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Date Posted: 9/06/10 9:24:43pm
Author: Luke
Subject: Re: Agape
In reply to: Peter Eveleigh 's message, "Re: Agape" on 9/06/10 9:18:25pm

Yes considering I had been baptized and confirmed in the Christian faith, it was rather odd.

It's their way of making you want to join their special club, and turn your back on what you were before.

Expanding on what you said, excluding fellow Christians from communion surely is a big sin? When I was there they had four people in a household excluded from agape, wrong and very weird.

>yes, the exclusion of people was always rather cruel.
>I understood it in principle, but it would have been
>better to have a rule that they would not have agape
>on a night when someone was visiting, or not invite
>poeple on Agape night. But to exclude people who are
>staying with you is just not right, especially when
>they are fellow Christians, as the communion was never
>meant to be exclusive.
>
>The JA used communion as a way of excluding people...a
>way of reinforcing their committedness. To exclude
>people from "the Lord's table" because they are mnot
>"committed" is blasphemy.
>
>(and yes, it is entirely possible to know the bible
>and understand christian theology, despite my not
>being a christian)

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>Yes considering I had been baptized and confirmed in >the Christian faith, it was rather odd. > >It's their way of making you want to join their >special club, and turn your back on what you were >before. > >Expanding on what you said, excluding fellow >Christians from communion surely is a big sin? When I >was there they had four people in a household excluded >from agape, wrong and very weird. > >>yes, the exclusion of people was always rather cruel. >>I understood it in principle, but it would have been >>better to have a rule that they would not have agape >>on a night when someone was visiting, or not invite >>poeple on Agape night. But to exclude people who are >>staying with you is just not right, especially when >>they are fellow Christians, as the communion was never >>meant to be exclusive. >> >>The JA used communion as a way of excluding people...a >>way of reinforcing their committedness. To exclude >>people from "the Lord's table" because they are mnot >>"committed" is blasphemy. >> >>(and yes, it is entirely possible to know the bible >>and understand christian theology, despite my not >>being a christian)
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