Date Posted:18:23:48 09/06/11 Tue Author: john Subject: Re: General Denominational (Dis)Information In reply to:
George
's message, "Re: General Denominational (Dis)Information" on 21:55:43 08/26/11 Fri
uhmmmmmm... section 111 was not a revelation...
john
>Lois wrote:
>
>(snip Windland's turgid rant against Christianity)
>>
>>HISTORY
>>
>>The church was legally organized on April 6, 1830, in
>>Fayette, New York. Following the assassination of
>>founder Joseph Smith Jr. in 1844, the church split
>>into multiple groups. Joseph Smith III succeeded his
>>father and was ordained prophet-president of this
>>denomination on April 6, 1860.
>>
>>And then this is what they turn around and say in
>>order to gain admittance into the National Council of
>>Churches:
>>
>><>
>>page 2
>>
>>The Membership and Ecclesial Relations Committee
>>(MERC) of the General Assembly of the National Council
>>of the Churches of Christ in the USA and Church World
>>Service recommends to the 2010 General Assembly that
>>the membership application of the Community of Christ
>>(COC) be approved. This recommendation is based on a
>>careful review of written materials provided by the
>>COC,
>>
>>page 3
>>
>>It is always important at the onset of any discussion
>>of the spiritual roots of Community of Christ to note
>>that its founder is not [Joseph Smith] of the Church
>>of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
>>Saints (LDS), but his son, Joseph Smith III,
>>---------------
>>
>>How can they have two distinctly different histories?
>>By their own logic Grant McMurray, who resigned
>>suddenly as president, was the founder of the
>>Community of Christ. That is when they changed their
>>name from Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
>>Day Saints to Community of Christ. Maybe they should
>>get their history straight for their website.
>>
>>Submitted by Lois
>
>I tend to agree, Lois.
>
>This is all about same-sex marriage. Section 111 of
>the Doctrine and Covenants states that marriage is
>between a man and a woman. Since past RLDS conferences
>have voted that this revelation is still binding on
>the post 1860 church, the only way to get rid of it is
>to claim that the RLDS church never existed before
>1860. That allows them to discard Joseph Smith, Jr.'s
>doctrines and practices entirely, from rebaptism to
>heterosexual marriage. That renders all revelations
>from Joseph, Jr. as quaint and obsolete as Wycliff's
>Bible translation.
>
>If the Communitarian church is a reality and not a
>fiction, I would expect that its real inception
>occurred during the administration of Mr. McMurray.
>And, of course, if later the Communitarians want to
>jettison something from Joseph Smith, III, they will
>move the beginning of the church 140 years after 1860.
>Just think. Someday they may find Dr. Smith's
>revelations just aren't kinky enough and decide to get
>rid of them. After all, Dr. Smith is in lineal
>descent from Joseph Smith, Jr. Getting rid of him
>would completely get rid of the Smith family's "taint"
>(as the liberals see it.) But that will be past his
>human lifespan, so he won't have to deal with such an
>insult.
>
>What a bill of goods the leadership sold the NCC.
>After all, the Unitarians and the Mormons couldn't get
>into the NCC. The LDS don't want to, but the
>Unitarians get to participate as back-of-the-bus
>passengers. So the Communitarians have pulled off a
>great feat. Not wonderful, but great. Don't think that
>the exMormon forum participants haven't noticed this
>sudden change, and haven't compared it to the kind of
>mind control practiced by the LDS church and the
>Communist Party.
>
>George
>
>Links removed because they drive the Voy computer
>nuts.
