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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Doug Farris Writes:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>How about a this class
"How to Act 535: Breaking Vows and Making friends". It's graduate
level and self directed.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Me:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>So does this mean you don’t like the idea of a class on thinking
at my house? The beer would even be on me. Your proposal sounds
interesting; ethics and action could be incorporated with my suggestion I
think; but the self directed part seems a little less friendly. As for
the ‘Breaking Vows’ part, if this is some witty allusion to my
criticism of Doug Wilson and the subsequent handling of the backlash, I’m
not sure what you are referring to. Fighting for the peace and purity of
CC has been one of my main objectives to all my actions, and I have obeyed
every single exhortation from the Session of <st1:PersonName w:st="on">Christ
Church</st1:PersonName>. They are claiming that this is not true, but
that is just because Doug Jones and Doug Wilson like to lie about people who criticize
them, even though their lie here is well documented—this is where the ‘peace
and purity’ comes in. With that said, I must say I do not find your
typical actions here on Vision 2020 the most becoming of a Christian man,
particular while he is attempting to evangelize the native infidels. I
would recommend a little more sensitivity towards the feelings and beliefs of
others, and focus on charitable persuasion and less on the belittling and
insulting. I would even encourage you to make friends here on Vision
2020. Keep in mind that your baptism relates you to the Church at large,
particularly those other churches and Christians in Moscow who do not follow
The Leader Wilson; this also puts you into a missional stance towards the
entire world: there is no longer any jew or gentile. The ‘membership
vow’ stuff is really problematic to begin with, as it is a secondary,
extra-biblical covenant to one splinter group with pledges of loyalty that are
already implied in a more balanced way in your original baptism. I tried
arguing this with <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Wilson</st1:place></st1:City>
over four years ago; his response let me know that he wanted me to leave
town. So when the opportunity came shortly afterward I did: to study in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Michigan</st1:place></st1:State>. How in
the world I got back here is beyond me, but I’m sure some of the reasons
are found in old dusty books on psychology and cults. But anyhow, I
ramble. See you around.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Michael<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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