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Date Posted: 10:08:48 10/20/11 Thu
Author: Lois
Subject: Re: Who Doesn't Get the Point?
In reply to: George 's message, "Who Doesn't Get the Point?" on 21:03:45 10/18/11 Tue

>Anyone who doesn't understand that deliberately
>ordaining avowed homosexuals (whether in secret or
>openly) is not the same as unknowingly ordaining
>practicing homosexuals stand up and say so.
>
>I'll be happy to explain it to you.
>
>The Red Herring argument:
>
>"We don't know how many homosexuals are priests, or
>which one was the first to become a priest, because
>there are so many homosexuals in the closet whom the
>First Presidency does/did not have enough inspiration
>to recognize."
>
>The correct answer would be "At this time there
>are[insert numeral here] avowed homosexuals
>holding valid ordination papers and ministering in the
>Community of Christ. We know there are that many,
>because we ordained them on purpose, because we
>considered it desirable to do so, regardless of what
>the rules and ordinances of the church state."
>
>When someone gets their census form, where the
>question "What is your race?" appears, he does
>not answer:
>
>"I don't know what my race is, because men have
>always been men, and women have always been women, and
>it is impossible for me to know which ones of my
>ancestors slept with whom over the last two hundred
>years."
>
>Nor does he answer:
>
>"I don't know what my race is, because I have a few
>ancestors who had confirmed good rhythm. Not only
>that, but over the last two hundred years, a lot of my
>ancestors pretended that I wasn't going to descend
>from them."

Calls to the priesthood are supposed to come by the leading of the Holy Spirit. "Accidently and unknowingly" ordaining unrepentant homosexuals tells us that these calls come from man, not through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit calls men to be spiritual leaders, not wolves.

Lois

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Re: Who Doesn't Get the Point? -- George, 22:26:26 10/20/11 Thu
Re: Who Doesn't Get the Point? -- john, 19:06:54 10/21/11 Fri
- Re: Who Doesn't Get the Point? -- George, 20:11:21 10/21/11 Fri
  - Re: Who Doesn't Get the Point? -- john, 14:52:35 10/23/11 Sun
    - Re: Who Doesn't Get the Point? -- George, 15:32:22 10/23/11 Sun