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Dawn!So, Ed, the new owner is interested in making judgments regarding the hearts of the unorthodox Christians? I ask because this is a whole new way of structuring the board that we have never utilized in the past. In the past, while the unorthodox were relegated to Unorthodox Theology, their claimed relationship with Christ was never questioned. One could refer to themselves as Christian if they believed that they had a relationship with Christ. Now, the staff is saying that they can't call themselves Christian based on their theology rather than their heart condition. Isn't that a basic tenant of Christianity? That Christ doesn't save based on theology? After all, didn't Christ save us while we were yet sinners? It seems to me that the staff/owner is going someplace they shouldn't be going.
I'm wondering if forced icon changes are not far behind.



It is the Advisors' decision that owner approved.
The following verse plainly states that belief in Christ's identity as He claims it, is imperative.
JN 8:23 But he continued, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am the one I claim to be, you will indeed die in your sins."
And below that Christ aligned himself with the I AM of the OT - "before Abraham was, I AM"
Entire Christendom is considering people who do not accept the deity of Christ as non-Christians.
We did not just come up with it. You know that.
In Soviet Union where I was born everyone (almost everyone) was an atheist. Yet everyone believed in Jesus Christ.
But it did not make them Christians because they readily rejected the deity of Christ.
We cannot continue encouraging people to believe the LDS or JW theology by saying it is Christian.
We are NOT judging people as individuals. Really.
However, we are judging very strongly the theology of LDS and JW as cultist and non-Christian. This doctrine was shaped by the very false prophets the Bible is warning us about.
We cannot encourage people to go in that direction.
Please forgive me for the hurt feelings, but this decision is final and unanimous.
About forced icon changes.
We can do that. However, wearing improper icon would simply become a rule violation. If person chooses to continue wearing a Christian icon while posting and professing other faiths, s/he would be called and if necessary banned to MSC so we could discuss this.
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