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Date Posted: 13:53:41 11/13/11 Sun
Author: john
Subject: Re: Why is Andrew Shields quoting Apostle Paul?
In reply to: George 's message, "Re: Why is Andrew Shields quoting Apostle Paul?" on 15:29:24 11/12/11 Sat

yawn........

3 & 4...

john

>>yawn.......
>>
>>and how many times does this make that you have
>>"submitted" yet the same old tired thing, Lois?
>>
>>truly... you might as well just make "bocking"
>>noises... this has to be at least the sixth time i
>>have seen you post this...
>>
>>talk about credibility issues... now, where is that
>>"rolling eyes smilie" when i need it?
>>
>>john
>>
>
>John, the issue of the Community of Christ designating
>the Apostle Paul as a homophobic bigot, and then
>trying piously to quote him to get folks to "list" to
>hearkent to them is a conundrum that bears
>contemplation.
>
>I've heard it said that "A patriot is someone who
>loves his country, while hating 97% of the people in
>it." That's the kind of person I wouldn't want to
>join up with.
>
>Something similar holds true for the CofC. It
>"believes" the Bible while hating 97% of what's
>written in it. It "believes" the Book of Mormon while
>hating most of what's in it, too. Even the D&C gets
>the same sort of treatment. The church "believes" D&C
>too, but is always trying to remove sections that are
>inconvenient.That's the kind of church I wouldn't want
>to join, provided that I had adequate notice in
>advance of what it was really all about.
>
>I'm doing the CofC an immense favor, John. anyone who
>would be uncomfortable belonging to a prohomosexual
>political action church, a church that objects to much
>of what is in the Bible, would only cause trouble in
>the CofC. If such a person were to read the posts here
>and not go to the CofC, think how much trouble that
>saves you and other priesthood members in sizing up
>the pigeons.
>
>I'm doing your work for you.
>
>That's why the LDS Church doesn't bother with
>antiMormons. The prospective converts who read
>antiMormon material, and still get suckered into
>joining the LDS Church without ever realizing what is
>going on behind the curtain are just the kind of
>people LDS missionaries are looking for. The rest
>they'd just as soon do without.
>
>One might think you could show some appreciation for
>this.
>
>Everybody needs to know about Andrew Shields playing
>fast and loose with the Bible, just as everybody needs
>to know that Joseph Smith, Jr. was doing the
>horizontal mambo with Fannie Alger out in the barn
>(something you like to talk about, John.) These are
>the sorts of things that can never be forgotten by
>anyone determined to keep a close eye on spiritual
>matters regarding Mormonism.
>
>The average paid employee of the CofC hierarchy has
>about as much credibility as a TV evangelist.
>
>But you prefer not to see that nor lift a finger to do
>anything about it. One might think you find it more
>purifying and restorative to the church's future to
>just rag on Lois.
>
>George

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