TEC GC 2012: Maybe We're Just Nuts?

Joe DeCaro wrote:

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I don't recall the Bible being stuck on that either, unless you consider God's Grace to be "unfairly" distributed?

Hey, buddy! You are the one stuck in Mosaic Law mode.

RevKen wrote:

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Hey, buddy! You are the one stuck in Mosaic Law mode.

See Matt. 5:18, or was Jesus "stuck in Mosaic Law mode" as well?

Joe DeCaro wrote:

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I don't recall the Bible being stuck on that either, unless you consider God's Grace to be "unfairly" distributed?

Nope, but man's is and that's not what Jesus taught us.

Matt 5 AGAIN for remedial readers:

43 “You have heard that our fathers were told,‘Love your neighbor — and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! 45 Then you will become children of your Father in heaven. For he makes his sun shine on good and bad people alike, and he sends rain to the righteous and the unrighteous alike. 46 What reward do you get if you love only those who love you? Why, even tax-collectors do that! 47 And if you are friendly only to your friends, are you doing anything out of the ordinary? Even the Goyim do that! 48 Therefore, be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Joe DeCaro wrote:

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See Matt. 5:18, or was Jesus "stuck in Mosaic Law mode" as well?

"... unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees,..."

"...brood of vipers...whited sepulchres...hypocrites...blin d guides of the blind..."

The Law, every jot and tittle, is what is written. The Breath of God is what is unwritten and yet to be written.

RevKen wrote:

The Law, every jot and tittle, is what is written ...

... for verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled (KJV).

Joe DeCaro wrote:

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... for verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled (KJV).

verily

LOL!

That's an old Jewish saying.

Now, do you wear blended fabric?

Ever eaten pork?

Do you know what a jot and tittle are?

Are you reading Hebrew Scripture, as Jesus did?

If not the jot and tittle have been changed.

LOL..........

RevKen wrote:

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"... unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees,..."
"...brood of vipers...whited sepulchres...hypocrites...blin d guides of the blind..."
The Law, every jot and tittle, is what is written. The Breath of God is what is unwritten and yet to be written.

Amen!

A shame our pal joie doesn't know the Law has been fulfilled!!

MiddleWay wrote:

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Amen!
A shame our pal joie doesn't know the Law has been fulfilled!!

MW, I am thankful for your unique and properly guaged perspectives.

Getting to the right paths in the pursuit of a living understanding, where the Holy Spirit provides unspoken and yet undeniable encouragements, is sometimes like playing pinball.

You get bounced around until, every now and then, you get a flipper in the butt that sends you toward ringing the bells and racking up the points!

Let's hope that T McCabe's flipper will send both Joe and George on their way to a solid score, before they have to go back into the shooter's slot for another attempt at getting past the blocks for the right kind of points!

A little body english works. Yet, the fundamentalist/literalist won't be satisfied until he causes a "Tilt!" But, by then, it's too much, too late, and he loses his turn.

Rev. Ken

Pardon me.

"gauged"

MiddleWay wrote:

Now, do you wear blended fabric?
Ever eaten pork?...

And how does one follow Jewish ceremonial law when there's no longer a Temple?

The TEC GC accomplished one thing. It removed the "maybe." Now TEC doesn't have to ask, "Maybe We're Just Nuts?" They can clearly say, "We're Just Nuts!"

Never before has a church body declined and marginalized itself so rapidly as has the TEC. The only other denominations to not turn a deaf ear to TEC are those other liberal denominations who are following the failed path of TEC.

When TEC finally dies, an autopsy will not be needed. All can see and diagnose the cause now. There will be no need for a funeral as no one will attend. The richest lady in town has become the poorest hag through her own foolishness. There will be no sympathy shown. No one will be saying, "Poor thing" or shed a tear. She will pass with a whimper and possibly a last gasp or two. But TEC is dying and no one cares.

Listen to the Word wrote:

The TEC GC accomplished one thing. It removed the "maybe." Now TEC doesn't have to ask, "Maybe We're Just Nuts?" They can clearly say, "We're Just Nuts!"
Never before has a church body declined and marginalized itself so rapidly as has the TEC. The only other denominations to not turn a deaf ear to TEC are those other liberal denominations who are following the failed path of TEC.
When TEC finally dies, an autopsy will not be needed. All can see and diagnose the cause now. There will be no need for a funeral as no one will attend. The richest lady in town has become the poorest hag through her own foolishness. There will be no sympathy shown. No one will be saying, "Poor thing" or shed a tear. She will pass with a whimper and possibly a last gasp or two. But TEC is dying and no one cares.

Oh, BALONEY!

Sour grapes and belly-aching borne out of absconding with Church assets.

Listen to the Word wrote:

Never before has a church body declined and marginalized itself so rapidly as has the TEC ...

It may seem that way, but the groundwork for the demise of TEC was laid out decades ago when it first made bishops out of heretics; once the orthodox were gone, Schori was able to quickly reap what it had taken years for Spong et al to sow.

Joe DeCaro wrote:

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And how does one follow Jewish ceremonial law when there's no longer a Temple?

For Petey's sake! There are two Jewish Temples in my town, alone.

Near Stamford in your neck of the woods, there are:

Temple Sinai
Temple Beth El
and Chabad house and Young Israel of Stamford.

Care to contact them and argue that they have no Temple?
Pile three rocks on top of each other and have a Rabbi Bless them properly and you've got a Temple fit for any purpose needed.

Do you really not understand these things?

"Tear down this Temple and in three days I will build it up again."

Do you really not understand?

If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be filled with Light.

"Wherever two or three are gathered together in My Name, there shall I be, also."

Do you really not understand these things?

Do you really not understand?

i think decaro hates himself to much

RevKen wrote:

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For Petey's sake! There are two Jewish Temples in my town ...

... that have altars for animal sacrifice, and large vats of water for ritual putification?

No, they're synagogues -- led by rabbis, not priests -- despite what name they go by.

Joe DeCaro wrote:

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... that have altars for animal sacrifice, and large vats of water for ritual putification?
No, they're synagogues -- led by rabbis, not priests -- despite what name they go by.

LOL!!!....

Try telling them that.

Altars exist in Christian Churches. Where do you think we got the idea?

No. They are Temples. They are because the occupants say they are and use them in the manner for which they are intended.

It seems that you have no idea of why or how a "Temple" was created in the first place.

You tell me. What does a Temple represent?

Rev. Ken

RevKen wrote:

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LOL!!!....
Try telling them that ...

Jews know the difference between a synagogue and a temple; why else would so many of them pray at the "Wailing Wall"?

Joe DeCaro wrote:

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... even after contradicting the BCP, the very book those vows are recorded in?

Please tell us your statement of faith or is it all just personal revelation given in a moment and got is a flash?

Of course you can’t provide one since you have no faith and are in fact void of creed or statement of faith. 0+0=0 is always a true statement of your ‘faith’.