[Vision2020] Christ Church and freedom of religion

[J Ford]

"failure to attend congregational worship at church when one is able to is a 
sin."    Says who?  Where in the Bible does it say this?  Several times it 
says Jesus attended temple "as was His practice" but it NEVER says "so as to 
not appear to be committing a sin."

Man's invention - man's corruption.  Don't put it on God what YOU want to 
have happen.

J  :]




>From: "Taro Tanaka" <taro_tanaka at hotmail.com>
>To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Christ Church and freedom of religion
>Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:41:11 +0000
>
>Dear Andreas,
>
>I fear I may not be properly understanding what you write below, so if you 
>don't mind, would you please clarify it for me? Based on what I think you 
>have said,
>
>1. It isn't just the current standard as far as the church's temporal 
>powers; it is God's divine command until the end of time.
>
>2. Christ Church prays, along with all other churches, "Thy will be done on 
>earth as it is in Heaven." Christ Church would like to see the laws of the 
>land reflect the Christian faith of a Christian people. But even if an 
>absolute majority of people in every state came to see things as Christ 
>Church does, there are certain sins that would never be made crimes. For 
>example, failure to attend congregational worship at church when one is 
>able to is a sin. But it can never legitimately (i.e., biblically speaking) 
>be made a crime, even in a thoroughly Christianized society.
>
>3. Taqiyya is an Islamic concept; why are you asking me to consider that?
>
>Thanks.
>
>-- Princess Sushitushi
>
>"Andreas Schou" <ophite at gmail.com> writes:
>
>>This is the current standard as far as the church's temporal powers.
>>Is this the extent to which Christ Church believes the Law should be
>>enforced? If the answer is "yes," then I'll admit to being deluded and 
>>disappear. If the answer is "no," then perhaps you should
>>look up the definition of the word "taqiyya" and determine
>>whether this is truly a Christian concept.
>
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