{"id":2302,"date":"2021-08-12T10:23:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T17:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/?page_id=2302"},"modified":"2022-03-06T15:56:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-06T23:56:58","slug":"the-final-answer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/the-final-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2302\" class=\"elementor elementor-2302\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-14cf3a1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"14cf3a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64a6e64\" data-id=\"64a6e64\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-487b7c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"487b7c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The  Final Answer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92c1bf5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92c1bf5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f69efd9\" data-id=\"f69efd9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64af7b1\" data-id=\"64af7b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f7063f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f7063f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>The Church of Almighty God (CAG) claims to be Christianity. With a Protestant house church background, CAG doctrines and practices do have some similarities resemblant to Protestant sub-traditions as noted by Holly Folk. However, there are more differences in essential doctrines than non-essential doctrines which make CAG unrecognizable in its religious identity. Here is a list which summarizes <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">\u201cMajor Doctrinal Differences Between CAG and Evangelical Christianity\u201d:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/incarnation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Incarnation:<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>CAG has two incarnations; the second incarnation was a female. Christianity has only one incarnation; God became flesh in Jesus Christ (John 1:14).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/trinity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Trinity:<\/span><\/strong><\/a> CAG claims that the Trinity does not exist. The Christian God is One, revealed in three Persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, co-eternally existed (Matt. 28:19, 2 Cor. 13:14).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/christ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Christ:<\/strong><\/span><\/a> CAG\u2019s Jesus was a created human, an ordinary man. In Christianity, God Himself became a man in Jesus Christ (John 1:1-2).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/salvation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Salvation:<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>CAG\u2019s believer salvation is obtained by doing good works through judgment, chastisement, and perfecting by obeying the words of the Almighty God. Christians are saved by grace through faith alone, in Christ alone, not of works (Eph. 2:8-9).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/holy-spirit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Holy Spirit:<\/span> <\/strong><\/a>CAG\u2019s Holy Spirit is not God; and its power is limited, incapable of revealing the unrighteousness of man. Christianity\u2019s Holy Spirt is God, the third Person of the Trinity (Acts 5:3-4, Matt. 28:19, 2 Cor. 13:14).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/end-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>End Times:<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>CAG\u2019s second coming of Christ has a two-step process which had first begun with the secret incarnation of a female Christ in China (in 1991); and then later, the Lord\u2019s spiritual body will come in the sky. In Christianity, the second coming of Christ will be one event with Jesus physically coming in the sky; and it is yet to come (1 Thess. 4:16-17; Acts 1:9-11).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/scripture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Bible:<\/span><\/strong><\/a> CAG claims that the Bible is outdated and has been replaced by &#8220;<em>The Word Appears in the Flesh&#8221;<\/em>; and the Apostles\u2019 epistles are not Holy Spirit inspired Scriptures. Evangelical Christians believe only sixty-six books are Scriptures, the Holy Spirit inspired Word of God (Matt. 5:17-19, John 10:35, Matt. 22:29).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/en\/reincarnation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Reincarnation:<\/span><\/strong><\/a> CAG\u2019s Holy scripture prescribes the cycle of life and death, a reincarnation judgment and punishment for all people. In Christianity, however, all human souls are eternal, believers or otherwise, and will face the Great White Throne Judgment at end of the age (Rev. 20:11-15).<\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fda8d28\" data-id=\"fda8d28\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2da7279 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2da7279\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-848\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-000cba9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"000cba9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-848\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/20150927_200202-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc1430c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc1430c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ca1428\" data-id=\"9ca1428\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d7cc3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8d7cc3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-924\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Salvation.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d5f8912\" data-id=\"d5f8912\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4e3eef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f4e3eef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>The above noted differences are mostly essential doctrines which are certainly impactful to a believer\u2019s salvation. Even one point of deviation from Christian orthodoxy may by itself constitutes a heresy, let alone collectively eight differences. Since CAG came from Henan, China, Chinese culture, and religious traditions might have some indirectly influence over the development of CAG\u2019s doctrines. Buddhism and Daoism worship rituals and practices are prominent, popular, and influential. Both Buddhism and Daoism had their own goddesses, Guanyin, a male gender goddess, and Queen Mother of the West (Xi wang mu) respectively. Coincidentally, Zhao Weishan, the mastermind of CAG, used to be a Buddhist in his younger years.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/junxiuqingfeng.blogspot.com\/2018\/08\/blog-post_42.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Baiyun, Shun Xiu Breeze, &#8220;Restoring Cult \u201cAlmighty God\u201d (2) \u2013 Researching the Life, History and Beliefs of Zhao Weishan&#8221;<\/a>, accessed January 28, 2022.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f81fed\" data-id=\"8f81fed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9a9a16 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9a9a16\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7653e22\" data-id=\"7653e22\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c5a854\" data-id=\"1c5a854\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39d29e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39d29e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p>There are some belief similarities between Buddhism and Hinduism, human reincarnation and female\/male deities make the list. With respect to the origins of CAG\u2019s current beliefs, besides Christianity and Buddhism. Could there be another possible source? There are doctrinal similarities between the Church of Almighty God\u2019s beliefs and ministry practices and that of Hinduism. Here are five items:<\/p><ol><li>CAG has the cycle of life and death; Hinduism has reincarnation.