New answers tagged comparative-christianity
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About the same as someone who was never a christian in the first place.
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Although I presume this question will be closed, I'll answer anyway.
A Christian who converts to any other religion, whether Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, etc., is considered a heretic and anathema.
With respect to Muslims: while they confess Yeshu'a to be the Messiah (e.g., Sūratu Āli ʿImrān, āyah 45), they deny his 1) crucifixion, 2) atonement, 3) death, and ...
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Not to be flip, but it sort of goes like this:
Find some theological point on which you find your existing denomination to be so heretical as to be in grave danger of going to hell. Assume this point is not aidaphora.
Find a bunch of other people who agree, and start meeting together.
Possibly, ordain yourself (as in the case of Joseph Smith - the founder ...
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Generally denominations form over church splits or mergers, rather than just appearing from scratch.
The denomination I am a part of the PCA formed in the 70s after the mainline Presbyterian church (PCUSA) took a more liberal leaning than many of the southern Presbyterian churches were willing to go along with. They left and formed their own denomination.
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