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Date Posted: 23:22:32 03/08/11 Tue
Author: George
Subject: Re: Already determined the outcome?
In reply to: Lois 's message, "Re: Already determined the outcome?" on 22:00:43 03/08/11 Tue

>> >>href="http://www.cofchrist.org/usaconf/journey.asp">ht
>t
>>p://www.cofchrist.org/usaconf/journey.asp
>>Journeying Toward a USA National Conference
>>BY THE USA APOSTOLIC TEAM
>>
>>Q: Has church leadership already determined the
>>outcome on issues of same-gender marriage and
>>ordaining people in same-gender relationships?
>>
>>A: No, church leadership is committed to discernment
>>leading to the USA National Conference. This process
>>will include spiritual practices, dialogue, scripture
>>reflection, and study of credible resources that
>>provide multiple perspectives on human sexuality and
>>healthy, faithful, and committed relationships.
>>--------
>>
>>I don't believe that. Does anybody reading this
>>believe that?
>>
>>Lois
>>
>I guess they approved of Scott Murphy�s
>performance on the Diversity Team. He was ordained to
>be an apostle at the 2010 World Conference.
>
> >href="http://www.cofchrist.org/wc2010/reports/h1.asp">h
>ttp://www.cofchrist.org/wc2010/reports/h1.asp
>H-1 Diversity Team Report
>To the First Presidency and the World Conference:
>
>(excerpts)
>�The Diversity Team convened under the direction and
>organizational charter approved by the First
>Presidency. The team assembled for regularly scheduled
>meetings during the three-year period of 2007�2010.�
>
>�Terms Defined:
>
>Diversity: The range of social identity groups
>that comprise an organization.
>
>Inclusion: Fully and respectfully involving all
>members, regardless of gender, religion, race, color,
>sexual orientation, national origin, age, or
>physical ability, in the activities and life of the
>organization.�
>
>�There must be alignment with our We Share document,
>Enduring Principles, and the strategic organizational
>plan. Church leaders, ministry, programs, recruitment
>and hiring, policy and practices, etc. must be
>consistent with our statement of purpose to achieve
>the organizational reforms needed for cultural change.
>A diversity-and-inclusion breakthrough is
>critical to the successful implementation of the World
>Ministries Coordinating Team�s strategic initiatives
>and the mission priorities established by the World
>Church Leadership Council in 2005.�
>
>Diversity Team Dave Brown Don Compier Yola Compier
>Nanette Chun-Ming Ward,team co-lead Stassi Cramm
>John Glasser Cathi Cackler-Veazey Gwendolyn
>Hawks-Blue Jon Hetherington Geri Macias Scott
>Murphy Terri Rathbun Keith Russell Derrick
>Williams, team co-lead
>------
>
>Submitted by Lois
>

Indeed, Lois. We are accused of mocking, but the CofC leadership mocks us, and insults our intelligence at every turn. Is it legitimate to illegally ordain avowed homosexuals to the priesthood until the leading quorums are stacked, and then summon those quorums to "decide" whether homosexuality is acceptable or not?

Remember the hue and cry over the plan to hire a contractor from a Persian gulf state to oversee antiterrorist operations in U.S. ports? This is much worse. The contractor merely happened to be from a hostile Middle East environment. The CofC version of it would be like deliberately hiring Al Quaeda to oversee operations.

The U.S. is a Democracy, at least for now, so the plan to hire the contractor fell through. The CofC is a dictatorship
run by ecclesiastical pirates, so its plans are moving full speed ahead.

Remember, that's how Hitler consolidated his control over Germany. He burned down the Reichstag, and then had Nazi operatives refuse to seat delegates from other parties when the legislature met at an alternate location. If only "your people" get to vote, the outcome is assured beforehand. Every dirty political trick used by every underhanded dictator over the last 100 years has been employed to railroad things through the CofC. Even the name change was done that way.

George

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