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Date Posted: 18:21:22 06/28/13 Fri
Author: George
Subject: Re: The c-not-of-c's slavish imitation of the NCC
In reply to: Lois 's message, "The c-not-of-c's slavish imitation of the NCC" on 10:12:16 06/28/13 Fri

>Please note the slavish imitation, which borders on
>plagiarism.
>--------------
> >href="http://www.ncccusa.org/interfaith/ifr.html">http:
>//www.ncccusa.org/interfaith/ifr.html
>
>Interfaith Relations and the Churches
>A Policy Statement of the
>National Council of the Churches of Christ in the
>U.S.A.
>November 10, 1999
>
>33. Jesus Christ is also the focus of the most vexing
>questions regarding how Christians understand their
>relationship with men and women of other religions.
>Christians agree that Jesus Christ incarnated--and
>incarnates still--the inexhaustible love and salvation
>that reconcile us all. We agree that it is not by any
>merit of our own, but by God�s grace that we are
>reconciled. Likewise, Christians also agree that our
>discipleship impels us to become reconciled to the
>whole human family and to live in proper relationship
>to all of God�s creation. We disagree, however, on
>whether non-Christians may be reconciled to God, and
>if so, how. Many Christians see no possibility of
>reconciliation with God apart from a conscious
>acceptance of Jesus Christ as incarnate Son of God and
>personal savior. For others, the reconciling work of
>Jesus is salvific in its own right, independent of any
>particular human response. For many, the saving power
>of God is understood as a mystery and an expression of
>God�s sovereignty that cannot be confined within our
>limited conceptions. One question with which we must
>still struggle is how to define the uniqueness of
>God�s self-revelation in Jesus Christ in the light of
>such passages as "I am the way, and the truth, and the
>life. No one comes to the Father except through me"
>(John 14:6); "There is salvation in no one else, for
>there is no other name under heaven given among
>mortals by which we must be saved" (Acts 4:12); "In
>him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and
>through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself
>all things" (Colossians 1:19-20); and "as all die in
>Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ" (1
>Corinthians 15:22).
>
>--------------------
>Community of Christ 2002 World Conference Bulletin pp.
>75-78,
>H-8 Interfaith Relations Committee Report
>
>(H-8) "The most troublesome text for the Christian
>community regarding other religious traditions is to
>be found in Acts 4:12. This text makes exclusive
>claims to salvation through Jesus Christ and him
>alone. This text has tended to foster prejudice toward
>not only Jews but all other religious claims as well
>because of its exclusivity. This text is best
>understood within the context of the sermon preached
>by Peter in the company of John and others. It should
>not be universalized and become a framework for either
>missional or theological purposes."

It's all about extreme leftwing politics, Lois.
George McGovern was directly involved in a lot of the NCC agitation during the late 1960's and early 1970's. The reason his candidacy for president failed is because 1) he was running against an incumbent, and 2) there weren't enough illegal aliens and welfare recipients to vote for him.

The NCC and WCC have both been documented by the mainsreem news at providing financial assistance to marixt terrorist organizations. Small wonder that president of the church himself got tangled up in that mess, too, in the 1980's.

The NCC's position on the Ten Commandments is probably also that those should not be universalized as absolute moral teaching, either. After all, sometimes Marxist terrorists have to kill people, and "transfer wealth," and the like, and those get in the way.

My advice to those looking for a church home is to scratch off the list the names of any "denomination" belonging to the NCC, or drooling over the thought of joining. No matter how wonderful the local congregation is, it cannot help but be corporately overwhelmed by the evils that its hierarchy has embraced.

George

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