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Date Posted: 25/11/07 10:53:16am
Author: nelly
Subject: Re: when have you ever heard an ordinary person use the word apostasy?
In reply to: Peter Eveleigh 's message, "Re: when have you ever heard an ordinary person use the word apostasy?" on 24/11/07 6:00:32pm

Peter
I think the bloke is probably a bit "anal" and this is reflected in his use of language ! He/she is obviously v. submerged in Wikipedia. Maybe they are a cult !!!
I agree with you apostate is a strong word (and one hardly used outside of the jesus army) but i don't think there was any harm intended.

> >href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jesus_Army#Non-
>neutral_editings">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jes
>us_Army#Non-neutral_editings
>
>Rumiton has since explained that he was using apostate
>in a sense understood by Wikipedia. However, I would
>think that it refers there to people who have departed
>from the belief system and not from a particular
>church. I have tried to emphasis this point and he has
>conceded it to some extent.
>
>I don't know if he will appreciate the irony of this
>apparently coincidental mistake.
>
>The simple fact is that while claiming to be orthodox,
>we all know that the JA actually does believe that
>when you leave them you are leaving God.....regardless
>of any individual's claims to continue in the faith.

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Replies:

If JA are orthodox - departing does not make people apostate -- Peter Eveleigh, 25/11/07 11:22:36am
- Re: If JA are orthodox - departing does not make people apostate -- nelly p, 27/05/10 4:08:08pm
Re: when have you ever heard an ordinary person use the word apostasy? -- Mike (webmaster), 25/11/07 4:23:50pm
- wikipediaish -- Peter Eveleigh, 25/11/07 4:30:26pm
- case dismissed -- Peter Eveleigh, 29/05/10 11:23:06am
Re: when have you ever heard an ordinary person use the word apostasy? -- nellyp, 27/05/10 4:07:04pm

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> >Peter >I think the bloke is probably a bit "anal" and this is >reflected in his use of language ! He/she is obviously >v. submerged in Wikipedia. Maybe they are a cult !!! >I agree with you apostate is a strong word (and one >hardly used outside of the jesus army) but i don't >think there was any harm intended. > > > >><a rel=nofollow target=_blank >>href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Jesus_Army#Non >- >>neutral_editings">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Je >s >>us_Army#Non-neutral_editings</a> >> >>Rumiton has since explained that he was using apostate >>in a sense understood by Wikipedia. However, I would >>think that it refers there to people who have departed >>from the belief system and not from a particular >>church. I have tried to emphasis this point and he has >>conceded it to some extent. >> >>I don't know if he will appreciate the irony of this >>apparently coincidental mistake. >> >>The simple fact is that while claiming to be orthodox, >>we all know that the JA actually does believe that >>when you leave them you are leaving God.....regardless >>of any individual's claims to continue in the faith.
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