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Date Posted: 15:35:02 11/18/11 Fri
Author: Lois
Subject: Re: Deceptive?
In reply to: Mamusz 's message, "Deceptive? " on 09:32:02 11/18/11 Fri

John said,

�if you want to belong to a real christian church you would be welcome back to the cofchrist...�

Not believing that the community has anything to do with Christ I posted this, �straight from the horse�s mouth�.

Community of Christ 2002 World Conference Bulletin pp. 75-78

H-8 Interfaith Relations Committee Report

(H-8) "The most troublesome text for the Christian community regarding other religious traditions is to be found in Acts 4:12. This text makes exclusive claims to salvation through Jesus Christ and him alone. This text has tended to foster prejudice toward not only Jews but all other religious claims as well because of its exclusivity. This text is best understood within the context of the sermon preached by Peter in the company of John and others. It should not be universalized and become a framework for either missional or theological purposes."

In return john says this.

�and no matter how many times things are explained to you Lois you still bring up the same things over and over and over and over and over and over again...

are you trying to be deceptive?�

Mamusz asks this of john.

�My goodness, John, how can you call something deceptive that the Community of Christ has clearly said?�

And here is my answer.

Yes, it has been explained to me many times. Every explanation has been an act of rationalizing, twisted, self-righteous, illogical and self-serving.

Lois

http://www.cofchrist.org/peacecolloquy/2005/windland.asp

Community of Christ, 2005 Peace Colloquy, JW Windland , AUTHENTIC CHRISTIAN MISSION IN A MULTIFAITH WORLD

"Christianity's monopoly on salvation is over."

"Non-Christian traditions must be recognized for what they are � fully franchised systems of salvation with practitioners as decent and devoted as any other, with scholars as intelligent and gifted as any other, with members as whole and holy as any other. Any model of authentic Christian mission in a multifaith world must acknowledge that"

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Re: Deceptive? -- George, 22:55:03 11/18/11 Fri