This should be accounted for when writing about non-denominational churches:
- 7th Day Adventists have very quirky beliefs about the Catholic church as Antichrist and vegan/vegetarian faith.
- Unitarians believe in words as gods not in God. They preach about "Truth, Promise, Hope" as divine ideals to unify.
- Masons worship Jesus and the Moon goddess. When they bury one of their followers, they give them a cross and leaf to symbolize her deity.
- Mormons have their own bible, they do not celebrate birthdays, holidays, etc.
- Jehova's Witnesses believe that they are the 100,000 sealed for the end times. Their "Watchtower" is a tribute to their watching for the day.
They started Ancestory.com to trace the 100,000 pure witness bloodlines to discover their witnesses.
um, the Mormons did not start Ancestry.com. There was another site they started, and its the only one that is still free to use without subscription, but it was not ancestry.com
And its' not the Mormons who don't celebrate birthdays and holidays, its the JW's. You are mixing up the two.
And since my best friend studied the masons very intently at one point because her brother was one, no, there was never any teaching of worshipping a moon goddess. The Mason worship the Great Architect, which is a vague enough term that it can encompass pretty much any god you want to put in that position.
I completely agree with the others who have posted before this. You seem to have a great misconception on what non-denominational churches actually teach, and seem to think that if a church is non-denominational, it must be a cult and that is simply not true at all. Many non-denominational churches choose to be unaffiliated with any particular denomination because they see that the Bible never started denominations in the first place and they see the doctrinal dangers that are inherent in the denominations today. So many are laudably trying to get to a structure as close to the original churches as they can and to try to keep human politics out of their religion. Now are some non-denominational because they are woke or very progressive or liberal? Sure, but there are plenty of denominational congregations the same way. But to automatically judge our brother and sisters in Christ as heretics just because they worship in a manner different from ours or just generalizing in terms of "All" is forming strawmen to attack and frankly is being legalistic and Pharasetical.
I agree with
@suspensewriter : this is a writer's forum for peers to share their advice from their experience on writing, or to give their perspective on a particular subject, to encourage each other in Christ and to help each other achieve their calling as writers for Christ. This is not a place to sermonize or try to establish authority over the others here on this forum.
We welcome your perspective or writing advice given from your experience in writing; we do not, however, enjoy discussions that are needlessly divisive and frankly, completely off topic for the forum. So please, participate here as a peer that is writing or creating media for Christ and please, leave your sermons for your congregation on Sunday.
