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Date Posted: 07:42:10 03/22/11 Tue
Author: George
Subject: Re: CofC lenten scripture reading: Wednesday, March 23, 2011
In reply to: George 's message, "CofC lenten scripture reading: Wednesday, March 23, 2011" on 07:26:29 03/22/11 Tue

>The Testimony of St. John
>
><1>1 In the beginning was the gospel preached
>through the Son. and the gospel was the word, and
>the word was with the Son, and the Son was with
>God, and the Son was of God. 2 The same
>was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made
>by him, and without him was not anything made which
>was made. 4 In him was the gospel, and the gospel
>was the life, and the life was the light of men. 5
>And the light shineth in the world, and the
>world perceiveth it not
>
>John 1:1-5, from Joseph Smith, Jr.'s Inspired Version
>of the Bible, which is the official doctrinal bible of
>the CofC
>
>N.B. This passage varies more any of the authoritative
>Greek texts than does the New World Translation, (of
>the Jehovah's Witnesses.) I have italicized the added
>words, and emboldened the specific words that are
>substituted from the words in the original text.
>
>Anyone who joins the CofC and ends up in a doctrinal
>dispute in which his or her membership or priesthood
>(or both) is at stake, will be judged according to the
>Inspired Version, the Book of Mormon, and the Doctrine
>and Covenants, and not according to any of the
>Protestant bibles that are being quoted here by
>Brother John.

I just need to add information to those who wish to attend the CofC, but not join. I do not have complete information, but during a silencing (defrocking) counseling meeting during the mid 1980's, in which O.C. "Chuck" Henson was discussing the CofC leadership's problems with Richard Price, pending his having his priesthood license yanked, Brother Price brought up the subject of a lawsuit that the church had filed against a woman known to both of them. Henson acknowledged the suit, and emphasized that it was not the woman's membership (if indeed she was on the rolls of the CofC) that the church ws suing her over. This interview was audio-recorded by elder Price with O.C. Henson's permission, and the audiotape is available. Richard Price was eventually excommunicated from the church, but I do not know if the lady he discussed with O.C. Henson lost her house or not.

Apparently in the CofC, it doesn't matter whether you be a member of the priesthood, a layman, or just a frequent visitor, if you have a disagreement with the hierarchy about anything whatsoever, if you are considered a particularly troublesome member or participant in the church, they will come after you. Fear of this very sort of thing is what frightens people away from the Mormon church in Utah.

0eorge

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