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Date Posted: 10:53:51 08/13/11 Sat
Author: Lois
Subject: Re: And Another RLDS congregation bites the dust
In reply to: George 's message, "Re: And Another RLDS congregation bites the dust" on 08:55:39 08/13/11 Sat

>>
>>>
>>>I really feel sorry for people like Lois who after
>>>twenty plus years are still hurting and can't seem to
>>>move on in their spiritual life. You are all in my
>>>prayers.
>>>
>>>Joanne
>>
>>Joanne,
>>
>>Thanks. You let me know that my posts are having some
>>impact.
>>
>>Lois
>>
>>What this all means is that the church
>>started in 1860 by Joseph Smith, III (As the
>>Communitarian leadership now claims it began) no
>>longer believes that a man can be born designated by
>>God as a prophet, and has switched to believing that a
>>man can be born designated by God to be a homosexual.
>>(George)
>
>How true.
>
>A child doesn't ask to be born. The parents are
>responsible for that. When two women deliberately
>choose to have a child by nonnatural means, they are
>forcing the child to participate in a relationship
>that they participate in voluntarily.
>
>Western civilization has pretty much gone insane.
>Most nations outside the west, such as Japan, cannot
>even believe that here, a single woman can go and get
>herself artificially inseminated. They cannot believe
>the degree to which antisocial behavior is promoted in
>the U.S.
>
>But, never fear. After the coming collapse and the
>ensuing Dark Ages, the Renaissance will blossom again.
>It won't help the people who suffer a repeat of the
>Medieval period, but evil can't triumph. It can only
>rule the hearts and minds of those who voluntarily
>submit to it. It's rather brutal on their bodies,
>though.
>
>George

Moroni Chapter 8

13 But little children are alive in Christ, even from the foundation of the world; . . .

It is truly hypocritical to gush over the artificial insemination of a lesbian while at the same time endorsing abortion for a mother's convenience. And please Joanne, don't insult us by claiming that you disagree with anything the c-not-of-c endorses.
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http://www.religiousinstitute.org/statement/from-appendix-4-of-the-church-administrators-handbook

from Appendix 4 of the Church Administrator's Handbook
in
Abortion
Community of Christ
Date: Thu, 03/19/1998

6. We affirm that there is an inadequacy in simplistic answers that regard all abortions as murder, or, on the other hand, regard abortion only as a medical procedure without moral significance.

7. We affirm the right of the woman to make her own decision regarding the continuation or termination of problem pregnancies. it is our recommendation that this decision be made with the support of family and in consultation with medical, ministerial, and professional counseling services.

8. We affirm that jurisdictional leaders need to be cognizant of competent counseling resources and available women's health care services in the areas to which our members may be referred both during the process of decision and following.

The church is aware that there are occasions which make it necessary, because of the conditions of the conception or pregnancy, to terminate a particular pregnancy. While we recognize a woman's basic right to self-determination, we are also committed to placing a high value on the preservation of life as a principle of moral behavior. In its teaching and caring ministries, the church seeks to provide premarital preparation and to nurture faithful marriage relationships. There are, however, ethical choices in which the church, while emphasizing basic Christian principles, is called to support individuals in exercising their free moral agency as they engage in responsible decision.
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Submitted by Lois

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht....63&pagewanted=1

A Kiss Too Far?
By GUY TREBAY
Published: February 18, 2007 (bold by Lois)

After considering herself exclusively lesbian for decades, Sarah Van Arsdale, a novelist, not long ago found, to her surprise, that she had fallen in love with a man. At first, as she wrote last week in an e-mail message from a writer's colony in Oaxaca, Mexico, "Whenever we would hold hands in public, I felt a frisson of fear, waiting for the customary dirty looks or at least for the customary looking-away."

In place of revulsion, Ms. Van Arsdale was startled to discover that, having adjusted her sexual identity, she was now greeted by strangers with approving smiles. "I felt suddenly acceptable and accepted and cute, as opposed to queer," she said.

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Re: And Another RLDS congregation bites the dust -- George, 13:14:49 08/13/11 Sat