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Date Posted: 08:55:42 02/09/12 Thu
Author: George
Subject: Re: Will the real Restoration church please stand up . . .
In reply to: Lois 's message, "Re: Will the real Restoration church please stand up . . ." on 17:44:38 02/05/12 Sun

>>>Remember that game, What's My Line?
>>>Members of the c-not-of-c (legal name Community of
>>>Christ) claim that they are the continuation of the
>>>Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
>>>Saints. I don't think even the courts can make that
>>>true. They have tried to be all things to all
>people.
>>>------------
>>
>> >>href="http://www.cofchrist.org/news/GeneralInfo.asp#of
>f
>>icials">http://www.cofchrist.org/news/GeneralInfo.asp#
>o
>>fficials
>>
>>Community of Christ
>>General Denominational Information
>>
>>This is what they say:
>>
>>HISTORY
>>
>>The church was legally organized on April 6, 1830,
>>in Fayette, New York. Following the assassination
>>of founder Joseph Smith Jr. in 1844, the church split
>>into multiple groups. Joseph Smith III succeeded his
>>father and was ordained prophet-president of this
>>denomination on April 6, 1860.
>>------
>>
>>And then this is what they turn around and say in
>>order to gain admittance into the National Council of
>>Churches:
>>-------
>>
>> >>href="http://www.ncccusa.org/witnesses2010/ga-merc-rep
>o
>>rt-community-of-christ.pdf">http://www.ncccusa.org/wit
>n
>>esses2010/ga-merc-report-community-of-christ.pdf
>>
>>page 2
>>
>>The Membership and Ecclesial Relations Committee
>>(MERC) of the General Assembly of the National Council
>>of the Churches of Christ in the USA and Church World
>>Service recommends to the 2010 General Assembly that
>>the membership application of the Community of Christ
>>(COC) be approved. This recommendation is based on
>>a careful review of written materials provided by the
>>COC,
>>
>>page 3
>>
>>It is always important at the onset of any
>>discussion of the spiritual roots of Community of
>>Christ to note that its founder is not [Joseph Smith]
>>of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
>>(LDS), but his son, Joseph Smith III,
>>---------------
>>
>>How can they have two distinctly different histories?
>>By their own logic Grant McMurray, who resigned
>>suddenly as president, was the founder of the
>>Community of Christ. That is when they changed their
>>name from Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
>>Day Saints to Community of Christ. Maybe they should
>>get their history straight for their website.
>>
>>Submitted by Lois
>
> >href="http://www.ncccusa.org/witnesses2010/ga-merc-repo
>rt-community-of-christ.pdf">http://www.ncccusa.org/witn
>esses2010/ga-merc-report-community-of-christ.pdf
>
>We Share
>Identity, Mission,
>Message, and Beliefs
>(this is prepared by the Community of Christ, so the
>credit or blame goes to them.)
>
>page 10
>
>The story of the church is one of unusual faith,
>vision,
>and creativity in response to God�s call. We can
>clearly
>see God�s Spirit active in every chapter of our faith
>story.
>What began with a teenager seeking God in
>prayer in
>the early 1800s continues today. God gives each
>generation
>insights, experiences, and challenges for divine
>purposes.
>-------------
>
>Notice how they just can't say the name of Joseph
>Smith Jr. Instead he is some anonymous "teenager".
>
>Submitted by Lois

Give them credit for one thing: at least they admit the church was started from the vision of a teenager. The Hal Lindsey Rapture crowd won't admit, or don't even know that no church father in orthodox Christianity had ever heard of "The Rapture" as taught by the way-out crowd, until a teenage girl in Edinburgh during the 1820's, dreamed it up, vision or not. This girl is so anonymous that I can't even remember her name.

But, of course, once the history of the church has been forcibly devolved, Joseph Smith, Jr. will disappear off the radar. Studying the history of the RLDS church has gone from being a scholarly endeavor to script-writing for "Back-To-The-Future IV."

Steve Veazey pops up in the drive-way in the Time Machine, and tells Marty -- "Marty, you've got to help me. I've discovered that the RLDS church was started by a lust-crazed teenager with a public school education, and we've got to go back and fix this now!" The only question the scriptwriters have at this point is whether Mr. Veazey was hit by lightning before or after he came up with this idea.

The plot would be very difficult to swing. I doubt that Mr. Veazey and Marty could work things around to the point that Professor Anthon comesame out from Columbia to have a vision and start an Mormonism. Maybe they could manage to kill off Joseph Jr. before he invented polygamny. They can't get rid of him altogether, because he begets Joseph III before he dies, and the tinkerers can't eliminate that.

I think what eventually will happen is in flitting from AD 30 to 1823 to 1835, and back to Apostatic times in the 400's that they'll make a mess so big that big that they kill off Jesus before the crucifixion, or Mary before the Nativity, and then they'll be pleased with the results of their incompetence. After all, they are convinced the world would have been a better place without a religion that claims it is the only way to salvation. How they plan to kill off all these other religions, including their own formerly,) that claim the same thing, will be a real challenge.

George

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