"1st Century Apostolic Traditionalist"  wrote in 
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> John typed
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>>   I think one aspect which went awry was wisdom.  While some like to 
>> think so, Standard Operating Procedures are not carved in stone.  Some 
>> prefer to use the term 'guidelines' instead.  And, there is a core which 
>> favours certain aspects over others, the emphasis being placed on their 
>> pet desires and peeves.
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>> I appreciate that sexuality with some is a struggle.  Being intolerant 
>> isn't necessarily due to ignorance, but one can offer compassion as 
>> opposed to following rules by rote.
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> Without following explicit rules of conduct, the church's only end up as 
> they  have done today in this 21st century,
> teeming with heretics and reprobates allowing in all kinds of sexual 
> abomination to pollute and infest their congregations.
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> The misconstrued 'milk of human kindness' has overruled God's commands to 
> keep the Church  free of error and degrading practises. And now they are 
> reaping the rewards of their faithlessness.
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> "9 When I wrote to you before I said not to mix with evil people. 10 But 
> when I said that I wasn't talking about unbelievers who live in sexual sin 
> or are greedy cheats and thieves and idol worshipers. For you can't live 
> in this world without being with people like that. 11 What I meant was 
> that you are not to keep company with anyone who claims to be a brother 
> Christian but indulges in sexual sins, or is greedy, or is a swindler, or 
> worships idols, or is a drunkard, or abusive. Don't even eat lunch with 
> such a person.
>     12 It isn't our job to judge outsiders. But it certainly is our job to 
> judge and deal strongly with those who are members of the church and who 
> are sinning in these ways. 13 God alone is the Judge of those on the 
> outside. But you yourselves must deal with this man and put him out of 
> your church." 1 Cor 5:9-13 (TLB)
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> Jeff...
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The primary reason the church "in this 21st century" is as it is (as you 
say) results from the creation of the printing press - which has thusly 
created the opportunity for thousands of personal interpretations (and 
supposed revelations) of the scripture - else a new version and subsequently 
a new church on every corner.

You, in your own self indulged extremism, claiming (once again) to have the 
original truth, when in reality your brand of thought has existed little 
more than 100 years.  The oneness doctrine is historically one of the more 
recent offerings from uneducated fundamentalists, or better said 
"literalists" who pick and choose their scripture and preach it as though 
from God's lips to mans ears, when in reality EVERY word ever penned was 
written by man, within the constraints of his own cultural setting.

Willy