In the end -- these issues really don't matter. They are human organizations, and the Kingdom of God is a whole lot bigger than both of them combined.
Of course God is not ignorant of our organizations (or preachers' unions), He knows they exist, but I think He ignores them and doesn't even recognize them. That's my personal opinion.
To receive unsolicited mailings (news papers, political advertisements, store sales, catalogs, outreach mailings/door hangers at houses for folks to attend other churches, inviting friends, family and even strangers to visit your church for special events, etc.) one considers to be trash, then simply trash it. No one is "required" to read such magazines - and yet, who knows, there just might be an article in there you could find interesting, perhaps even valuable. I can't say - I don't get any. LOLOL
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It makes no difference whether you study in the holy language, or in Arabic, or Aramaic [or in Greek or even in English]; it matters only whether it is done with understanding. - Moshe Maimonides.
To receive unsolicited mailings (news papers, political advertisements, store sales, catalogs, outreach mailings/door hangers at houses for folks to attend other churches, inviting friends, family and even strangers to visit your church for special events, etc.) one considers to be trash, then simply trash it. No one is "required" to read such magazines - and yet, who knows, there just might be an article in there you could find interesting, perhaps even valuable. I can't say - I don't get any. LOLOL
Just because there is some good articles in it does not make it ethical.
I guess a good question would be to ask why they would spend money on a magazine and send it unrequested to ministers from an organization they just left just so the ministers from the organizatoin they left may find a good article to read. I think not.
People invest money in the hopes of gaining something from it. Be it more money or more members.
Just because there is some good articles in it does not make it ethical.
I guess a good question would be to ask why they would spend money on a magazine and send it unrequested to ministers from an organization they just left just so the ministers from the organizatoin they left may find a good article to read. I think not. People invest money in the hopes of gaining something from it. Be it more money or more members.
Time for a quick lesion in ethics and identifying what constitutes acceptable moral conduct?
I await instruction.
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It makes no difference whether you study in the holy language, or in Arabic, or Aramaic [or in Greek or even in English]; it matters only whether it is done with understanding. - Moshe Maimonides.
Time for a quick lesion in ethics and identifying what constitutes acceptable moral conduct?
I await instruction.
You can usually start with "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", and not engage in anything that you know you would not want done in your assembly. That usually goes a long way.
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Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
You can usually start with "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", and not engage in anything that you know you would not want done in your assembly. That usually goes a long way.
Yep, that is an excellent place to start. Thanks.
Now, as we can see from this thread, there is some question as to how this approach is to be implemented. We seem to have a difference of opinion as to what this principle means and how it should be understood. Also, how the definitions of ethics and moral conduct work together in establishing the foundations of the value judgments rendered so far on this thread.
Again, thanks for a wonderful start - Now, on to the next step in the lesson.
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It makes no difference whether you study in the holy language, or in Arabic, or Aramaic [or in Greek or even in English]; it matters only whether it is done with understanding. - Moshe Maimonides.
You can usually start with "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", and not engage in anything that you know you would not want done in your assembly. That usually goes a long way.
Now what does that kind of an attitude have to do with (religious) politics?
George - as in curious
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