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Old 09-25-2006, 05:14 PM
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Originally posted by houseparent
The problem I encounter when I bring up confessions and such is that they believe we've grown in knowledge since then. They won't insult the founders and such, just claim that we have discovered more about God's word since their time, often quoting Daniel regarding an increase in understanding as the end times grows nearer.
That's called Restorationism. It was a major feature of Dispensationalism, Pentecostalism, and the other isms which came from Revivalism in the 19th Century.
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