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Date Posted: 21:09:16 02/09/12 Thu
Author: Lois
Subject: Re: White-washing the Tomb
In reply to: George 's message, "White-washing the Tomb" on 09:06:19 02/09/12 Thu

>Lois, Edgar Cayce pretty much killed off the utility
>of the word "prophet" as well. Prophet, seer, and
>revelator don't conjure up images of Jesus Christ any
>more. They make someone think of the cliched magician,
>or "knower" who is in every action story to fix all
>the problems of the young hero. After all, in Star
>Wars, we find that the "knower" lies to the hero all
>the time on account of the fact that the lie is
>expedient.
>
>Sounds to me as if the leaders of the Community of
>Christ don't want to be recognized for what they are.
>Soothsayers, seers, fortunetellers, prophets, and
>whatnot, are all fakes these days, who tell people
>what they want to hear in exchange for material or
>political advantage. If homosexuality is a problem,
>the seer tells the community that Almighty God is
>angry with them for rejecting perversion itself, (not
>for rejecting the pervert) and that they need to have
>an "attitude adjustment" to get them to match the
>seer's own personal prejudices on the subject.
>
>If money is a problem(as in the late 1970's for Jerry
>Falwell) the "seer" has a vision of a 900 ft tall
>Jesus who says that he will cash in the prophet's
>chips if the needed money is not forthcoming.
>
>Alternately, visions of Jesus swinging from the
>rafters of the temple, grabs the sword of Damocles,
>and uses it to dispense blessings on select groups of
>perverts.
>
>If one does not like one's profession, one should
>change the profession, not the name of it. The change
>from "mortician" or to "funeral director" doesn't
>change the profession any at all. One is still
>handling dead bodies, and arranging for their
>honorable disposal, along with all the perceived
>ritual uncleanness that goes along with the business.
>Folks who don't like others to be consciously aware of
>the fact they handle corpses have to change jobs. The
>same is true of "seers."
>
>George

Dale Luffman, Becky Savage, and Gail Mengel are the three mostly responsible for communicating with the National Council of Churches.

http://heraldmagazine.wordpress.com/2011....for-membership/

In the MERC report, (The Membership and Ecclesial Relations Committee)

http://www.ncccusa.org/witnesses2010/ga-merc-report-community-of-christ.pdf

the name "Joseph" is mentioned two time, by a Catholic man. He assures everyone that they won't have to be worrying about that pesky Joseph Smith Jr. He then assures us that Joseph Smith III is the founder of the church which they are accepting into the National Council of Churches.

Any more mentions of Joseph? Only a passing reference to a teenager seeking God in prayer in the early 1800s. How clever.

I think the Community of Christ leadership has a true stake in convincing everyone that Joseph Smith Jr. was a bad, bad man. If he was guilty of polygamy, why, homosexuality is A.O.K., right? And every other form of adultery.

As I have pointed out in another thread, most of the Community of Christ leadership approves of homosexuality. And so they self righteously point the finger at an innocent man.

Lois

They wish there was no solution for sin. They will find out that they were sadly mistaken.

PAPER #3, First Presidency Meetings (Community of Christ), January 9, 1979, 1:45 p.m.
THE IDENTITY OF THE CHURCH
Page 2

The message of the gospel is concerned with the deepest human needs. It offers no solutions for the problem of collective evil, the question of death, nor even a solution for sin. The gospel is the assurance that all is changed in Christ.

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Re: White-washing the Tomb -- Lois, 20:20:24 02/11/12 Sat
- Re: White-washing the Tomb -- George, 23:42:33 02/11/12 Sat