<\/li><li>CAG has a female Christ; Hinduism has female goddesses.<\/li><li>CAG\u2019s Almighty God is the One Truth, who is the creator of all things except non-created beings, e.g., messengers and angels; Hinduism has the One Truth and the existence of other gods. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/non-created-beings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(See Non-Created Beings)<\/a><\/li><li>CAG requires good works and condemn evil behaviors which leads to God\u2019s punishments; Hinduism has the karma effect, i.e., you reap what you sowed.<\/li><li>CAG\u2019s &#8220;<em>The Word Appears in the Flesh&#8221;<\/em> does not identify Hinduism as one of the five major religions; CAG itself is identified as God\u2019s people, which is the only option left for the missing Hinduism. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/zh\/reincarnation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(See the Doctrine of Reincarnation)<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/li><li><p>There are many commonalities between CAG\u2019s doctrines and practices and that of Hinduism. Except numbers 3 and 5, Buddhism is also in common with three of the five points listed in comparing with CAG doctrines. The above five noted similarities do not by themselves prove any directly relationship or connection between the two religions. It does, however, indicates that Hinduism thoughts or similar ideas, even by sheer coincidence, somehow through some unknown means might have creeped into CAG\u2019s system of theology. How does a common person discern if CAG is a Christian church without an in-depth study of CAG beliefs?<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0fc3b0\" data-id=\"e0fc3b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6789481 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6789481\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-928\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-98bb468 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"98bb468\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-928\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/SalvationMixed-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea68a65 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea68a65\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6219753\" data-id=\"6219753\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee48f27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ee48f27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrinityLotus.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-941\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrinityLotus.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrinityLotus-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrinityLotus-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cag.clearthinking247.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/TrinityLotus-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e3b71ed\" data-id=\"e3b71ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26c91b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26c91b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><h4><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Concluding Thoughts<\/strong><\/span><\/h4><p class=\"PaperParagraph\">After looking at the major doctrines of the CAG with respect to the doctrines of Incarnation, Trinity, Christ, Salvation, Holy Spirit, End Times, and Bible, each one of these beliefs of the CAG are significantly different from Orthodox Christianity. None of its doctrinal positions are based on the OT &amp; NT of the Bible. The CAG\u2019s new Bible, \u201c<i>The Word Appears in the Flesh<\/i>\u201d has many written statements that are at odds with the essential evangelical Christian beliefs. According to the list of \u201cMajor Doctrinal Differences Between CAG and Evangelical Christianity\u201d above, the evidence provided have certainly proved that the Church of Almighty God\u2019s beliefs are drastically different from and often the opposite of evangelical Protestantism.<\/p><p class=\"PaperParagraph\">Based on all of the above findings, CAG in today\u2019s version with its progressive doctrines and practices should not be considered Christianity. Certainly, it is a new religious movement that came from a Protestant house church background. However, the documented evidence show that the Church of Almighty God has officially abolished the Bible as outdated and abandoned Jesus\u2019 redemptive work as old but embraces a new way of salvation by works in the current age. CAG has a different Christ, a different Holy Spirit, a different Bible, and a different way of salvation; and oddly, it has added the doctrine of the cycle of life and death, i.e., reincarnation, of all humans. Though, it has a Christian appearance on the outside, but after a close examination, in substance it has a different God on the inside.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f266366\" data-id=\"f266366\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cecfeac elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cecfeac\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e37e951\" data-id=\"e37e951\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04a2b25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"04a2b25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clear Thinking Exercises<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8062acc elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8062acc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e2d9d1\" data-id=\"0e2d9d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-702c881\" data-id=\"702c881\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59d48ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"59d48ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Are there other religious movements that teach human reincarnation?<\/li><li>What religious teachings have their roots from Eastern religions?<\/li><li>Which Eastern religions did these teachings come from?<\/li><li>What are the differences between the Church of Almighty God&#8217;s teachings and other religious thoughts\/teachings that have their roots sourced from those Eastern religions?<\/li><li>What are other commonalities of these religions besides human reincarnations?<\/li><li>Are religious experiences the proofs or the test of truth?<\/li><li>Is clear thinking required to discern the reality of truth?<\/li><li>Is the Bible the only source of all truth?<\/li><li>Why true feelings that a person experienced are not valid proofs of truth?<\/li><li>True feelings and true emotions are not necessarily the truth and reality of the matters at hand!<\/li><li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Church of Almighty God has its own and unique beliefs with respect to the doctrines of the Incarnation, the Trinity, the Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Bible, the End Times, the Cycles of Life Death (Reincarnation) and many others. Are these new CAG beliefs biblically grounded or experientially based? How can one discern changes in Christianity&#8217;s core beliefs are not only changes in God\u2019s words, but also God&#8217;s Characters, His Divine Essence, and ultimately His Identity?<\/span><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b417048\" data-id=\"b417048\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Final Answer The Church of Almighty God (CAG) claims to be Christianity. With a Protestant house church background, CAG doctrines and practices do have some similarities resemblant to Protestant sub-traditions as noted by Holly Folk. However, there are more differences in essential doctrines than non-essential doctrines which make CAG unrecognizable in its religious identity. 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