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   Janice to All   
   Re: Explanations of heavens and hells   
   27 Dec 04 02:20:27   
   
   From: janice@mailinator.com   
      
   In article <41cfa62b$1_3@newspeer2.tds.net>, dick_silk@antispam.gov   
   says...   
   >"Janice"  wrote in message   
   >news:MPG.1c3969143db4187698a23d@news.individual.net...   
      
   >> And on the flip side of that, the born-again folk don't think much of   
   >> Catholics, Lutherans and others who merely intellectualize the concept   
   >> instead of experiencing it. :-)   
      
   > um... yes... that is correct...    
      
   The born-again folk can get pretty darn intense, so if one is not an   
   emotionalist their take on things probably won't have much appeal.   
      
   >> Pentecostalism counts as sect according to a textbook I used to have on   
   >> sects and cults, but yes, technically Charismatic is more of a type; I   
   >> was not being precise.  If one really wants to get technical,   
   >> "Fundamentalist" can be used in a more specific sense that does not   
   >> include Pentecostals.  It's a complex subject.   
   >   
   >eh... it's all toeMAYtoe / tahMAHtoe...   
      
   Beyond a point, yes, especially if it's true that all of these groups   
   call each other "fundamentalists" as a put down. :-)   
      
   ...   
      
   >> Here are some informative web pages:   
   >>   
   >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charismatic   
   >   
   >that isn't, by any chance, run via Wicca, is it?   
      
   Not as far as I know.   
      
   >It was interesting to note   
   >that the pents and the charis types are vewwy vewwy cwose... we'h hunting   
   >wabbit twacks!   
      
   They all kind of blend together, at least from an outsider's perspective.   
      
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