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LGBT group proposes dissolving UMC into 4 new denominations.

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seeking.IAM said:
I understand why the UMC finds the LGBT-Q issue too divisive and might split over it, but I fail to understand why traditionalist, moderate, & liberation theology folks can't stay in fellowship with worship with each other?
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You pose an interesting different point of view about my post. While you're groupings are different than mine, the question remains valid. If 3 trends of Methodism are able to co-exist and tolerate differences, why wouldn't they? How is fracturing the church into more pieces better?
 
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In the PCUSA and ELCA no one is forced to do gay marriage or ordain gays.
 
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hedrick said:
In the PCUSA and ELCA no one is forced to do gay marriage or ordain gays.
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Maybe not, but I am correct when it comes to other policies. Yes indeed. The traditionalists were slammed, promises to them broken, and worse.
 
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All I know is that is my Episcopal Church we have those on both sides of the LGBT-Q issue sitting in the same pew, passing the peace, kneeling at the same rail, and sharing the same cup. It's possible.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. As an old straight guy I need to be worried about old straight guy sins and leave the LGBT-Q folks to work out whatever they need to with God.
 
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Disunity is a curse, not a blessing, under any circumstances. There are about 35,000 denominations. In God's view, there are none. "A house divided will surely fall". Remember who said that? I've observed the decline of the church, especially in the West, for nearly 50 years. Thank God for the Christians in the Middle East, China and other places where Christians pay a price for believing. They put the West to shame.
 
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