.  Until Jesus gets here the best I know of is democracy, which even that eventually will fail, as it is now breaking down.
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CANCER! YOU JUST GAVE ME CANCER! you missed the ENTIRE point behind joining a "religion" as you call it. For you, I think Russian Orthodoxy is a good religion. Geez, Frizzy Mcfreeride, could you possibly be more blatant about wanting the best of both worlds? I will leave you now, so that you may continue to set humanity back 100yrs for every day you are alive. I will go now, to drink the most toxic substance I can find in my house, in an attempt to clean the very existence of this question out of my mind.
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Just looked thru' some of your answers and saw the usual crop of religous nuts claiming their's was the only true path. After a lifetime study of comparative theology I have come to the conclusion that all the world's religions contain the same central core of truth:- Love God, and love your neighbour. Everything else is just window-dressing!
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I am Pentecostal and have been my entire life.  We DO NOT have bishops!
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Christianity the official religion of the country\n\n... another article\nhttp://www.northvegr.org/lore/roas/000_01.php
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Vodoun and Santeria are two different religions.  I don't know terribly much about Santeria, but to get a good grasp on the Vodou "pantheon" (a dubious term, since Vodouisants view the Lwa as being more akin to angels than deities) I recommend the following books:\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375753702/qid=1141437593/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-4308675-4088007?n=507846&s=books&v=glance\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060916494/qid=1141437707/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-4308675-4088007?s=books&v=glance&n=283155\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0070315604/qid=1141437776/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-4308675-4088007?s=books&v=glance&n=283155\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0930741471/qid=1141437811/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/002-4308675-4088007?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
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Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhim, Hinduism