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Pledging a oath to the 28 Fundamentals and Ellen G. White...

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As I was reading the 'proposed' rules it dawned on me I had seen something like this before, in history, with men swearing a 'blood oath' to a strict dogma and swearing to fight and die for failable man. They hailed its terrible requierments and heavy toll it placed upon them, and they would be triumphant through 'sheer will'........

http://www.hitlerweb.com/2007/08/hitler-reveals-war-plans-from-very.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Will


Well, I am a follower of God and His truth, not man, mans traditions, or mans ideas of what God wants, as theology can change but God and His truth do not.....

We do not have to pledge to follow to the 28 Fundamentals and Ellen G. White to 'prove' anything or show we are the 'remnant', but follow Gods truth and believe, and if the 28 Fundamentals and Ellen G. White are in harmony, then so much the better...
 

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If they are in harmony?

I submit that they are in harmony. :)

Others will come to this understanding too, but we must let God and the Holy Spirit do its work, and not try to 'force' them, even with rules made with the best of intetions.....:)
 
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Thank you for that post Red. When I first arrived here, I didn't know quite what to make of you and I was wary. But I can see you are a very reasonable man. :)

Well woob thinks different, but he is still my friend and brother, I just hope he can accept that even with all my sermons against extremism in all aspects, emotionlism, dogma and rules included..........:)
 
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