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Date Posted: 08:37:31 12/24/11 Sat
Author: George
Subject: Re: George, check it out
In reply to: Lois 's message, "Re: George, check it out" on 23:10:30 12/23/11 Fri

>>Lois, can you clue me in on what you find to be
>>important on p4?
>
>George,
>
>Oh, it is nothing new, except that I consider it
>evidence of the c-not-of-c misrepresentation of the
>their claim that they are using "spiritual
>discernment" on the issue of whether to marry and
>ordain homosexuals in the church. I maintain that they
>made up their minds a long time ago.
>
>It is the age of the internet and with some people
>blabbing all over it is harder to keep already
>determined agendas secret. Not like when they could
>claim that Richard Price was mistaken, lying, or
>perhaps paranoid, etc. Now the evidence is all over
>the internet. Links get redirected, etc. I suspected
>something of that nature the other day when that link
>absolutely would not come up.
>
>Lois
>
>PAPER #5,The First Presidency (of
>Community of Christ), January 9, 1979, 4:15 p.m.
>COPING WITH CONFLICTING MESSAGES
>It seems that it is difficult for persons who feel
>compelled to express their divergent views to
>discriminate between the lawful powers given to the
>First Presidency for the sake of the church and the
>privilege they have as individual members of the
>church to express their point of view. There certainly
>must be opportunity to express dissent and
>dissatisfaction and this should be done directly with
>the officer or officers involved. The First Presidency
>are willing to give a hearing to responsible
>criticism. Members do not have a right, however to
>directly circularize the church with a point of view
>or style which conflicts with the program emphasis
>being presented to the church.

Lois, these folks did not expect to keep their agenda secret forever.

By way of secular example, the president let out a real horselaugh when he found out that the court that was supposed to hear the case about his eligibility vis a vis election fraud had dismissed the case on the grounds that the president had already been inaugurated.

You only have to keep it a secret until it's too late.

In the case of the Community of Christ, is it too late?

My opinion is Yes.

But I do like the instruction that a member must contact the First Presidency and complain directly to them. That's like writing a letter to Richard Nixon to ask him whether or not he is a crook.

I can just picture the average German hausfrau going up to Uncle Dolph's office to tell him that she was very concerned about the fact that all her Jewish neighbors had disappeared the day after the "Protection Squadron" came to visit. He would tell her that it was simply a coincidence, and she would have no further legal recourse, since the matter would then be settled.

I do not insinuate that the First Presidency members are National Socialists any more than I suggest that they are Republicans. I merely suggest that a miscreant in high office prefers to deal with single individuals alone, outside of the ken of his fellows and under conditions in which it is easier to play head games with each.

George

P.S. You may be amused by this. When I first typed "eligibility" it came out "elegibility." Even though the latter was a typo, it might adequately represent the nature of the current administration as seen by ordinary Americans -- as the Bible states: "When the wicked rule, the people mourn."

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