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Date Posted: 20:09:01 08/15/11 Mon
Author: George
Subject: Re: Coastal Bend Mission Center and other unsavoriness
In reply to: Lois 's message, "Re: Coastal Bend Mission Center and other unsavoriness" on 11:19:46 08/15/11 Mon

>I found this happening in the Coastal Bend Mission
>Center, Joanne Chapman's stomping grounds. But I
>imagine it is going on all over the
>community-not-of-Christ.
>
>You do understand that anti-Christ means "against
>Christ". Take a look at the following. I looked over
>the threads of this board and decided this was the
>proper place.
>

>
>This is entitled "Covenant Agreement". I consider a
>covenant to be pretty serious business.
>
>Some objectives of this covenant agreement are:
>
>"Expose me to diverse thinking about Christianity
>and its relationship to other world religions"
>
>"Sensitize me to varied opinions and new methods for
>examining theology and scripture"
>
>"Allow me the space and freedom to struggle with my
>personal theology and belief system, without requiring
>me to accept or reject others� (prescribed) positions"
>
>"Provide me with useful perspectives for leadership,
>and"
>
>Some requirements of this covenant are:
>
>"Stretch beyond my comfort zone"
>
>"Listen attentively without judgment or predisposition
>to facilitators and my fellow participants"
>
>"Confidentially hold sacred all that is shared within
>the group."

Isnt' that what the Cainites did within their little group? Have an "oath" that no one would share anything with anybody on the outside, so that they could operate "in the dark," so to speak?

>
>One is supposed to sign it and date the paper and
>submit it to:
>
>Kathy Wingard
>
>Exploration Program Coordinator - Kathy Wingard
>---------
>
>This is in keeping with what began to become public as
>late as 2002. I'm sure a great deal of groundwork came
>before that.
>
>In 2002 one of the reports given to the world
>conference of the Community of Christ was H-8
>Interfaith Relations Committee Report. (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."
>
>
>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"
>
>
>"One of our most popular offerings, Sacred Symbols is
>a visually stunning presentation of world religion
>symbols that lets you learn about religious traditions
>through their symbols, statues, clothing, prayer items
>and instruments."

As I said, when people get bored with Christianity, they start looking for something else.

>
>
>Be part of a multi-faith worship experience that
>celebrates the rituals and practices of the world's
>religions. This is not your ordinary worship service �
>it utilizes the music, scriptures, prayers and ritual
>objects of the world's major religions. Be touched by
>the beauty of the sounds, the symbols and the written
>word of diverse traditions.

Whatever happened to the mission statement: "...to proclaim Jesus Christ"? It seems that somehow a typo has turned it into "pre-blame Jesus Christ." Whatever problem exists anywhere on the planet is traced back to the inadequacies and meanness of Christians, who need to be taught how to be something else in a subtle enough way that they don't notice the change. Apparently the mental power of Christians is so great, that to change reality, those who would change it must focus on changing what's on the minds of Christians -- not Hindus, atheists, Buddhists, Muslims, Jews, Mormons, or Communitarians. Does that sound anything like "Christianity's monopoly is over"?

There is no such thing as adjustable reality. Economic laws prove that. It doesn't matter what you convince the population that the currency is worth, if too much of it is printed, it becomes worthless regardless of what anybody would like to think. That's why efforts to get Christians to apostasize wholesale is useless to achieve the desired results. One may succeed in destroying Christianity, but all the evils that Christianity perceived as evils will remain. And they will still be evil.

>
>
>How can anyone mistake the Community of Christ as
>being Christians? Consider the above and their
>homosexual agenda.
>
>Submitted by Lois
>

Lois, what has been long since "over" is the CofC's ability to call itself a Christian church.

George

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