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My brother and I went before the elders of our CRC church to make profession of faith (something like the sacrament of confession, although the CRC doesn't believe that the profession of faith is sacramental)...

Obviously this guy knows next to nothing about his former Protestant faith since a "profession of faith" is nothing "like the sacrament of confession."

This sounds more like a confirmation class which most 12-year-old Protestants understand correctly.

More lies.

6 posted on 06/02/2007 1:27:47 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
Obviously this guy knows next to nothing about his former Protestant faith since a "profession of faith" is nothing "like the sacrament of confession."

That struck me as an odd comparison upon reading it. I'm not familiar with CRC practices but if his profession was anything like a Catholic confession I thought he was going to confess his sins before the entire congregation. Wow! That would have reaffirmed my opinion on how hard core and rigorous my Calvinist brothers are, but only shows that this guy is either ignorant about both churches or made a big boo boo in recollecting his story. Don't people realize that Freepers read and analyze this kind of stuff? I demand better.

35 posted on 06/02/2007 9:08:39 PM PDT by LordBridey
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So what, exactly, is this profession of faith. Because we (as adults) do pronounce that with the Sacrament of Baptism. For infants, it is pronounced by the parents and godparents.


43 posted on 06/02/2007 9:55:00 PM PDT by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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